Are you a strategic leader? Do you have recent experience in policy or planning?
This role provides strategic leadership for setting and delivering the unit's priorities, ensuring they align with and advance the department's broader agenda, while offering high level advice to senior leaders. It works closely with internal and external stakeholders to drive effective implementation and influence outcomes across the organisation.

Job details

About the Department of Education:  

Working for the Queensland Department of Education means joining an organisation that values its people and promotes leadership and innovation. Be part of an environment that respects professionalism and diversity, offers training and development opportunities and embraces flexible careers and work-life balance. Find out more about working with us.  

Key Responsibilities:

As Manager, your role will include the following key tasks:

• Provide leadership and direction in the planning and implementation of team, branch and division priorities, ensuring outcomes are aligned to, and supportive of, the department's agenda.
• Provide high level strategic advice to senior officers of the department and other key stakeholders on issues relevant students with disability and disability reform.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective implementation of the team, branch and division priorities.
• Ensure effective communication, integration, coordination and liaison occurs within the team and branch, across the department and with other external stakeholders.
• Prepare and review briefing material, correspondence and reports for the Minister, senior departmental officers, government agencies and other entities on issues related to the work of the branch at state, national and international levels.

The Manager reports to the Executive Director, Disability, Student Support, Department of Education, or nominated delegate.

It would be highly desirable to have the following key attributes:

• Advanced and high-level writing skills and an ability to effectively and concisely summarise pertinent information to enable informed decision-making.
• Knowledgeable of government systems, policies and procedures and their application to operational practice.
• Well-developed analytical and conceptual skills and a proven ability to present complex concepts clearly.
• Demonstrated experience managing corporate programs, projects and processes at an organisational level and the ability to deal with ambiguity and shifting priorities.
• Ability to work as part of a team and at times with limited direction to produce results.
• Ability to demonstrate how their experience and capabilities prepare them to meet the key responsibilities of the role.

Interested? To Apply:  

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history);
• Attach a 1-page written statement about how your achievements and capabilities meet the requirements of the role. 

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.  

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.  

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.  

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached Role Description and Applicant Information Package and follow the instructions. 

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• CO689654_26T - Role Description (PDF, 293KB)
  Role Description
  
  Applicant Information Package (PDF, 232KB)
  Information Package for Applicants