Join the Long-Term Recovery and Resilience team with Community Recovery as Principal Program Officer Contract and Engagement and lead a team in the end-to- end management of human and social service contracts, ensuring financial and administrative compliance and value and quality in service delivery.

Job details

Community Recovery is the lead agency for the provision of human and social recovery support to Queenslanders impacted by disasters including the provision of personal financial support, emotional support and recovery activities.

The Long-Term Recovery and Resilience team (LTRR) establishes and manages long-term recovery and resilience programs to support communities affected by disaster events.

In the Principal Program Officer Contract and Engagement role, you will lead a team of program officers to support the end-to-end management and administration of human and social service contracts in line with the Commonwealth Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA), ensuring compliance and value and quality in service delivery.

In this dynamic role, you will provide high-level operational and tactical advice to the Manager Service Delivery and Engagement by analysing contract management workflows and developing processes and systems to mitigate risks, enhance governance and streamline operations. You will be responsible for ensuring that contract management data and systems are maintained with a high degree of accuracy and in a timely manner to support effective reporting, workflow monitoring and decision making processes. You will guide a team through competing priorities, actively working with staff to enhance staff capability and promote accountability.

As part of your day-to-day responsibilities, you will be directly responsible for managing high-risk and/or high-value contracts and applying strategic thinking and sound judgement to navigate complex challenges and deliver successful outcomes in partnership with suppliers.

While there are no mandatory requirements for this position, the ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience leading and supervising teams, and end-to-end contract management experience (preferably human and social service contracts) in the public sector with a thorough understanding of contract management principles.

The successful candidate will possess strong financial acumen with the ability to analyse and interpret financial information. We are looking for proactive individuals who have demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to drive targeted outcomes in a busy and complex operational environment. You will have strong critical analysis and problem-solving skills with a demonstrated ability to manage risk. Well- developed stakeholder engagement skills with demonstrated communication (written and verbal) and negotiation skills is essential for succeeding in this role.

Applications are only accepted through the Smart Jobs website. Before applying, please ensure you review the Role Profile. As part of your application, please submit the following:

• Resume (recommended maximum three pages) and details of two referees who have a thorough knowledge of your capabilities, work performance and conduct within the previous two years. It is expected that applicants will nominate their current, and immediate past supervisors as referees.
• A two-page statement, that summarises your skills, experience and achievements against the leadership competencies and duties/responsibilities of the position.

Applicants who do not provide a statement and CV/resume will not be considered.

This is a temporary full time position until 30 June 2028 with possibility of extension. Hybrid work arrangements (up to two days per week remote work) may be supported for the successful candidate after the initial onboarding period of up to four weeks.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Job Ad Reference:  QLD/695166/26

Closing Date:  Tuesday, 28^th July 2026

Further information

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

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• 695166-26-Role Profile (Word, 211KB)