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Manager Resources & Partnerships
Strategic Transformation; Transformation Office; Organisational Capability; Brisbane
About Queensland Corrective Services (QCS)
QCS delivers safe, modern and responsive correctional services that rehabilitate prisoners and offenders and prevent crime—making Queensland safer. Our people are united by the rewarding, dynamic work of corrective services. The QCS values of Professional, Ethical and Respectful guide how we work every day.
About the Division and Command
The Office of the Commissioner is a fast paced, high volume environment supporting the Deputy Commissioners of Community Corrections and Specialist Operations.
The Transformation Office leads QCS’s reform agenda, prioritising and sequencing change, coordinating strategic projects, and partnering with internal teams and external consultancies to enable timely, connected delivery across the agency.
Job details
| Position status | Fixed Term Temporary |
|---|---|
| Position type | Flexible full-time |
| Occupational group | Administration |
| Classification | AO8 |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane Inner City |
| Job ad reference | QLD/674802/26 |
| Closing date | 20-Jan-2026 |
| Job duration | until 30 June 2026 with possible extension |
| Contact person | Mariana Brandao |
| Contact details | Phone: 07 3565 3439 Access the National Relay Service |
About the Role
The Manager, Resources and Partnerships plans and manages resourcing and capacity across the Transformation portfolio, including impacts on business as usual. You will lead workforce planning, recruitment and targeted capability development, and oversee the pipeline of resources and vendors—inside and outside QCS—needed to deliver the reform agenda.
Key accountabilities
• Engage across QCS to identify partnerships, consultancies and capabilities required to deliver reform.
• Coordinate procurement and contract management to ensure the right resources and vendor relationships are in place.
• Forecast, plan and sustain resourcing for the reform agenda, including procurement where required.
• Lead and coordinate resource and partnership activities across reform projects; champion central workforce plans throughout initiative lifecycles.
• Manage effective recruitment and capability development aligned to QCS priorities.
• Promote transparent, accountable sharing of resources; identify and mitigate risks using evidence based frameworks and escalate issues as needed.
• Prepare complex submissions, reports, briefs, presentations and correspondence.
• Provide expert advice to the Director, Strategic Transformation, and Assistant Commissioner, including progress, risks and continuous improvement
recommendations.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders; represent QCS in executive forums and communicate the reform agenda.
• Lead the Resources and Partnerships team, managing human and financial resources to deliver efficient, commercially sustainable services.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, evidence based decision making, innovation and performance.
Role suitability
This Team Leader role (Leadership Competencies for Queensland) suits an applicant with:
• Extensive experience managing complex resource portfolios and vendor ecosystems in large, regulated organisations.
• Demonstrated success delivering reform, particularly resourcing and capacity responses to external reviews or audits.
• Proven ability to deliver transformation initiatives across complex public sector environments.
• Applied understanding of project management, contemporary change and business integration strategies.
• Deep knowledge of best practice resourcing, procurement and management approaches, frameworks and systems.
• High level analytical skills to interpret and report data and outcomes for decision making.
Other information
No mandatory qualifications. A relevant qualification in human resources is highly desirable. Experience in correctional or similar complex operational environments is highly regarded. The role may at times require work outside normal hours, travel, or working from alternate locations.
Join us to help transform QCS into a top tier public safety agency while living our values of Professional, Ethical and Respectful service.
Applications to remain current for 12 months.
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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