General Manager,Stregy and Planning

The General Manager, Planning and Strategy supports the Assistant Director General, QBuild, in delivering high-quality outcomes for the organisation. This role provides strategic leadership, direction, and coordination, and is responsible for the development of responsive, integrated, and customer-focused services for QBuild customers. Key responsibilities include driving effective leadership, governance, and organisational performance; fostering and maintaining strong partnerships with key stakeholders and customers; and overseeing the management of customer portfolio's and programs, procurement, asset management, business improvements, and key strategic projects.

Duties include:

• Drive the growth of QBuild

• Offer comprehensive briefings and strategic advice on risks, policies, and consultation issues to senior leaders, supporting informed decision-making.

• Build and maintain key relationships with stakeholders, including Ministers, Directors-General, industry groups, and community organisations, while promoting a culture of cooperation across the Department for seamless service delivery.

• Lead QBuild with a focus on visioning, capability development, performance management, and resource deployment to achieve organisational goals.

• Develop and maintain high-value relationships with customers, government agencies, and private sector stakeholders, ensuring best practices, issue resolution, and stakeholder satisfaction.

• Develop strategies to improve workforce capability, client satisfaction, and workplace health and safety for staff, contractors, and customers.

• Lead the effective use of financial and human resources to deliver programs and projects sustainably, while identifying opportunities to improve efficiency in QBuild's service delivery.

• Align business systems and policies to support reporting frameworks and State wide programs while providing leadership across technical, partnership, and corporate support areas.

• Establish systems to track and report the progress of capital programs and strategic projects against time, quality, and cost indicators.

• Lead the business area in understanding market dynamics, costs, and emerging innovations, while achieving QBuild deliverables across programs and projects within time, cost, and quality targets.

• Participate in key internal and external committees and program boards to advance QBuild's strategic agenda and support consistent delivery outcomes.

• Develop and implement people management strategies, support staff training and development, and promote workplace health, safety, and a discrimination-free environment.

• Contribute to initiatives that strengthen QBuild's capability to deliver programs, while promoting a high-performance, continuous improvement culture aligned with departmental values.

Technical/operational expertise

• It is desirable that the successful applicant possess experience relevant to the business strategy and development in the context of the building and construction industry.

• It is desirable the successful applicant will be required to possesses a current driver's license.

• Highly regarded to have Business Strategy and Planning experience.

Applications to remain current for 12 months

Job Ad Reference: QLD/656615/25

Closing Date: Tuesday, 09 September 2025

Salary match Number of applicants Skills match

The Department of Housing and Public Works delivers a range of housing, building and procurement services.

We work to ensure that our most in need Queenslanders have access to housing and homelessness assistance. This assistance is provided through government-owned and managed social housing, and grant funding to registered providers. We also help thousands of low income earners to enter and remain in the private rental market.

Another key focus for the department is to provide policy, advice and delivery of services to government agencies in the areas of construction, asset and facilities management, procurement and fleet management.

The department consists of five major areas: Housing and Homelessness Services, Public Works and Asset Management, Building Industry and Policy, Queensland Government Procurement and Corporate Services.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

The Department of Housing and Public Works delivers a range of housing, building and procurement services.

We work to ensure that our most in need Queenslanders have access to housing and homelessness assistance. This assistance is provided through government-owned and managed social housing, and grant funding to registered providers. We also help thousands of low income earners to enter and remain in the private rental market.

Another key focus for the department is to provide policy, advice and delivery of services to government agencies in the areas of construction, asset and facilities management, procurement and fleet management.

The department consists of five major areas: Housing and Homelessness Services, Public Works and Asset Management, Building Industry and Policy, Queensland Government Procurement and Corporate Services.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

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