Principal Advisor

2 weeks ago

Brisbane, Australia Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Full time

About us

As a department our purpose is to help the community to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from the impact of fire and emergency events.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) is the primary provider of fire, rescue and emergency management programs and services throughout Queensland. The department encompasses the Fire and Rescue Service, disaster management services, the Rural Fire Service and the State Emergency Service, and also supports other volunteer groups providing emergency response to Queenslanders.

Purpose of the role

The Organisational Development branch provides organisational development, design and implementation of concepts to create contemporary and integrated strategies, frameworks, policies, programs, initiatives. The Organisational Development, Design and Implementation team is responsible for designing and implementing a range of organisational design activities to build organisational capacity and ensure workforce capability and organisational structure meets the needs to deliver frontline services and achieve organisational objectives.

Reporting to the Executive Manager, you will be a key member of the team responsible for designing and implementing a range of organisational development activities to support strategic organisational development and business improvement initiatives, as well as participating in projects and supporting service delivery functions. You will also be responsible for facilitating focus groups, workshops and leading working groups with key stakeholders including managers and senior leaders to enable QFES to meet departmental and community needs into the future.

Key requirements

Highly desirable requirements
- Knowledge of organisational design principles and strategic human resource management.
- Knowledge of organisational resource allocation modelling (workforce planning).

Your key accountabilities

Your part in the ongoing success of our department, in supporting key frontline services will see you responsible for a variety of work, including, but not limited to:

- Provide strategic input into organisational design initiatives from a human resources perspective that support the QFES strategic plan, business objectives and continuous improvement.
- Provide high level advice and options, with data driven insights on a range of strategic workforce initiatives to enable informed business decisions.
- Draw insights from collaborative research to design, develop, and implement concepts and models to support contemporary and inclusive workforce management practices, and effectively manage any changes.
- Establish and maintain collaborative networks and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure consideration of issues and delivery of positive outcomes for QFES.
- Plan, manage and report on project and change management activities in accordance with best practice methodologies and whole-of-government governance frameworks.
- Undertake high level research and prepare, review and present reports, briefing notes, submissions and other correspondence, in accordance with departmental requirements.
- Represent QFES on working parties, networks and forums, and facilitate working groups to present regular project status updates and/or oversee the implementation of initiatives/business improvement activities.
- Manage the project team, fostering positive teamwork, and assisting in the ongoing development of staff through performance, planning, and review.

Capabilities

To determine your suitability for the role, you will be assessed on the following Leadership Competencies for Queensland behavioural profiles that link to the "key accountabilities" for this role:
Leadership Competency Stream - Program Leader (leading teams and/or projects)

Vision
- Leads change in complex environments
- Makes insightful decisions

Results
- Builds enduring relationships
- Drives accountability and outcomes

Accountability
- Fosters healthy and inclusive workplaces
- Demonstrates sound governance

Once you join us we will want you to exemplify the QFES shared values:

- Respect
- Integrity
- Trust
- Courage
- LoyaltyThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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