Chief Operating Officer

3 days ago


Brisbane, Australia Harness RTO 40521 Full time

Board-Level and strategic leadership role
- Lead business growth and expansion initiatives
- Drive the holistic implementation of our strategic and business plans
- Board-Level and strategic leadership role
- Lead business growth and expansion initiatives
- Drive the holistic implementation of our strategic and business plans

At Harness, we exist to help people to realise their potential. Our business has been carefully crafted to be one of Australia’s leading socially responsible labour solutions providers. We have created a People based ecosystem that includes a RTO, GTO, Indigenous Pathways programs and labour solutions - which allows us to offer end to end solutions to our customers which include Fortune 500 and ASX 100 companies. Celebrating our 17th year in business - we are in rapid growth mode, expanding to 20+ locations over the next 15 years.

This is a new and vital role for the business. We have grown to the point where this layer of Executive is crucial for the next phase of our expansion.

Owing to our continued growth and diversification into several industry sectors, we are seeking an astute Chief Operating Officer (COO) to join our organisation and support the actualisation of our strategic business Plan within allocated resources.

The role will report to our Chief Executive Officer and work directly with The Board and our Senior Leadership Team to ensure the organisation performs at a high level of operational excellence. Additionally, the COO will ensure the organisation is run as efficiently and effectively as possible with practices aligned to our vision and strategic outcomes.

Your commercial acumen and market foresight will be critical in steering our teams to implement sales and service delivery improvement strategies; and you will utilise your collaborative leadership style to foster an org-wide high-performance culture.

**Our Offering**:

- A fantastic remuneration and incentives package.
- Flexible working arrangements
- Great organisational culture
- All tools of the trade
- Free daily onsite parking
- 2 weeks Christmas and New Year shut down and lots more.

**Skills and Experience**:
**Essential**:

- Tertiary Qualifications in Commerce, Business or relevant discipline
- Experience in Financial & Budgetary Management practices;
- Exposure to Labour Law and employment equity regulations;
- Demonstrated Leadership and People Management skills;
- Grant and Funding proposal preparation and scoping;
- Highly Developed Data Analysis and Interpretation skills;
- Strong Organisational Administration skills;
- Strong Business Improvement skills;
**Desirable**:

- Master’s degree in relevant discipline;
- Experience managing an RTO or training organisation; and/or
- Experience managing a GTO organisation; and/or
- Experience managing a Labour Hire organisation; and
- Project Management experience.

This leadership position will suit an ambitious Executive seeking a career opportunity within a market leading organisation, operating in a dynamic and fast paced industry.

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