Principal Program Officer

1 week ago

Brisbane, Australia Queensland Reconstruction Authority Full time

As a Principal Program Officer, you will be supporting the design of resilience funding programs in collaboration with external and internal stakeholders, as part of QRA's responsibility to administer resilience funding on behalf of the Queensland Government.Your responsibilities will be to:

- Guide the strategic direction of state, regional and local disaster resilience investment opportunities.
- Undertake research on national and international investment and finance pathways to inform innovative future resilience funding opportunities and development of business cases.
- Establish a lessons management approach to enhance the design of resilience funding programs.
- Lead the development of evaluation methodologies for resilience funding programs and subsequent evaluation activities.
- Prepare and provide accurate and timely advice to the Manager, Director and other senior executives in relation to the design of resilience funding programs and related policies.
- Liaise with, provide advice and respond appropriately to internal and external stakeholders across all levels of government (local, state and federal) on matters that relate to resilience funding programs and investment opportunities.
- Identify and support continuous improvement opportunities to enable optimal grant program processing throughout the end-to-end process.
- Prepare timely, accurate and well-written briefings for executive leadership, partner agencies and state and national committees.
- Build and manage positive working relationships and partnerships with colleagues to ensure smooth transition from the design phase to the implementation and delivery phases of grants management.
- Support divisional priorities considering organisational needs and provide support and guidance to build capacity and capability for team members and across QRA as needed.
- Represent QRA's position in meetings, committees, and cross-agency forums at state and national level, drawing on organisational expertise and experience to influence the wider policy agenda.
- Undertake related projects and other duties of equivalent complexity, as required.
- This role reports to the Manager, Resilience Funding.

If you have any questions about working at QRA please visit our website, or if you want to learn more about the role, please reach out to the contact officer listed in the role description.
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