Principal Program Officer

2 days ago

Brisbane, Australia Queensland Government Full time

_About the Department of Education

The Department of Education is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.

Your Role

As the Principal Program Officer, you will:
Manage the delivery of early childhood programs including contract and performance management of funded services, as well as the effective and efficient administration of funding via the online grants management system, ensuring a strong and effective customer service focus.
Contribute to the development of strategic initiatives and provide advice on policy development, operational planning and practice.
Contribute to the development and delivery of strong governance processes by supporting the implementation of policies, procedures and frameworks to ensure accountability. The Principal Program Officer reports to the Manager of the work unit.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Provide high level advice to ensure the efficient, effective and coordinated development of departmental strategies relative to early childhood education and care services and programs.
Manage a suite of programs, contracts and funding rounds and associated service providers to ensure the strategic aims and objectives of the Government are being achieved.
Provide leadership and coordination of responses to achieve identified departmental outcomes and strategies.
Liaise, consult and assist in the management of the design and implementation of strategic planning and policy strategies for the provision of children, family and community services and initiatives in Queensland.
Liaise, consult and negotiate at a senior level with relevant government and non-government organisations relating to human service provision and policies that impact on the effective operation of relevant legislation.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

How to Apply

To apply, please attach the following:
A brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (one of whom should be your current supervisor) highlighting your key skills, experience and attributes relevant to this role.
A two-page written response on how your experience, abilities, knowledge and attributes would enable you to achieve the key responsibilities and meet the skill requirement of this role.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.

Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).

The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.
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