Economic Development Officer

2 weeks ago


Toowoomba, Australia State Development and Infrastructure Full time

We're looking for the best-suited applicant for the role. We focus on your strengths by assessing a combination of your competencies, knowledge-based skills and behaviours.
**For this role we are looking for strengths in**: - Managing competing priorities
- Research and analysis
- Strong verbal and written communication
- Attention to detail
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Proactive and drivenYour responsibilities
- Conduct research and analysis on emerging economic trends to generate data-driven insights. With guidance from the team, prepare summaries of trends, funding streams, and region-specific opportunities and impediments for internal and external stakeholders. Work collaboratively on the planning and execution of team and industry events
- Assist the team with client engagement activities, including pre-meeting research. Promote industry development opportunities and initiatives to foster economic growth. Coordinate and provide support for working groups and interagency meetings. Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders and government agencies. Conduct research to inform the drafting of briefings, submissions, reports, and correspondence for review and approval. Provide support to the Regional Executive Officer and contribute to the relevant work plan. Perform additional duties as required by the Regional Director or Manager.
Applications to remain current for 12 months.
**Job Ad Reference**: QLD/592178/24
**Closing Date**: Thursday, 3 October 2024This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.



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