Director, Office of The Deputy Director-general

The role
Reporting to the Deputy Director-General you will provide strategic leadership and oversight of Executive and Divisional Services and provides a conduit between the ODDG and the Offices of the Director-General, Minister for Health and Ambulance Services and other Deputy Directors-General's. You will also Provide independent, strategic, consistent, and timely advice to the DDG regarding contentious, time-critical, or confidential matters, and other issues as required to ensure business continuity.

Furthermore, you will be responsible for resolving issues, particularly contentious, time-critical, or confidential matters as required. Reviewing and providing advice on major policy documents, submissions and issues put to the DDG and other Executives will play a major part in your key responsibility's.

The successful person
To be successful in this role you will have a comprehensive understanding and breadth of experience in providing leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills daily.

Leadership
- Demonstrated senior management and leadership skills, including the ability to initiate and strategically manage change, allocate resources effectively and maximise staff potential.
- Experience in leading and managing divisional services including financial, human resources, correspondence, executive support, and governance functions.
- Experience in navigating through complex administrative and policy environments and engage and influence stakeholders to effectively deliver required outcomes.

Communication
- Outstanding written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated capacity to liaise, mediate and negotiate with all levels of staff and with a range of stakeholders in a sensitive and confidential manner.
- Proven ability to positively engage and develop influential relationships and maintain effective and productive partnerships with a broad range of stakeholders and colleagues.
- Robust and dynamic interpersonal skills to enable the provision of advice and support to the Deputy Director-General ensuring timeframes, milestones and deadlines are achieved.

Problem solving
- High-level problem-solving skills and the capacity to analyse and integrate information from diverse sources to provide concise, accurate and appropriate information.
- Extensive experience in providing sensitive, confidential, and complex support and policy advice to Executive Management within large complex public sector organisations.
- Detailed understanding of Queensland Health, or a similarly large organisation, its functions, organisational arrangements, and priorities in providing excellence in the delivery of health services to Queenslanders.
- Demonstrated capacity for innovation, creativity, and sound judgement in a complex operational environment.

About us
The Department of Health is responsible for the overall management of the public health system in Queensland. We are an organisation that strongly believes in the need to work with people who value the goals of our organisation and who will thrive in our workplace. Working at the Department of Health is about making a difference.

The Clinical Excellence Queensland (CEQ) mission is to partner with health services, clinicians, and consumers to drive measurable improvement in patient care through continual pursuit of excellence. CEQ is committed to a client-first approach. Through building strong relationships and understanding the needs and aspirations of our clients, we are best able to achieve our mission.

**Benefits**:

- A fast-paced, challenging, and supportive environment
- Competitive salary + generous superannuation and leave loading
- Flexible working arrangements
- Diverse work culture
- Career training and development