Principal Advisor

About us As a department our purpose is to help the community to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from the impact of fire and emergency events. Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) is the primary provider of fire, rescue and emergency management programs and services throughout Queensland. The department encompasses the Fire and Rescue Service, disaster management services, the Rural Fire Service and the State Emergency Service (SES), and also supports other volunteer groups providing emergency response to Queenslanders. QFES is one department with many services, many capabilities and many partners. Purpose of the role Talent Acquisition is the central point of contact the department's talent acquisition activities and to operationalise the attraction, selection and recruitment strategy through the effective delivery of modern and contemporary recruitment practices and services that support an inclusive, diverse and capable pool of talent to meet organisational objectives and fulfil operational requirements. Reporting to the Executive Manager, you will be responsible for influencing the design of modern and contemporary practices to support attraction, selection and recruitment of an inclusive, diverse and capable pool of talent. You will be required to analyse, design and implement innovative approaches, policy, procedures and supporting documentation for end-to-end recruitment campaigns and programs, whilst ensuring governance, compliance and continuous improvement to meet organisational requirements. Key requirements Highly desirable requirements - Knowledge and/or experience or qualifications in human resource management or similar discipline. Your key accountabilities Your part in the ongoing success of our department, in supporting key frontline services will see you responsible for a variety of work, including, but not limited to: - Lead the delivery of innovative attraction, selection and recruitment processes and practices to support service delivery and business strategies that improve all stages of the employee lifecycle. - Lead policy review, analysis and identify potential risk/impact and contribute to the development and implementation of recruitment policies and procedures, with a focus on ensuring current and emerging recruitment issues and trends meet departmental requirements. - Manage supplier/vendor sourcing initiatives including contracts, negotiations and/or performance reviews, ensuring compliance with financial, procurement and contract management practices and frameworks. - Overview case management of complex and sensitive attraction, recruitment and selection issues and processes, and provide expert advice to senior management with awareness of their possible impact on strategic, political or operational outcomes for the department. - Engage, collaborate and maintain strong working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to identify opportunities, achieve outcomes and facilitate cooperation. - Prepare, review and provide high-level submissions, briefing notes and other correspondence relating to human resource management issues and processes in accordance with departmental requirements and governance. - Develop quality performance evaluation methodologies to assess the performance of talent management outcomes and build workforce capability. - Build capability in a team environment through coaching others, providing performance feedback, conflict resolution and encouraging career development. Capabilities To determine your suitability for the role, you will be assessed on the following Leadership Competencies for Queensland behavioural profiles that link to the "key accountabilities" for this role: Leadership Competency Stream - Team Leader (leading others) Vision - Stimulates ideas and innovation - Makes insightful decisions Results - Builds enduring relationships - Drives accountability and outcomes Accountability - Fosters healthy and inclusive workplaces - Demonstrates sound governance Once you join us we will want you to exemplify the QFES shared values of: - Respect - Integrity - Trust - Courage - LoyaltyThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.