Principal Program Officer

2 weeks ago


Brisbane, Australia Communities, Housing and Digital Economy Full time

As the Principal Program Officer, you will work collaboratively with community sector partners providing expert advice and guidance of the delivery of high-quality program reform and management of programs and capital works projects by:

- effectively engaging and liaising with the Housing Partnerships Office, HHS to ensure that built products and services meet the needs of the community at a place-based level.
- effectively managing projects at a high level to support the capital works program of the team, utilising and implementing the Agile project management methodology.
- undertaking complex business analysis and reporting functions for the team, including urgent requests for project information from across the department.
- responding to emerging policy and funding issues relating to the National Regulatory Scheme for Community Housing.
- leading the implementation of effective business processes and providing high level customer service to manage the registration of proposals and innovative ideas from individuals and organisations for consideration by the Department.
- leading the development and implementation of funding reform activities that are effective, integrated with the 2017-2027 Queensland Housing Strategy, whole-of-government policy directions, and responsive to variation in regions, communities and client groups.
- providing professional, expert and timely advice to colleagues and senior management to inform strategy, direction and generation of solutions to complex problems.
- researching and preparing proposals, project plans, recommendations, submissions and briefing papers of a complex nature.
- guiding the department's investment in social housing through the development of housing assistance projects that are robust, evidence based and represent value for money.
- Supporting and helping maintain a workplace safety culture by ensuring that all policies and practices concerning Workplace Health and Safety are applied and a part of day to day operations

Applications to remain current for 12 months.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.



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