Principal Advisor

**About Us**:
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.
**About the Role**:
Responsibilities include, but not limited to;
- Manage, on behalf of the Executive Director, the preparation of complex reports, submissions and briefs, in accordance with the Department's processes.
- Provide leadership of regional operations activities and priorities and ensure the effectiveness of directorate policies, standards and procedures including Business Continuity Planning, Quarterly Risk Review, Emergency Response Planning, Operational Planning, Right to Information requests.
- Establish and maintain effective liaison, communication and collaboration processes with Queensland state schools, together with major partners and other relevant agencies and stakeholders.
- Oversee governance processes that manage the regions enquiries and complaints in line with the Department's Customer Complaints Management policy and procedure, including reporting and records management.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
**How to Apply**:

- Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
- A 2-pg written statement in response to the attached role description.

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).
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