Principal Policy Officer

2 days ago

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Queensland Department of Education Full time $80,000 - $120,000 per year

An exciting opportunity exists within the Student Protection team for a highly motivated Principal Policy Officer to be part of the department's Internal Reviews team.

About The Department Of Education
Working for the Queensland Department of Education means joining an organisation that values its people and promotes leadership and innovation. Be part of an environment that respects professionalism and diversity, offers training and development opportunities and embraces flexible careers and work-life balance. Find out more about working with us .

About The Team
The Internal Reviews team is responsible for the state-wide management of the department's child death and serious injuries reviews under the Child Protection Act 1999 and also responds to information requests from the Child Death Review Board, State Coroner and other government agencies.

About The Role
The Principal Policy Officer will manage multiple child death or serious injury reviews and will work other team members and with school and regional staff to ensure the reviews are completed within legislated timeframes, and in line with the department's internal review guidelines.

Responsibilities Include
The officer's responsibilities will include, but may not be limited to:

  • Gathering extensive information from multiple sources as part of a review or in response to an information request;
  • Analysing the information to identify matters that may require further exploration;
  • Planning and conducting sensitive consultations with school and/or regional staff;
  • Drafting detailed case chronologies, internal review reports or responses to requests;
  • Analysing information from eviews to draw out system learnings from across reviews;
  • Managing documents and data and supporting periodic reporting.

The Successful Applicant Will Have The Following Key Attributes

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
  • Demonstrated ability to gather and critically analyse complex information;
  • Ability to build and sustain effective working relationships with staff and external stakeholders;
  • Ability to sensitively and professionally manage interactions with school and regional staff including in highly complex situations where multiple staff may be negatively impacted by a child's death or injury;
  • Ability to work as part of a high functioning team, meet deadlines and function autonomously;
  • Knowledge of or the ability to acquire knowledge of the department and applicable child protection and education legislation, policies and procedures.

Interested? To Apply:

  • Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history);
  • Attach a 2-page response to the How you may be assessed section of 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.

Occupational group
Policy & Planning

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