Racetrack Specialist

Are you a purpose-led racetracks specialist that understands the value in developing, maintaining, and improving racing and training track surfaces throughout Queensland.

Racing Queensland is looking for an experienced racetrack specialist to join our Racing Operations team on a permanent basis with flexible working options.

In the role, you'll bring your industry (best-practice) racing and training track knowledge to keep Queensland racing clubs and Racing Queensland (RQ) compliant across the three codes of racing (Thoroughbred, Harness and Greyhounds).

**What we expect from you**
- You're comfortable in a fast-paced environment and always excited to rise to the challenge.
- You'll channel your grit, resilience, and agility to think fast and adapt to suit the problem at hand.
- You'll bring a results-driven attitude and excellent people skills to build trusted partnerships that will drive our industry forward.
- You'll lead by example and thrive on meeting (and exceeding) expectations in a high-performance culture.

**What you can expect from us**
- Work for a diverse and dynamic tri-code organisation where no two days are alike.
- Make a real impact on the industry, the communities it serves within the great state of Queensland.
- Unlock significant development and career progression opportunities protecting the integrity of a tri-code Principal Racing Authority.
- Enjoy a warm and inclusive workplace that values diverse perspectives and welcomes contributions from every corner of the business.

**What you'll do, day to day**
- Ensuring RQ's strategic plans and objectives are achieved by delivering optimal race and training track utilisation.
- Working with the Senior Track and Racecourse Manager on ensuring all tracks are maintained & presented in optimal condition.
- Assisting in transitioning all tracks from reactive management practices to developing and implementing proactive track management methods.
- Assisting in project managing construction and renovations of racing & training track surfaces across the three codes of racing.
- Implementing scientific practices to understand past track performance as well as predicting future track requirements.
- Conducting, on an as-required basis, track inspections preceding race meetings to establish suitability for racing commitments or otherwise recommend and plan remedial measures as and when required to achieve the continuity of racing.
- Furnish RQ Racing Operations with recommendations pertaining to the suitability for racing based on track conditions.
- Assist in creating business cases, reports, Board Papers in support of future race and training track developments.

This is a fast-paced, dynamic environment where your resilience and ability to rise to the challenge will play a key role in shaping the future of our industry. With your results-driven attitude, grit, resilience and "get it done attitude", you will build trusted partnerships with all stakeholder groups.

This role affords the scope to realise the significant professional uplift of working for a tri-code Principal Racing Authority. We recruit values-aligned people into Racing Queensland who lead by example and thrive on delivering results in a high-performance culture.

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**The Organisation: Racing Queensland**

Racing Queensland (RQ) is a statutory body whose primary purpose is to promote, enhance and provide a platform to service the industry across the three codes of racing: Thoroughbred, Greyhound, and Harness.

RQ's vision is to connect people through the thrill of racing, and its mission is to be Queensland's number #1 sport.

**Benefits**
- **Hybrid work life**:

- **Professoinal and Personal Development**:

- **Leadership Development**:

- **Your Leave, your way**:

- **Support and celebrate you**:

- **Community Giving**

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We encourage you to check out our generous benefits and about working at RQ on our website.

RQ values inclusivity and promotes a workplace that actively seeks to welcome contributions from all people.

Our commitment to First Nations people and cultures is demonstrated through our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) and First Nations Strategy. We are progressing self-determination by recognising the cultural richness and interests of First Nations people. We are investing in a culturally connected and agile organisation, with the skills and experience we need to support better outcomes for First Nations people. We are taking a collaborative approach in fundamental areas like employment and procurement, and by building strong and sustainable partnerships with First Nations organisations and communities. We are focused on working with First Nations people to improve service design and delivery, knowing that this will deliver better outcomes for all of Queensland.

We encourage people of all abilities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, diverse cultures, and backgrounds, LGBTIQ+ identities, and all age groups and genders to apply