Assistant Director Grants

3 days ago

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Legal Aid Full time

LAQ is recruiting for three Assistant Directors in our Grants Division. This is an outstanding opportunity for experienced business or legal professionals to manage arrangements for the purchase of legal services to support legal service delivery to vulnerable and disadvantaged Queenslanders.
Legal Aid Queensland (LAQ) utilises a purchaser-provider model to deliver high-quality legal services across Queensland. Approximately 80% of those legal services, costing about $80M per year, are provided by private legal practitioners.
You will be responsible for overseeing this busy and demand driven area to ensure quality services are provided in a timely way within available budget. As the Assistant Director, you will work closely with the Grants Management Team to develop and implement strategies to support the workplace culture, business systems and processes, and operational results of the division.
What you will do
As one of 3 Assistant Directors in the Grants division you will be responsible for overseeing this busy and demand driven area to ensure quality services are provided in a timely way within available budget. The Assistant Directors work closely with the Grants Management Team to develop and implement strategies to support the workplace culture, business systems and processes, and operational results of the division. You will:

- Supervise Grants Managers including providing of performance management, feedback and career development. Also oversee recruitment, establishment management, achievement and development planning, and learning and development for the division.
- Develop and implement new and updated policies, procedures, business processes and systems to support the delivery of Grants functions. This includes planning and coordination of change management activities.
- Contribute to strategic and operational planning for Grants and lead the development, implementation and reporting of associated projects and programs.
- Prepare briefing notes to the Director Grants, Chief Executive Officer, various governance committees and the LAQ Board about Grants.
- Make and record decisions about requests for a grant of legal assistance in accordance with delegations including expensive cases, senior officer assessments and internal reviews.

About you
- You will have significant experience managing a large and decentralised team in the delivery of client services and people management
- Strong leadership skills to foster positive team culture
- Demonstrated understanding of an organisation's strategic direction and hows this can align to operational activities
- You can develop strategies and plans to address current and future challenges in Grants
- You respond flexibly, contribute innovative ideas, and effectively manage change.

To apply, please provide
- a written statement (two pages) on how you have demonstrated the capabilities of the role; and
- your resume.

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