About this job
About the Departments:
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:
Education Systems Management is a large team of over 50 staff focused on customer support and engagement, managing expectations, process assurance and understanding our customer's needs. Teams are responsible for information technology-based delivery support for schools and corporate staff. These services include; level two support for the department's key applications (OneSchool including Finance, QParents, QTeachers, Office 365, QLearn and Internet Filtering) and Cybersafety and Reputational Management Advice and Support. The team's scope extends to managing application enhancements and stakeholder engagement processes, application governance and user acceptance testing co-ordination.
As the Director you will:
- Provide the strategic leadership required to create a shared understanding and commitment to achieve organisational goals and objectives and encourage a culture of customer service.
- Lead and manage the delivery of the unit's program of work by monitoring, evaluating and reporting on outputs, service delivery and performance, utilising change management when appropriate.
- Partner with key internal and external stakeholders with a focus on collaboration and the achievement of departmental ICT objectives.
- Provide high level strategic advice to the Assistant Director General, Information Technology Branch and senior management, influence effectiveness of the department's business processes, and other key stakeholders on integrated service delivery issues.
- Develop the capacity of others through effective mentoring, coaching and professional development.
- Ensure that the unit business plans are aligned with branch, department and whole of Government policies and strategies and provide input into ICT strategic and operational plans and the department's strategy for corporate governance.
About You:
- Strong communicator.
- Knowledge of how schools operate is desirable..
- An understanding of leading product development as a product owner is desirable..
- Ability to create and maintain a culture of continuous improvement
Benefits:
- This role is based in the Brisbane Central District.
- There is an opportunity to design a flexible arrangement.
Please view the Role Description for a full list of responsibilities.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
Interested? To Apply:
- Attach a brief resume (maximum of 4 pages) including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history/be a current or recent supervisor).
- Attach a maximum 2-page written response demonstrating skills, experience and a strong suitability to perform the role requirements, from the above dot points in this job advertisement.
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).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.
(blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.