About this job
This temporary vacancy is open to Expressions of Interest and any extensions to this appointment will not exceed 12 months.
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.
Your opportunity
As the Principal Policy Officer you will:
- Lead the development and implementation of best practice initiatives and policies for early childhood, school and tertiary education and training.
- Coordinate and undertake extensive policy development and research activities on initiatives and issues impacting on the future direction of early childhood, school and tertiary education and training in Queensland.
The Principal Policy Officer reports to the Nominated Supervisor, Student Engagement and Retention, Disability, Inclusion and Student Services, School and Student Support, Early Childhood and State Schools Division.
Your Role
Appointments in the public sector are merit-based and will be assessed by looking at what you have done previously—the knowledge, skills and experience you have built, your potential for development, and your personal qualities.
Responsibilities include:
- Establish evaluation and monitoring systems to assess the success of significant projects, strategies, policies and innovative early childhood, school and tertiary education and training frameworks and communicate these outcomes with key stakeholders and clients.
- Lead and manage significant contracts and projects; provide direction, guidance and technical assistance to project staff and liaise with internal and external stakeholders to progress capital and non-capital deliverables.
- Prepare major policy papers, briefings, reports and submissions including Cabinet submissions, evaluation frameworks and impact studies.
- Lead and coordinate reporting requirements, such as responses to Whole-of-Government initiatives, election commitment reporting, Service Delivery Statements, Enterprise Portfolio and Planning documentation, performance management, and strategic and business planning.
- Identify, analyse and provide leadership on strategic issues and formulate innovative and workable policy options and solutions.
- Assess strategic issues, research and policy initiatives including those occurring locally, nationally and internationally and provide high level strategic advice to the Minister, the Director-General and the senior executive of the department.
- Represent the department on inter-departmental committees and working groups, coordinate the department's contribution and lead executive support to multiple committees including multi-agency steering committees and DoE Project Board.
- Contribute to improving the quality of policy processes through working with operational areas to build policy capability and progress strategic issues.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
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 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.
Applicants need to be a current Queensland Government employee to be eligible to apply.
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.
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.