Chief Operating Officer - Education Transformation & Governance

The Mandarin; Australia; On-site; AUD 364,000 - 375,000; Full time

Job summary

ACT Education Directorate is recruiting a Chief Operating Officer to lead enterprise strategy, enabling services and governance, with a focus on transforming corporate services and workforce capability. The role works with the Director-General and the ACT Government to deliver reform and improved outcomes for children and young people across the ACT.

The successful candidate will drive high performance, integrity, and cultural safety across functions including finance, procurement, risk and

Responsibilities

• Enterprise leadership and strategy: Lead the Directorate’s enabling functions, translate strategic priorities into coordinated delivery, and contribute to collective executive decisions and stewardship.
• People, culture and capability: Build workforce and leadership capability; foster wellbeing, inclusion, cultural safety and high performance; and sustain a culture of learning and accountability.
• Governance, integrity and resilience: Lead governance, assurance, audit, risk, compliance, integrity, legal liaison, security and emergency management to support sound, ethical and transparent decisions.
• Financial and resource stewardship: Direct financial strategy, budget management, school resourcing and procurement, ensuring resources are allocated equitably, sustainably and with probity.
• Service transformation and performance: Design and improve corporate services and operating models so schools can focus on teaching, learning and wellbeing; use data, evaluation and reporting to improve performance and demonstrate impact.
• Government, community and stakeholder engagement: Provide high-quality ministerial, Cabinet, Assembly and statutory support, and build trusted relationships across government, schools, communities and partner organisations.
• Closing the Gap and cultural safety: Embed the closing the gap principle in strategy, governance, workforce practice and service delivery; strengthen cultural capability; and support shared accountability with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Job description

ACT Education Directorate is recruiting a Chief Operating Officer to lead enterprise strategy, enabling services and governance, with a focus on transforming corporate services and workforce capability. The role works with the Director-General and the ACT Government to deliver reform and improved outcomes for children and young people across the ACT.

The successful candidate will drive high performance, integrity, and cultural safety across functions including finance, procurement, risk and