Director

Department of Health - Queensland; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Health - Queensland is seeking a senior advisor to provide independent, strategic and timely advice to the Senior Director, Strategy and Reform Branch on contentious and confidential matters, ensuring business continuity across the department.

You will inform and shape national policy reforms, including the National Health Reform Agreement, and oversee the implementation of government policy positions, with a focus on First Nations health outcomes.

Qualifications

• A demonstrated understanding of historical and contemporary issues affecting First Nations peoples and subsequent health impacts.
• Experience in providing sensitive, confidential and complex support to the First Nations Executive Leadership Team as well as other departmental leadership executives as required.
• Experience in leading and managing business and executive support services including financial, human resources, governance and correspondence within a division.
• Strong analytical and negotiation skills including the ability to resolve conflict positively.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent, strategic, timely advice to the Senior Director on time-critical or confidential matters.
• Inform and provide strategic advice on national policy reforms including the National Health Reform Agreement.
• Resolve issues, especially contentious or confidential matters for the First Nations Health Office.
• Undertake complex, sensitive, time-critical projects for the First Nations Health Office.

Job description

• Provide independent, strategic, consistent, timely advice to the Senior Director, Strategy and Reform Branch regarding contentious, time-critical, or confidential matters, and other issues as required to ensure business continuity.
• Inform and provide strategic advice on national policy reforms including the National Health Reform Agreement, together with the oversight and/or implementation of government policy positions.
• Resolve issues, particularly contentious, time-critical, or confidential matters as required by the First Nations Health Office.
• Undertake complex, sensitive and time-critical projects for the First Nations Health Office.

How you will be assessed

The essential requirements for this role are:

• A demonstrated understanding of historical and contemporary issues affecting First Nations peoples and subsequent health impacts.
• Experience in providing sensitive, confidential and complex support to the First Nations Executive Leadership Team as well as other departmental leadership executives as required.
• Experience in leading and managing business and executive support services including financial, human resources, governance and correspondence within a division.
• Strong analytical and negotiation skills including the ability to resolve conflict positively.

Why work with us?

Work alongside passionate professionals in a supportive and inclusive environment that values people and prioritises employee success and wellbeing. This includes:

• 12.75% superannuation
• 17.5% leave loading
• 38 hour full time work week
• Access to 24/7 confidential employee support providers and counsellors including for immediate family members
• Additional flexibility to support your work life balance including access to generous leave entitlements, such as purchased leave, domestic violence leave, reproductive health leave, cultural leave, study and examination leave.
• Career progression with more than 300 diverse career pathways and career support to take you further!
• Access to a variety of programs and initiatives to support training and career growth.
• Grow your skills through hands-on experience and access to internal training opportunities and additional financial and leave benefits for approved external training and development.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

At Queensland Health, our work environment is inclusive and supportive, and we value our employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from people of all cultures, abilities and backgrounds.

Our commitment to cultural safety, equity, diversity and inclusion means we understand some people may need changes to the recruitment process. If you need support during the recruitment process, such as meeting with the panel virtually instead of in person, please reach out to the hiring manager. We value diverse candidates and your need for adjustments will not affect our hiring decisions.

Queensland Health is the state's largest healthcare provider. We are committed to ensuring all Queenslanders have access to a range of public healthcare services aimed at achieving good health and well-being.

Through a network of 16 Hospital and Health Services, as well as the Mater Hospitals, Queensland Health delivers a range of integrated services including hospital inpatient, outpatient and emergency services, community and mental health services, aged care services and public health and health promotion programs.

Queensland Health is the state's largest healthcare provider. We are committed to ensuring all Queenslanders have access to a range of public healthcare services aimed at achieving good health and well-being.

Through a network of 16 Hospital and Health Services, as well as the Mater Hospitals, Queensland Health delivers a range of integrated services including hospital inpatient, outpatient and emergency services, community and mental health services, aged care services and public health and health promotion programs.