Director, Capability Operations and Systems

Queensland Health; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Health seeks a Director, Capability Operations and Systems to lead workforce capability and leadership development strategies across the health system. You will drive scholarships, grants, funding programs, and capability initiatives, while overseeing learning platforms and providers.

This role provides expert advice to senior executives and builds broad stakeholder partnerships. You will lead a high-performing team, foster innovation, and apply contemporary people management

Qualifications

• Strategic capacity to analyse performance of the health system and align capability products to priorities.
• Experience in a large, complex and decentralised public service.
• Knowledge of national and international trends in capability and leadership development.
• Ability to manage strategic relationships with internal partners and external providers.
• Strong communication, and policy networking skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for workforce capability and leadership development initiatives.
• Oversee scholarships, grants, professional development funding, and capability programs.
• Oversee procurement and management of learning platforms and service providers.
• Ensure program delivery, reporting, and evaluation; provide expert advice to senior executives.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Analytical skills

Negotiation

Job description

As the Director, Capability Operations and Systems, you will provide strategic leadership for the delivery, governance, and continuous improvement of workforce capability and leadership development initiatives across Queensland Health. You will lead the design and implementation of scholarships, grants, professional development funding, and capability programs; oversee the procurement and management of learning platforms and service providers; and ensure effective program delivery, communication, reporting, and evaluation. Providing expert advice to senior executives, you will build strong stakeholder partnerships across Queensland Health and the broader sector to support key workforce priorities and organisational objectives. You will lead a high-performing team, foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement, and apply contemporary people management practices to deliver sustainable workforce capability outcomes while contributing to the broader strategic leadership of the division.

About you

We are searching for someone who has:

• Demonstrated strategic capacity to analyse and understand the performance of the Queensland Health system, to ensure workforce capability and leadership development products, platforms, systems and services are aligned to government priorities and deliver improved health outcomes for the population of Queensland.
• Extensive experience with a proven record of achievement in a large, complex and decentralised service delivery organisation.
• High level expertise, and extensive knowledge of national and international trends and initiatives relating to the improvement of the capability and leadership development of the health workforce.
• Demonstrated ability to manage the strategic relationships with internal partners and external providers of capability development products, platforms, systems and services.
• Strong analytical and negotiation skills including the ability to resolve conflict positively.
• Excellent communication skills, including written and verbal skills, as well as good team building and policy networking skills.