Executive Director Workforce

Queensland Government; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 220,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

The Queensland Government seeks an Executive Director Workforce to provide strategic leadership across HR for the QAS, guiding workforce capability, wellbeing, safety and performance. You will deploy systems to monitor standards, manage workforce risk, and drive improvements aligned to government priorities.

Leading a team of about 80 HR professionals, you will shape policy, governance and employee relations, and partner with senior stakeholders to advance workforce improvement across frontline

Qualifications

• Demonstrated capability to lead complex workforce strategies in a large service delivery organisation.
• Executive-level consulting and inter-personal skills to influence change.
• Strong planning, budgeting, project management and performance feedback experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation and evaluation of workforce strategies to improve capability and culture.
• Oversee HR functions including policy, wellbeing, safety, HR services and industrial relations.
• Represent the organisation in forums with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Executive stakeholder management

People management

Workforce transformation

Policy governance

Education

Undergraduate or postgraduate qualifications in HR or business

Job description

This role provides essential support enabling the development and delivery of frontline services, programs and outcomes.

The QAS Executive Director Workforce provides strategic leadership across all aspects of the human resources (HR) function for the QAS in order to drive workforce capability, performance, engagement and workplace health and safety. The role operates as a key senior executive to establish and monitor systems that will provide feedback about standards of performance to inform future standards, manage and mitigate areas of workforce risk, and harness opportunities for workforce improvement.

The role supervises the full spectrum of HR functions including government policy, QAS policy, governance, wellbeing and safety, HR capability, HR services and industrial and employee relations, delivered by a team of approximately 80 HR professionals.

We are seeking applicants who, within the context of the role responsibilities, possess the following key attributes:

• Demonstrated record of achievement in successfully leading the design, implementation and evaluation of innovative workforce strategies within a complex service delivery organisation, to improve performance, capability and culture through people and enabling systems.
• Demonstrated executive level consulting, communication and interpersonal skills conducive to establishing successful business partnerships and influencing others in an environment of change, transformation and accountability.
• Demonstrated high level management skills and knowledge, including experience in the areas of planning; managing resources; budget preparation and management; project management; evidence-based decision making; and performance feedback.
• Highly developed leadership and management skills including a demonstrated capacity to create and maintain high performing teams and strategically manage change and innovation to improve organisational capability.
• Proven experience in leading and overseeing human resource, employee and industrial relations, and health and safety functions and governance systems to deliver organisational and government priorities and manage service level agreements with external providers.
• Proven experience in representing a large, complex organisation in a wide range of forums with internal and external stakeholders and industry groups.

Mandatory/Special Conditions/Other Requirements

• The following mandatory requirements, special conditions and/or other requirements apply to this role:
• Whilst not mandatory, the possession of undergraduate or postgraduate qualifications in human resources and/or business will be highly regarded.
• The incumbent may be required to travel on official business and the possession of a C class driver's licence may be required.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Occupational group Executive