Manager Governance and Planning

IndigCareers; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 155,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

QLeave is seeking a Manager Governance and Planning to join Brisbane’s North team. This permanent, full-time role leads governance, planning and performance across the organisation, delivering Annual Reports and policy management to meet statutory obligations.

You will drive enterprise governance frameworks, oversee complaints and records management, and support direction through robust planning cycles and reporting to senior stakeholders in a dynamic public sector setting.

Qualifications

• Lead strategic and operational planning, performance reporting or corporate governance in a complex environment.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of public sector governance, accountability, policy, complaints and records management.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams, manage competing priorities and deliver quality outcomes.
• Apply high-level communication and influencing skills, including providing clear advice to senior stakeholders.
• Exercise sound judgement, discretion and professionalism, with a collaborative approach to sensitive and time-critical matters.

Responsibilities

• Lead QLeave’s governance, strategic and operational planning, and performance reporting functions.
• Strengthen and embed enterprise governance, planning and performance frameworks.
• Drive annual planning, monitoring and reporting cycles across the organisation, including Annual Report delivery.
• Oversee consistent approaches to policy, complaints and records management and governance.
• Support QLeave to meet its statutory, regulatory and organisational obligations.

Job description

Position Status: Permanent
Position Type: Flexible Full Time
Classification: AO8
Workplace Location: Brisbane – Northgate
Closing Date: 21 October 2026
Yearly Salary: $154,788 - $163,554
Fortnightly Salary: $5,933.00 - $6,269.00

Be challenged | Be rewarded | Belong

Are you a strategic governance professional ready to lead, influence and drive improvement? QLeave is seeking a Manager Governance and Planning to join our high performing Governance and Planning team in Brisbane’s North.

This flexible, full-time, permanent position offers a fantastic opportunity for a skilled governance leader to contribute to QLeave’s success by driving planning and performance practices across the organisation.

About QLeave

QLeave is a statutory authority administering portable long service leave schemes for workers in the building and construction, contract cleaning, and community services industries. With over $2 billion in funds under management, we ensure that Queensland’s workers receive the benefits they’ve earned. Our commitment to strong governance, accountability, and service excellence underpins everything we do.

About the Role

As Manager Governance and Planning, you will lead an integrated function encompassing governance, strategic and operational planning, performance reporting, including delivery of QLeave’s Annual Reports, policy management, complaints management, and records management to support QLeave in meeting its statutory, regulatory and organisational obligations.

Your immediate priority will be to strengthen QLeave's enterprise governance, planning and performance frameworks, drive the organisation's annual planning and reporting cycles, and embed robust, consistent approaches to policy development, complaints management and records management practices.

Your Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Lead QLeave’s governance, strategic and operational planning, and performance reporting functions.
• Strengthen and embed enterprise governance, planning and performance frameworks.
• Drive annual planning, monitoring and reporting cycles across the organisation, including Annual Report delivery.
• Oversee consistent approaches to policy, complaints and records management and governance.
• Support QLeave to meet its statutory, regulatory and organisational obligations.

For a complete list of the role responsibilities, please refer to the role description.

What We're Looking For

QLeave appointments are based on selecting the eligible applicant best suited to the position. We will assess your application based on your experience, potential for development, and your personal qualities.

For this role, we will consider how well you:

• Lead strategic and operational planning, performance reporting or corporate governance in a complex environment.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of public sector governance, accountability, policy, complaints and records management.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams, manage competing priorities and deliver quality outcomes.
• Apply high-level communication and influencing skills, including providing clear advice to senior stakeholders.
• Exercise sound judgement, discretion and professionalism, with a collaborative approach to sensitive and time-critical matters.

There are no mandatory qualifications for this role. Practical experience in corporate governance, planning, performance reporting, policy, records management or complaints management will be highly regarded. Relevant qualifications in business, governance, public sector management, policy or a related discipline will also be favourably regarded.

QLeave values diversity and is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. Adjustments to the recruitment process are available upon request to ensure all candidates can showcase their abilities.