Senior Adviser

Queensland Corrective Services; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Queensland Parole Board Secretariat, part of Queensland Corrective Services, seeks an experienced leader to supervise a small team and manage workloads within the Secretariat. You will mentor staff, allocate outputs, and quality assure work to support the Board’s decision-making process.

You will prepare complex reports and submissions, monitor performance systems, and ensure legislative compliance, while contributing to strategic reporting and auditing frameworks and upholding a positive,

Qualifications

• Experience leading a team and coordinating staff workloads.
• Strong report writing and submissions skills.
• Knowledge of legislative compliance and governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Supervise staff workloads and allocate quality outputs.
• Mentor and coach team members to develop capabilities.
• Prepare complex reports and submissions for senior management and boards.
• Monitor performance systems and ensure legislative compliance.
• Contribute to strategic reporting and auditing frameworks.
• Foster a positive and diverse workplace culture within the Secretariat.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Mentoring

Coaching

Report writing

Compliance

Auditing

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

The Parole Board Queensland was established as an independent authority and its statutory functions and powers are exercised independently from influence by Queensland Corrective Services (QCS).

As an independent decision-making body, the Board receives information from a range of people, service providers and organisations. The Board scrutinises this information in order to maintain public confidence through the transparency of the parole decision-making process.

The Secretariat is a business unit established under the Community Corrections and Specialist Operations division of QCS. The Secretariat supports the Board through the provision of administrative and legal support in accordance with QCS’ statutory obligations relating to the operations of the Board.

We need you to critically analyse Secretariat operations, provide expert advice on offender management, and support the Manager in ensuring compliance, efficiency, and effective administrative support of the Board. You will also lead and develop a small team, foster a positive and diverse workplace culture, and contribute to strategic reporting and auditing frameworks.

Your day to day will include supervising staff workloads, mentoring and coaching team members, allocating and quality assuring Secretariat outputs. You will also prepare complex reports and submissions, monitor performance systems and ensure legislative compliance.

Choosing a career at QCS will give you the opportunity to develop your skills within an environment that provides the highest standards of service delivery through diligence, efficiency, collaboration, sharing of knowledge as well as supporting our co-workers, stakeholders, the community, prisoners and offenders.

The role description attached to this advertisement provides a full outline of the role requirements. You are encouraged to review this to assist with your application for this position.

Within the context of the role responsibilities described above under “About the role', the ideal applicant will be someone who can competitively demonstrate their knowledge, skills and experiences and their suitability against the Leadership competencies for Queensland (Team Leader): Vision, Results and Accountability in the context of the essential requirements for this role.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Occupational group Administration