Senior Executive Director

Description:

We are seeking a Senior Executive Director to lead the Inclusion, Programs and Partnerships area and be a thought leader in human service delivery with a commitment to embracing the humanity of clients and staff and driving the social and economic participation of Queenslanders with disability.

The Senior Executive Director, Inclusion, Programs and Partnerships will assist the department to achieve its vision through a results-driven approach and a client and community-focused culture, and display the core public sector values of: customers first; ideas into action; unleash potential; be courageous; and empower people. The position requires a person who will take personal responsibility for serving the government of the day and meeting the needs of the people and communities of Queensland.

As a senior executive, you will work towards a system of world class service delivery and public sector management.

You will be an influential leader, capable of engaging and providing high-level advice to departmental senior executives, government, non-government leaders and Ministers, on a range of community services issues, with specialist knowledge and understanding of the needs of people with disability.

You will have a track record of success and expertise in responding to complex systemic and individual issues impacting people with disability and pursuing the best possible outcomes for the individual/s impacts, the disability community and sector, and the Queensland Government.

You will understand the ways in which community services sub-sectors and health system interact with the NDIS, and take action to drive inclusion and system integration, including through measuring, monitoring and reporting on wellbeing and outcomes, and reform options.

You will have experience in the design and delivery of funded programs of support within the community services sector, including a commitment to co-designing person-centred approaches that achieve service access equity for people with disability.

You will know how to build high quality and trusting relationships with people with disability, their families and carers, the sectors that support them and peak and representative bodies.

You will have a record of success as a leader in a large, dynamic and complex organisation with outstanding leadership ability. You will have extensive experience, and you will have a strong background in strategy and policy implementation in service delivery agencies and performance reporting. You will have a proven track record as a leader delivering change in challenging environments and in facilitating partnerships and alliances.

As a senior executive leader in Queensland Government, the Senior Executive Director, Inclusion, Programs and Partnerships will display outstanding judgment, high-level integrity and resilience, strong agility to adapt to a constantly changing environment, a strong achievement orientation and excellent communication and negotiation skills.

You will provide high-level strategic and operational advice to the Minister, Director-General, Deputy Directors-General, the department's Board of Management and senior executives across a wide variety of matters to meet strategic objectives, including but not limited to systems and policy development and implementation, change management, leadership and employee capability, cultural capability and diversity.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

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