Description:
Your role in Policy, Performance and First Nations supports housing and homelessness strategies to improve outcomes for First Nations communities. You’ll provide expertise in property inspections across a diverse portfolio, contributing to asset management policies and programs that enhance performance, value and utilisation.As a Program Officer, you’ll travel to remote communities to inspect new and existing assets, conduct quality assessments, and appraise property conditions using departmental systems. Field conditions can be volatile, requiring adaptability, vigilance, and risk management
What You Will Be Doing
- Conduct audits/reviews on property condition data and condition appraisals.
- Establish and maintain positive and effective relationships with stakeholders and customers.
- Monitor budget and delivery performance for a variety of social housing asset management programs including value for money assessment.
- Maintain and update departmental information systems with the ability to use a variety of software and data applications.
- Assist and provide ongoing support to service areas and agencies in regard to overall property asset management functions.
- Maintain knowledge and understand of cross-cultural protocols and departmental policies to effectively and sensitively consult, negotiate and communicate with partners, stakeholders and customers.
- Prepare timely and well-research project documentation, briefings, reports, budgets, submissions, ministerial and departmental correspondence as required.
We are looking to find the person best suited for the role and will be considering your knowledge, skills, experience, potential for development and future contribution to the department as well as your personal qualities and how they contribute to our department's equity and diversity objectives which aim to build a workforce that reflects the Queensland community.
It is recognised that everyone is a leader regardless of classification level. Refer to the Individual Contributor stream of the Leadership competencies for Queensland framework to understand the expectations for this role.
The Skills You Will Need Include Being Able To
- Work flexibly without supervision, effectively managing new and unexpected events, demonstrating judgement about when to escalate issues. Try new ways of working.
- Seek clarity of tasks, ask questions, know what is expected of you and report progress and any potential delays or issues which may impact on themselves and others.
- Model trustworthy, honourable and truthful behaviour, and be respectful of the views of others.
- Actively seek feedback and modify your approach to enhance effectiveness.
- Understand technical aspects of residential building works, plans, materials and building legislation and regulations.
- Class C Driver's Licence
Job Ad Reference: QLD/678158/26
Closing Date: Friday, 20 February 2026
Occupational group Building Services
6 Feb 2026;
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