Senior Executive Officer

You will provide high quality advice and assistance to the Deputy Director-General, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development. The role will develop, monitor and evaluate systems and processes to ensure the effective operation and continuous improvement of the directorate. To succeed in the role, you will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and strong analytical and problem-solving capability.

About Us

The Department of Natural Resources, Mines, Manufacturing, and Regional Development drives sustainable growth and prosperity. We steward the state’s natural resources through the productive and responsible management of the state’s land, mineral, and energy resources ensuring all Queenslanders benefit. We foster innovation and technology in manufacturing, boosting productivity and competitiveness. We strengthen regional and rural economies by supporting job creation, diversification, and infrastructure development, collaborating closely with local communities to address their unique needs.

About The Role

In this role you will:

• Provide timely high-level advice and assistance to the Deputy Director-General on strategic and operational business matters.
• Prepare, review and quality assure a range of written materials that support advice to government, including correspondence, briefing material, and information papers concerned with the initiatives delivered by the work area.
• Coordinate and contribute to key activities including business planning, projects and internal/external reporting requirements to ensure that they are timely and of a high standard.
• Provide effective communication and liaison services on behalf of the Deputy Director-General to a wide range of organisations, agencies, offices and individuals.
• Coordinate and contribute to cabinet, legislation and parliament processes including discussion papers, cabinet submissions, questions on notice, possible parliamentary questions and regional briefs, including undertaking quality assurance and editing.
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders on the delivery of divisional responses, including negotiating timeframes and input.
• Develop, monitor and evaluate internal processes and systems to ensure continuous improvement of strategic, operational and governance mechanisms.
• Actively participate in establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with stakeholders within and across government and broader human services networks.
• Contribute to a professional environment through personal commitment to, ethical behaviour, staff wellbeing, skills development, professional growth and continuous improvement.
• As a member of the team, undertake tasks allocated by the Deputy Director-General, Executive Manager or Principal Executive Officer in a constantly changing work environment to support innovation and efficient delivery.

About You

We’re looking for the best suited applicant for the role. We’ll do this by assessing your eligibility and your ability to undertake the requirements of the role (including, where relevant, the way you carried out previous roles). We’ll also consider your potential to make contributions to the department and how your engagement would support our commitment to equity, diversity, respect, and inclusion.

What We’re Looking For

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Occupational group Administration