The Department of Tourism and Sport (DTS) is committed to creating jobs in a strong economy by growing tourism in the state, furthering the Queensland Government's vision for the future and investment in a stronger Queensland economy, and supporting Queensland's participation and success in sport and active recreation.
By joining the Queensland public sector, you will contribute to better outcomes for Queenslanders by implementing the policies, priorities, services or programs of the elected government.
The successful candidate will have a demonstrated track record in providing high quality executive level corporate advisory, program and project support in challenging and enterprising environments with a reputation for driving high performance results.
As Principal Advisor, you will be a critical confidant to the Director, and Deputy Director-General (DDG) Tourism Division, providing executive advisory services, issues management, and wider communications in a fast-paced and sensitive working environment to ensure delivery of priority projects and business as usual.
More Specifically, You Will
Undertake specific short projects, analysis and research on hot and immediate issues of a diverse nature working closely with the Director, ODDG and divisional teams Support the Director and DDG with internal and external communications ensuring the provision of high quality, timely executive advisory services including correspondence and briefing materials Support the development, roll-out and tracking of the Division's business plan with a focus on engagement and achievement of milestones and KPIs Provide the Director, DDG and General Managers with frontline insights and temperature checks on projects, people and mood across the division, and lead activities that address and improve team engagement, health and welfare Oversee divisional governance schedules and administrate weekly senior executive meetings, coordinating attendees, guests, distribution of agendas, followup actions, reports and submissions Maintain strong networks with Tourism business units, Office of the Director General, and other ODDGs.
The successful candidate will work on the delivery of tasks and projects across a broad range of internal and outward facing priorities.
You will display exceptional organisational and project management skills, and exemplary communication skills both written and verbal, with professional
communications experience an advantage.
You thrive on being a team player and supporting senior leaders translate strategy into action.
You display a can do, proactive attitude and enjoy the challenge of demanding workloads and timeframes.
Eligibility
To be eligible for employment to this role you must possess:
Citizenship/Visa Requirements
You must be an Australian citizen, have permanent residency status or a visa permitting you to work in Australia.
If you are not an Australian citizen you will need to provide evidence of your residency status or visa, with your right to work (including any conditions / restrictions).
You are required to notify the department if your right to work in Australia ceases.
Qualifications
There are no mandatory qualifications required for this role.
Your suitability for this role will be assessed against the Individual Contributor stream of the Leadership competencies for Queensland framework by looking at what you've undertaken previously and what knowledge, skills and learned experiences you can bring to the team and the role, including your personal qualities, your potential for development as well as your attributes.
Your suitability for this role will be assessed against how you:
Prioritise projects and tasks efficiently, in line with team commitments (Vision) Demonstrate careful planning and organisation to achieve results (Results) Welcome challenges in the delivery of work and demonstrate persistence in working through obstacles (Results) Demonstrate insight into personal strengths and areas for development and take account of these when acting (Accountability) Evaluate possible solutions and take appropriate steps to mitigate risks
Applications will remain current for 12 months.
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