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Regional Director Jobs in Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia at Queensland Government
Title: Regional Director
Company: Queensland Government
Location: Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
We are seeking a Regional Director (Child and Family) to lead and manage the Sunshine Coast and Central Queensland Region to deliver government priorities for culturally responsive and needs-based child and family service delivery.
The Regional Director is responsible for the day-to-day operation of child protection and placement services across the Sunshine Coast district, driving contemporary service models and providing outstanding stewardship and strategic leadership to achieve the region’s vision, priorities and responsibilities.
Through a results-driven approach and a child, family and community-focused culture, you will contribute to achieving high quality and sustainable service delivery outcomes. Experience working in a complex and high demand child protection environment and a relevant tertiary qualification is highly desirable.
You will partner with senior executives, internally within the department, across the Queensland public service and interjurisdictionally, to provide solutions to drive better outcomes for Queenslanders.
The Regional Director will assist the department to achieve its vision through a results-driven approach and a client and community-focused culture. You will 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 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, governance, service delivery and client service. You will have a proven track record as a leader delivering change in challenging environments, facilitating partnerships and alliances and in fostering a confident and capable workforce.
As a senior executive leader in Queensland Government, the Regional Director 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 strong professional leadership and management capabilities and the ability to lead and manage the district/region to deliver government priorities along with excellence in client service delivery. The Regional Director is to provide high level leadership particularly by working proactively and collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders and by managing inter-governmental and sector relations. You will be a culturally strong and focused leader with a deep understanding of the issues that impact on the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in the child protection system.
As an executive, your performance will be assessed according to four key accountability perspectives: stakeholder and outcome, internal business, financial, and learning and growth.
Applications to remain current for 12 months.
Occupational group Executive
