EOI - Principal Consultant - Business Support Services

at  Education

This temporary vacancy is open to Expressions of Interest and any extensions to this appointment will not exceed 12 months.
About the Department of Education
The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.

About the OpportunityAs the Principal Consultant your role will:

• Be required to advise and add value to the coordination of a variety of HR initiatives and operational functions across the business in order to deliver timely, accurate and high-quality solutions and outcomes for our workforce
• Be required to investigate and analyse issues, lead and influence others, use your ability to communicate complex concepts and make informed customer-led recommendations to senior and executive management.

About the Role

• You will be a highly organised individual who can work across boundaries, multiple initiatives and influence others to deliver clear, creative and future-focused advice in a dynamic environment.
• Working with broad direction on tasks that are of a complex or specific nature and act accordingly, making decisions that impact on the business unit and may also have significant effects elsewhere within the department.
• Developing and coordinating guidelines, rules, regulations, procedures or instructions for either staff or other interested parties.

About YouTo be successful in the role you will have the following experience and capabilities:

• Contemporary generalist HR experience - including knowledge of relevant legislation and directives, HR best practice and ability to quickly interpret relevant policies and procedures.
• Prepare HR reports, monitor workforce trends, analyse data and proactively initiate relevant action and discussions.
• Ability to cultivate productive working relationships at all levels of the organisation.
• Good written and verbal communication skills; including the confidence to present workshops to small groups and management.
• Nimble and agile; able to assist the team with tasks as necessary to meet deadlines and operational requirements.
• Management skills and the abilities necessary to monitor resource allocations, evaluate program effectiveness, manage staff and resources, formulate policy initiatives and develop corporate strategy proposals are usually required at this level.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

How to Apply

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history).
• Attach a 1-page statement on how your achievements and capabilities meet the requirements of the role as detailed above and within the attached Role Description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applicants need to be a current Queensland Government employee to be eligible to apply.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License

About the OpportunityAs the Principal Consultant your role will:

• Be required to advise and add value to the coordination of a variety of HR initiatives and operational functions across the business in order to deliver timely, accurate and high-quality solutions and outcomes for our workforce
• Be required to investigate and analyse issues, lead and influence others, use your ability to communicate complex concepts and make informed customer-led recommendations to senior and executive management

About the Role

• You will be a highly organised individual who can work across boundaries, multiple initiatives and influence others to deliver clear, creative and future-focused advice in a dynamic environment.
• Working with broad direction on tasks that are of a complex or specific nature and act accordingly, making decisions that impact on the business unit and may also have significant effects elsewhere within the department.
• Developing and coordinating guidelines, rules, regulations, procedures or instructions for either staff or other interested parties

About YouTo be successful in the role you will have the following experience and capabilities:

• Contemporary generalist HR experience - including knowledge of relevant legislation and directives, HR best practice and ability to quickly interpret relevant policies and procedures.
• Prepare HR reports, monitor workforce trends, analyse data and proactively initiate relevant action and discussions.
• Ability to cultivate productive working relationships at all levels of the organisation.
• Good written and verbal communication skills; including the confidence to present workshops to small groups and management.
• Nimble and agile; able to assist the team with tasks as necessary to meet deadlines and operational requirements.
• Management skills and the abilities necessary to monitor resource allocations, evaluate program effectiveness, manage staff and resources, formulate policy initiatives and develop corporate strategy proposals are usually required at this level