The role 

Reporting to the Senior Director, Workforce Relations and Policy. Your role will be responsible to assist, coordinate, support and provide effective, high quality client-focused services and contribute to the design, management and delivery of significant human resource management projects and programs relating to industrial relations, policy and business requirements.

The primary focus of role will is to provide executive support to the Senior Director, Workforce Relations and Policy. Your daily responsibilities will include the coordination of the day-to-day business of the Senior Director's office including meeting preparation, email and diary management, travel arrangements, document management, and support with continuous improvement processes. You will provide a high level of confidential executive secretarial and administrative support to meet the functions of the Office of the Senior Director. In addition the role will be required to assist with the management of incoming and outgoing correspondence and to provide efficient human resource support.

The successful person

• Provide high level, confidential administrative support to the Senior Director, Workforce Relations and Policy, including email and calendar management
• Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication skills including the ability to prepare and coordinate formal written communications
• Complete ad hoc administrative requests as required to support the effective running of the Workforce Relations and Policy unit
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including with other Queensland Government departments, senior managers and union representatives
• Process and monitor the status of ministerial and senior executive correspondence, briefings and communications prepared by the Workforce Relations and Policy unit and provide relief and support as required in the coordination of such correspondence across the Human Resource Services Branch

About us

The Department of Health is responsible for the overall management of the public health system in Queensland.  We are an organisation that strongly believes in the need to work with people who value the goals of our organisation and who will thrive in our workplace.  Working at the Department of Health is about making a difference.

Corporate Services Division provides business, corporate and operational services to the Department of Health and, in certain circumstances, to the broader Queensland public health system (Queensland Health, comprising the department and 16 hospital and health services).

Human Resources Branch partners with stakeholders across Queensland Health to provide human resource strategies and support to realise the potential of our people in the delivery of quality healthcare to Queenslanders.  The branch delivers a range of human resource services to attract and retain staff, build workforce culture and capability, develop and maintain employment arrangements, monitor and manage workforce performance, and provide assurance that the department's statutory obligations are met. 

Benefits

• A fast-paced, challenging and supportive environment
• Competitive salary + generous superannuation and leave loading
• Flexible working arrangements
• Diverse work culture
• Career training and development

How to apply

To apply for this opportunity:

• Please submit your resume (maximum of 6 pages including the details of two referees), and
• A short-written response (maximum 1-2 pages, dot points acceptable) on how your experience, abilities, knowledge and personal qualities would enable you to achieve the role fit and meet the key responsibilities of the role.