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About the Department:
The Department of Education (Do E) is committed to giving all children a great start, engaging young people in learning, creating safe and inclusive workplaces and investing in communities for a stronger Queensland. Our human rights commitment is to create a stronger, fairer Queensland by respecting, protecting and promoting human rights in everything we do. Our objectives are: A great start for all children, Every student succeeding, Building Queensland communities, Safe and capable people delivering our vision, Fair and safe workplaces and communities. Our vision is one of equity and excellence in a progressive, high performing education system that realises the potential of every student.

About the role:As the Manager, you will:

• Manage the operations of the Home Education Unit and implement principles of best practice regulation as applicable to the registration of home education students in Queensland.
• Exercise original thinking, creativity and significant levels of independent judgement to plan, organise, direct and determine goals and priorities for regulation of home education registrations.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Manage and provide leadership to a team with key responsibilities for regulation of home education registrations in Queensland.
• Undertaking, monitoring and reviewing complex regulatory activities, making recommendations and decisions relevant to home education, in accordance with the principles of good administrative decision making.
• Instigating and managing operational policy, procedure and process initiatives to support continuous quality improvement in efficient and effective regulatory decision-making practice, in line with risk-based regulatory frameworks.
• Resolving conflicts in regulatory matters by effectively managing relationships, accurately applying the legislation and escalating matters when needed.
• Contributing to the development of innovative and strategic solutions which achieve high performance regulatory outcomes to ensure credible, accountable and transparent educational regulatory practice.
• Applying significant levels of independent judgement in keeping with the complex nature of work undertaken and the allocation of resources within the constraints or guidelines laid down by senior executives. This will include approving the expenditure of funds, undertaking specific action in line with the policy of the office, or reviewing any previous action or decisions in the work area.
• Building and sustaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and implement strategies to develop, support and demonstrate productive team collaboration.
• Providing expert advice that is consistent, accurate and timely to support senior officers, the Minister, Director-General, Registration Services Leadership team, external stakeholders and the general public and overseeing and preparing responses to Parliamentary Questions, cabinet documents, reports to government, ministerial briefing notes and correspondence.

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

To Apply:

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
• Attach a 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
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).
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