Regional Director

Description:

Your strengths
We're looking for the best-suited applicant for the role. We focus on your strengths by assessing a combination of your competencies, knowledge-based skills and behaviours. For this role we are looking for strengths in:
- Sound judgement and negotiation
- Lead strategically
- Influence and collaborative partnerships
- Project management
- Demonstrates sound governance
- Drives accountability and outcomes
Your responsibilities
- Provide strategic advice and regional intelligence to the group and senior executives
- Represent and advocate for the Department at a high level including with key regional stakeholders to ensure the government's economic development objectives are understood
- Lead and manage industry and supply chain development, regional intelligence and stakeholder engagement and project facilitation and investment attraction
- Support regional leadership and capacity building to deliver on economic priorities of regional communities including the Local Economic Opportunities Network
- Promote and deliver departmental programs such as targeted industry programs or the Regional Economic Future Fund
- Ensure that the regional office and team comply with the Department's management systems and that the practices are consistent with 'best practice', Government policies and legislatives requirements
Your team
We want you to be a part of a team that is making a difference by leading industry development and regional programs, aligned to the Departments' strategic plan. This includes initiatives that develop and promote the international competitiveness and capability of Queensland's defence, aerospace, space, superyachts, hydrogen, biofutures, biomedical, mining equipment, technology and services, and resource recovery industries. You will be learning new stuff every day!
The State Development regional teams across Queensland coordinate the delivery of initiatives such as departmental programs and workshops, to link industry and regional business and grow regional supply chains and productivity.
The regional teams engage with regional stakeholders and works with regional economic development partners to support and advocate for the strategic delivery of regional economic priorities. They lead place-based developments and economic and industry strategies. They are also the Local Economic Opportunities Network (LEO) representatives, and they support state and local governments in responses to adverse events.
Applications to remain current for 12 months
Job Ad Reference: QLD/557626/24
Closing Date: Wednesday, 01 May 2024