Description:
About the department
The Department of Education (DoE) is committed to delivering responsive services focused on equity and excellence for Queenslanders and their communities. We promote equity and excellence by our commitment to respect, protect and promote human rights. Our objectives are: a strong start for all children, every student realising their potential, and capable people delivering our vision.
About the opportunity
Reporting to the Assistant Director-General of the Strategy & Performance Branch of the Department of Education, this role will lead a team of 50 FTE and contractors across a significant, $70m transformation project. While a strong technical skill-set and understanding of ICT delivery will be highly regarded, it is essential the Executive Director has demonstrable experience in creating a vision as well as being able to engage across a large organisation and diverse stakeholders to enable effective delivery of a large transformational program.
It is paramount that the Executive Director creates an environment where end-users in schools, regions and the department feel confident they can readily access the information they require to make informed decisions. For this to happen, the Executive Director, through their delivery team will need to create the environment where data is accessible and integrated through an enterprise-wide platform underpinned by robust governance arrangements and quality assurance processes.
Overview of the role responsibilities
As the Executive Director, Education Queensland Insights Platform Program, you will:
Provide executive leadership in the areas of information management, organisational change management, programme and project management, and governance to successfully deliver a program of works to establish an enterprise level data platform, underpinned by robust data governance and quality control processes to enable enhanced analytics and reporting capabilities.
Provide executive leadership to design, develop and embed capability building practices, processes and tools to better support schools, regions and central office in making evidence-informed decisions, and help drive high performance and accountability through good governance and a sustainable approach to continually mature the way data is captured, analysed and used
What we are looking for:
- Demonstrated leadership success in large, complex organisations;
- Extensive experience across public, private, or not-for-profit sectors;
- Strong background in strategy and policy implementation, service delivery, and client service;
- Proven track record as an agent of change in challenging environments; and
- Ability to foster a confident and capable workforce.
Importantly, this role will deliver a critical program to facilitate an approach that enables and underpins an ability to access data to drive predictive models and future-focused thinking leading to better outcomes for children and young people.
For more information please reach out to James Lazarus at u&u on 07 3232 9100 , quoting reference number 35644 . Alternatively, to submit an application please click the apply button.
Please submit your resume in Word format where possible.