EOI - Senior Corporate Service Officer - Office of the Executive Director, Portfolio Investment & Performance

Are you an enthusiastic professional seeking a dynamic short-term opportunity in a high-level executive environment? We are currently looking for a dedicated individual to join a small, vibrant team within Portfolio Investment and Performance. This role offers the chance to work closely with senior leaders daily helping drive business process improvement for the future. Ideal candidates will possess a proactive mindset, excellent communication skills, and the ability to navigate complex tasks with a strategic approach. If you are looking for a role that combines challenge, collaboration, and the chance to make a significant impact, we invite you to apply and become a key part of our success.

This temporary vacancy is open to Expressions of Interest and any extensions to this appointment will not exceed 12 months.

The Opportunity

Role

This is a generalist business support consultative role requiring a capability to understand and apply business policies and procedures and support services within an executive office environment. Across a range of activities, the successful candidate will be engaged to:

• Assist with overall administrative and operational functions of the unit including operational HR activities, correspondence and asset management.
• Update of existing internal SharePoint pages across the Portfolio Investment and Performance portfolio.
• Coordination of process and documentation required for new asset acquisition, disposal, replacement and management.
• Document and map business processes in a comprehensive and detailed manner, clearly outlining procedures, workflow, and interdependencies to optimise efficiency and enhance organisational effectiveness.
• Contribute to the operation and supervision of day-to-day business activities, providing recommendations for effective strategies to manage and improve corporate services functions and processes within the unit.
• Assist with system set up and induction for new staff where required.
  
  
  

About You

To be successful in the Senior Corporate Services Officer role, we are seeking candidates with:

• Exceptional administration skills. You are highly organised and maintain strong standards of attention to detail.
• You have well-developed communication skills and pride yourself on providing professional client service. You use your influencing powers to promote integrity; making sure our staff are compliant, regardless of their role in the organisation whilst establishing and preserving positive working relationships.
• Ideally you will have intermediate skills in MS Excel, Outlook and Word with SharePoint being a bonus.
  
  
  

Interested? To Apply:

• Attach a brief resume (maximum 3 pages) including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
• Attach a 1 page suitability statement with candidates detailing examples of experience with:
• Development and implementation of business processes
• Coordinating workflows across multiple stakeholders and business units
• Completing a start-to-finish self-initiated business improvement activity
  
  
  

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.

Occupational group Administration