Director – Education program and capability uplift
Description
Build the future with QTC
Join an organisation that has been recognised as ‘one of Australia’s best places to work’, winning multiple Employer of Choice awards in recent years for professional development, employee benefits and culture.
QTC’s Advisory Division is focused on supporting financial sustainability and operational excellence across Queensland’s Government Departments, Local Governments and Government Owned Corporations. The Advisory Division supports and assists these Government entities to:
- deliver their budgets
- improve their client service delivery
- identify and mitigate significant business risk
- implement and sustain projects while building internal capability
QTC’s Advisory Division contributes to projects that create meaningful solutions with profound outcomes. Our work addresses challenges of today, with results for tomorrow, striving to improve Queensland for generations to come.
A key part of Advisory Division is QTC’s Education program. This program protects and advances Queensland’s financial interests by contributing to a more financially capable and risk literate public sector. The program delivers to a diverse range of QTC’s client groups, including government departments, local government and government owned corporations. This program is delivered partly internally and partly in partnership with external education providers, particularly universities. The underlying objective is capability uplift across the Queensland public sector.
The Director – Education program and capability uplift will have strategic responsibility for the QTC Education program and for Advisory Division’s client capability uplift efforts more generally. This role will use the Education program alongside Advisory Division’s project and advisory work to achieve significant financial and risk capability uplift across the public sector.
Responsibilities & Accountabilities
Education program
- Strategic responsibility for the QTC Education program and its outcomes
- Oversight of education partner sourcing and management, and responsibility for KPIs and budget
- Regular review of QTC Education program to ensure it is achieving QTC objectives
Capability Uplift
- Leadership of QTC’s client capability uplift efforts, working closely with all client-facing teams
- Responsible for design of QTC’s client capability uplift frameworks
- Responsible for coordinating all QTC client capability uplift efforts with the QTC Education program and with capability uplift efforts across the Queensland public sector
- Regular review of QTC client capability uplift efforts to ensure they are achieving QTC objectives, particularly in the context of the evolving state of research on adult learning and development
Competencies
Technical Competencies
- Ability develop long term strategies in the area of expertise.
- Ability to deliver cutting-edge solutions achieved through collaboration and dialogue with other experts in the field.
- Ability to leverage experience and/or in-depth understanding of leading practices in the industry/area of specialty to improve the competitive position of the organization.
Qualifications
Essential
- Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline required for professional roles (e.g., Business, Economics, Finance, Education, Public Policy)
Desirable
- Post-graduate qualification in a relevant discipline (e.g., Business, Economics, Finance, Education, Public Policy)
Experience
Essential
- Experience leading and delivering capability uplift in an advisory setting
- Experience working in or with the education sector to delivery learning or capability uplift
- Experience working in or with the public sector on capability topics
Desirable
Experience managing strategic / complex vendor sourcing and partnerships
Why will QTC be the best work of your career?
Work
We do work that improves Queensland for generations. We are a leader in finance, creating meaningful solutions with profound outcomes. We set the standard in financial solutions. We address the challenges of today, with results for tomorrow.
People
We are an inspired team of solution creators. We believe that curiosity is the ultimate problem solver. That the best teams are united by trust, not divided by ego. And that diversity sets us apart.
Culture
We recognise that developing our people leads to their success, that energised teams create brighter outcomes and that with the freedom to challenge, we can strive for better together.
Benefits
We are dedicated to investing in your future. We understand that an energised mind is cultivated by time and investment, that developing future leaders requires commitment and that your best work starts with your best self. Benefit from a best-in-class professional development program, flexible work, leadership programs, study support, paid-parental leave, salary packaging and a corporate wellbeing program (including discounts for you and your family to a range of fitness facilities close to home or work).