About us
Queensland's hospital system is facing greater demand and pressure than ever before. This is driven by our growing and ageing population, and compounded by pressures on primary, aged and disability care. To help address this, Health Infrastructure Queensland (HIQ), in partnership with Hospital and Health Services (HHS), is leading the biggest hospital expansion program Queensland has ever seen.
The program includes building three new hospitals, expanding 11, upgrading rural and regional health facilities and delivering thousands of new hospital beds over the next five years. In addition, the intent is for this to be the first tranche of a 15-year program of infrastructure investments. Working for HIQ, you will forge a new sustainable delivery model and contribute to the delivery of projects that ultimately improve the health and wellbeing of Queenslanders – what could be more rewarding than that?
The role
The Executive Director, Operations is a core leadership role within the HIQ Executive Leadership Team and leads a range of core functions for the Department, HIQ, HHSs and eHealth QLD. The core functions include governance and assurance, financial reporting and analysis, budget development, and procurement and contracts. In addition, this role will lead the Communications and Engagement, Property Services and general Operations functions along with the development of policies, frameworks and processes to guide the planning and delivery of health infrastructure projects.
With a strong background in operational resource management and organisational improvement, you will lead the operations for HIQ. Reporting to the Deputy Director-General as a key leader of the HIQ Executive Leadership Team, you will contribute to strategic decisions that advance the interests of the Division and the health system more broadly.
The Successful Person
The successful candidate will have demonstrated success as a strategic leader, responsible for the management of a broad range of support functions across the infrastructure space. You will have proven experience in implementing innovative and strategic approaches to operational resource management and organisational improvement. To excel in this role, you will need to have developed and demonstrated strong negotiation, consultative, communication and interpersonal skills which includes the ability to establish, develop and maintain business relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Our Commitments of People and Country are at the heart of what we do, we lead optimistically with open hearts and minds, we hold ourselves and others accountable. Innovative thinking, pragmatic action and an ecosystem approach through partnership shape our culture within HIQ. Our Commitments guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to our customer centric approach to the planning delivering of health infrastructure with our partners.