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Principal Property Officer - Brisbane City, Australia - Queensland Fire & Emergency Services

Queensland Fire & Emergency Services Brisbane City, Australia

2 weeks ago

Description

Principal Property Officer - Property Services

Inventory & Fixed Assets (Accounting)
Government - State (Government & Defence)

Tenure Period:12 Months from commencement

Possibility of Extension: Yes

Classification: AO7

Work Unit: Property Services

Closing Date: Midnight 15 May 2024

Reference No: QLD_QFES_19782_24

Current QFES employees and volunteers must apply via their internal careers site

About us

As a department our purpose is to help the community to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from the impact of fire and emergency events.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) is the primary provider of fire, rescue and emergency management programs and services throughout Queensland. The department encompasses the Fire and Rescue Service, disaster management services, the Rural Fire Service and the State Emergency Service, and also supports other volunteer groups providing emergency response to Queenslanders.

QFES is one department with many services, many capabilities and many partners.

Purpose of the role

Property Services leads the departments property acquisitions, disposals, lease management, accommodation planning and development approvals functions, including ministerial designations. The team works closely with the private sector and other government agencies, including the Department of Energy and Public Works to strategically manage the diverse building, construction, maintenance and leasing activities across all QFES property and billboard assets, and provides strategic advice to ensure accommodation, design and marketing requirements are in line with whole-of-government legislation and achieve value for money in workplace design and construction.

Reporting to the Executive Manager, you will be responsible for leading a small team that deals with complex property transactions, lease management, strategic investigations, land management and tenure related matters to achieve successful implementation of annual and on-going programs of work. You will be required to provide high level policy advice and coordinate investigations and other activities relating to the divestment, re-investment and redevelopment of QFES facilities across the state.

Key requirements

Highly desirable requirements

Experience in property transaction management and/or relevant qualifications in Town Planning, Property Economics, Valuation, Engineering, Project Management or Quantity Surveying.

Your key accountabilities

Your part in the ongoing success of our department, in supporting frontline services will see you responsible for a variety of work, including, but not limited to:

Provide expert, pragmatic and evidence-based advice, and recommendations to key stakeholders and executive management to ensure property and facility services meets organisational requirements.
Manage the effective delivery and reporting of projects across the property portfolio, including overseeing the effective use of the team's resources, and management of contracts and consultancies.
Contribute to the development, implementation and review of best practice strategies, policy, systems and processes, ensuring compliance with strategic objectives and legislative requirements.
Prepare and review complex reports, submissions and briefings and ensure accurate and appropriate response to ministerial and QFES correspondence in accordance with departmental requirements.
Represent QFES at meetings and manage liaison and coordination with key stakeholders in building awareness and strengthening property and facility management and services.
Consult, liaise, negotiate and maintain effective working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to ensure services, solutions and governance is maintained.
Lead and manage a multi-disciplinary team, fostering positive teamwork and assisting in the ongoing development of staff through performance, planning and review.

Capabilities

To determine your suitability for the role, you will be assessed on the following Leadership Competencies for Queensland behavioural profiles that link to the "key accountabilities" for this role:

Leadership Competency Stream – Team Leader (leading others)

Vision

Leads strategically

Results

Develops and mobilises talent
Drives accountability and outcomes

Accountability

Fosters healthy and inclusive workplaces
Demonstrates sound governance

Once you join us we will want you to exemplify the QFES shared values of:

You can also visit our website to find out more about our organisation.

How to apply

Please refer to the QFES Public Service Application Guide [All PS Classifications/Streams and Senior Officer] for information on how to apply for this role.

Welcome to the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) website. QFES is the primary provider of fire and emergency services in Queensland.

Maintained by a unique mix of approximately 36,000 Rural Fire Service Queensland volunteers, 6000 State Emergency Service volunteers, approximately 2,200 permanent firefighters, more than 2000 auxiliary firefighters and supported by non-operational administrative support staff, QFES responds to:

Structural, landscape and vehicle fire;

Swift water and water rescue;

Storm and natural disaster;

Land, marine, air and urban search and rescue;

Crime scene, missing person and forensic searches;

Animal disease outbreaks.

The QFES aims to protect person, property and the environment through the delivery of emergency services, awareness programs, response capability and capacity (preparedness), and incident response and recovery for a safer Queensland.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.