Are you looking for a fast-paced role where you can make a real difference?

This is a great opportunity for a passionate, driven and innovative individual with demonstrated management and leadership skills to undertake professional and high-quality research and analysis that translates knowledge and evidence related to the community services sector into meaningful and accessible information that supports and provides leadership to QCOSS’ research and policy activities.

About QCOSS

We are Queensland’s peak body for the social service sector. We create positive social change through our work in effective advocacy, policy development, engaging and empowering our members, the social service sector, and communities across the State. Our vision is to achieve equality, opportunity, and wellbeing for every person, in every community.

We bring people together to help solve the big social issues faced by people in Queensland, building strength in numbers to amplify their voice.

Queensland’s community service sector contributes significantly to the economic and social wellbeing of the wider community. The sector employs more than 150,000 people and over 324,000 volunteers in more than 10,000 charities.

The team at QCOSS are proud to represent a sector that strives to support Queenslanders and their communities every day.

About the role and you

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, you will be responsible for the conversion of strategy into actions that ensure QCOSS’ policy and research work is evidenced based, member-informed, relevant and impactful

Key to your success will be overseeing the continued high performance of the Research and Policy team.

You will come with an ability to demonstrate exceptional communication, negotiation, and relationship management skillset, effectively engaging with a diverse group of senior internal and external stakeholders. You will also have tertiary qualifications in Law, Public Health, Political Science, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Social Services or a related field with extensive experience developing and applying research methodologies and using qualitative and quantitative data in a research or policy development setting.

We’re looking for a passionate and experienced senior leader, who operates with a solution-focused approach, as well as positivity, influence, and empathy. If you are actively seeking an executive role with a significant impact, we encourage you to apply.

QCOSS is an inclusive employer with generous employment benefits including additional leave days, superannuation of 12.5%, salary packaging benefits in addition to flexible work arrangements on offer to the successful appointment.

In addition, the following mandatory requirement applies:

• Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.

This is not just a job; this is a fantastic opportunity to make an impact!

Find out more:   

The position description and selection criteria can be found on the QCOSS website at qcoss.org.au or by emailing: [email protected], using the subject line: Executive Director Research and Policy enquiry via EthicalJobs.

If you require any further information or detail, please contact Aimee McVeigh, Chief Executive Director on 0424 452 135.

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QCOSS is focused on hiring people who are adaptable and resilient, committed to teamwork and strong collaboration, and who share our values of respect, optimism, and strength.

Inclusion and diversity:

QCOSS is an inclusive employer. We acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the traditional custodians of the land in which we live and work and, therefore, support their right of self-determination.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where employee diversity such as gender, age, culture, disability (physical or mental health), religion, sexual orientation is recognised and celebrated.

We encourage applications from people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds and people with disability.

We respectfully request no recruitment agency approaches.