Principal Advisor (Flood Risk Management)

Job Description

Get ready to join an outstanding organisation committed to our people and our culture through recognition, continuous learning and development, building resilience and encouraging innovation.The Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA)'s vision is for stronger, safer, resilient Queensland communities.An exciting opportunity exists for you to contribute to our vision by providing technical advice, support and coordination to facilitate the development and advancement of flood risk mitigation projects including intelligence infrastructure across Queensland.QRA values equity and diversity and encourages applications from people with diverse backgrounds.About The Division The Resilience and Recovery Division provides leadership, direction and advice to agencies and stakeholders to ensure Queensland's disaster recovery and resilience policies and programs reduce risk, increase resilience and improve preparedness for disasters.About The Team The Hazard and Risk unit leads the development of the disaster risk management approach in Queensland, by ensuring government and communities have access to scientifically informed, reliable hazard and risk information, management processes and products that is fit for purpose and supports integrated disaster risk reduction and management practice. The unit consists of Flood Risk Management, Geographical Information Systems and Disaster Risk Management teams.About The Role Provide key support towards the coordination of strategic priorities including the implementation of the Queensland Flood Risk Management Framework (QFRMF). Provide policy oversight in the flood warning gauge network, working in partnership with Bureau of Meteorology and local government authorities to identify state-wide priority flood mitigation activities and indicate projects for investment. Provide expertise on flood resilience applications to facilitate investment in the wider best practice flood mitigation activities. Seek opportunities to develop optimised improvements for broader flood risk management in Queensland and provide technical expertise on flood resilience applications to facilitate investment. Participate in working groups to develop metrics to measure progress and success in flood risk management in Queensland. Represent QRA at stakeholder meetings and events with relevant industry and community organisations, negotiate agreed outcomes and identify where learnings can be incorporated into communication and education strategies, projects and policies. Manage flood risk projects including monitoring and evaluating outcomes against performance targets. Lead and model highly collaborative internal relationships through the sharing of knowledge, experience and reflections as part of a wider team of multi-disciplinary specialists. Lead and manage a multidisciplinary team to assist in the delivery of strategic and operational objectives by modelling collaborative relationships. This role leads a team of two and reports to the Manager, Flood Risk Management. QRA's workforce is agile and ready to respond quickly to support disaster priorities. You may have the opportunity to undertake other temporary duties or work in alternative locations to support impacted communities.We encourage you to reach out to the contact officer to find out more about this role, what we offer and what it's like working at QRA. To find out more about the Queensland Reconstruction Authority please visit our website APPLICANTS ARE REQUESTED TO APPLY ONLINE – scroll down and click the ‘APPLY ONLINE' button.Occupational group: Administration#J-18808-Ljbffr