Deputy Director-General Sport

Description:

The Deputy Director-General Sport is a key leadership position that embeds a strong focus on driving grassroots sport participation across the State, enriching Queenslanders’ lives through long-term health and societal benefits. It will strengthen the integrity of the racing industry, ensuring the long-term viability of all racing codes and venues. The Deputy Director-General provides strategic leadership for the Sport Division, and is responsible for developing and delivering strategies, programs and initiatives to encourage active lifestyles and build the capacity of the sport, recreation and racing industries and provide coordinated performance pathways for emerging and elite athletes.

This position is a member of the Department's Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and works closely with the Minister, Director-General and members of the ELT.

The Deputy Director-General Leads The Area Of Sport Which

• Manages purpose-built sport and active recreation facilities, venues and precincts, including the Queensland Recreation Centres
• Shapes, develops and oversees policy, programs, initiatives, and services to encourage and enable equitable access to opportunities to be physically active, from community level to elite athletes
• Deliver government election commitments in relation to infrastructure and funding to support Olympic and Paralympic Games legacy for all Queenslanders
• Ensures the further development of pathways for Queenslanders from grassroots sport through to elite level athlete
• Identify, and where appropriate activate opportunities that will deliver Queensland options to host key sporting events and national training facilities, both pre and post the Olympic and Paralympic Games across the State
• Engages and partners with a diverse range of stakeholders, including industry, state and national sporting organisations, the racing community, local community groups, and local government to maximise the impact of investment and actions
• Oversees a number of government owned and community and council-based assets to maximise the effective asset life and return on investment
• Leads, coordinates and provides specialist advice on sport and recreation programs, including infrastructure projects
• Develops and delivers a suite of funding programs to support community sport and active recreation needs, and manages contracted service delivery with relevant service providers
• Enables and facilitates collection and analysis of data to harness and translate sports innovation to achieve physical activity outcomes
• Innovates and embeds a culture of continuous improvement and risk management throughout the system for the benefit of the sport, recreation and racing industries, communities and emerging and elite athletes
  
  
  

Note: The position undertakes travel to city, regional and remote locations including overnight stays. Some communities have alcohol management plans and restrictions in place. Possession of a current driver's license is a mandatory requirement.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Occupational group Sport & Recreation