Chief People Officer

The Chief People Officer plays a key leadership role in influencing the University’s strategy
and success through its people by focussing on building culture and capability and
continuing to embed a transformative shift in People Portfolio delivery to the University
community.
As a part of the Enterprise Services Division, the Chief People Officer leads a team of
human resource professionals to embed people strategies across the UniSQ workforce.
As the University’s principal advisor on people and industrial issues, the role works directly
with the Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Enterprise Services) and Senior
Executive on a wide range of complex matters.
In particular, the Chief People Officer is responsible for:
• Leading the People Portfolio to deliver high-quality, responsive customer-focused
services
• The provision of expert advice, planning, leadership and assurance on people and
industrial issues;
• Leading the implementation of the University’s People Strategy;
• Working collaboratively with other University leaders to embed people-related
strategies and practices to enhance organisational performance and culture.
About the People Portfolio
Building on its strengths as Australia’s leading regional University, UniSQ’s vision is to be
renowned for innovation and excellence in education, student experience, research and
engagement. Guided by our core values of respect, integrity and excellence, the University’s
Strategic Plan 2021 – 2025 outlines our commitment to creating and sharing knowledge,
transforming lives and solving the problems that matter to our world. The People Strategy
will enable us to support the Strategic Plan by building a future-fit workforce and has been
designed to create an environment where our people feel deeply connected to our
vision, purpose and place and have the capabilities, motivation and support to
achieve success.
The Chief People Officer is based in Toowoomba and reports to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor
(Enterprise Services) and is supported by the Director (Workplace Relations and Operations)
and the Director (People Strategy and Partnerships).
The Director (Workplace Relations and Operations) provides leadership to both the
Workplace Relations and the People Services functions This role is also currently advertised
– for further information please refer to that advertisement or the candidate booklet.
The Director (People Strategy & Partnerships) leads the functions of Organisational
Development and Capability, People Partnerships and People Strategy and Diversity.
About you
The role requires an experienced leader with highly developed skills in stakeholder
relationships, implementation of people-related strategies, use of analytics to support datadriven decisions and executive-level advisory and advocacy skills and expertise in
contemporary human resource management and industrial relations.