- Inaugural executive leadership opportunity
- Lead corporate operations, funding sustainability and commissioning
- Brisbane-based role with statewide impact

Queensland Early Years Workforce Institute | Brisbane

About the Institute

The Queensland Early Years Workforce Institute has been established to strengthen the workforce supporting children and families across Queensland. Independent and working across the system, the Institute brings together workforce evidence, planning, commissioning and collaboration to support a more sustainable and capable early years workforce.

About the role

As the inaugural Director Corporate Services, you will work directly with the CEO to establish the financial, operational and governance foundations of a new organisation supporting Queensland's early years workforce.

As a member of the executive team, you will lead finance, payroll, information technology, HR support and internal controls, alongside services supporting operational and communications functions. This is a hands-on establishment role, combining strategic input with practical delivery.

What you will deliver

- Corporate foundations: Establish fit-for-purpose policies, systems, compliance frameworks and organisational structures, supported by effective induction and training.
- Financial stewardship: Lead Directorate budgeting, contribute to Institute-wide budgets, and oversee reporting, forecasting and resource allocation.
- Governance and risk: Put controls and processes in place to support funding obligations and the Institute's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
- Commissioning and contracts: Oversee project commissioning, funding agreements, service contracts, work plans, data collection and evaluation.
- Sustainable funding and partnerships: Identify, pursue and convert funding and revenue opportunities, build strategic relationships and represent the Institute in relevant forums.

What you will bring

- Executive or senior leadership experience across corporate support functions,



with strong financial management, reporting and governance capability.
- The ability to align budgets, resources and day-to-day operations with longer-term organisational priorities.
- An understanding of project commissioning in an evidence-informed or workforce development environment.
- Commercial judgement and the ability to identify and convert sustainable funding and revenue opportunities.
- A values-led, adaptable approach to leading multidisciplinary teams, influencing stakeholders and contributing to an executive team.

An accounting background or professional accounting qualification will be highly regarded, along with the ability to explain financial information clearly and support informed decision-making across the executive team. Experience establishing financial and operational frameworks in a start-up, pilot or evolving organisation will also be highly regarded.

Why consider this prospect?

- Shape the function: Establish the corporate services foundations rather than inherit a fixed operating model.
- Work at executive level: Partner directly with the CEO and contribute across a broad organisational portfolio.
- Connect your expertise with purpose: Help enable an organisation focused on Queensland's early years workforce.

How to apply / More information

Step 1: Download the candidate information pack

The pack contains remuneration and benefits, the full position description and the key selection criteria you will need to address in your application.

To download: Visit mcarthur.com.au ? enter J10074 in the job search ? open the role and follow the candidate information pack download prompts.

Step 2: Submit your application

After reviewing the pack, prepare your application with:

- A current resume.
- A tailored cover letter of no more than two pages addressing the key selection criteria in the candidate information pack.

For a confidential discussion, contact Matt Weston or Rebecca McPhail on (07) 3211 9***.

Applications close: Sunday 22 November 2026.

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📌 Director Corporate Services (Brisbane)
🏢 Mcarthur
📍 Brisbane