As the Senior Executive Director, Youth Detention Operations, you will provide strategic leadership of Queensland's youth detention system, overseeing safe, lawful and effective custodial operations while driving transformational reform, workforce modernisation infrastructure expansion and commissioning. You will lead a complex operating workplace responsible for more than 1 ,600 staff, multiple detention facilities and significant government investment, ensuring the delivery of contemporary custodial services that improve community safety and outcomes for youth offenders.

As a member of the Department's Executive Leadership Team and Board of Management, you will contribute to enterprise-wide strategy, organisational performance and whole-of-government priorities, exercising significant influence across government, community and sector stakeholders to shape future service delivery and achieve sustainable system outcomes.





The position requires extensive intra- and inter-agency collaboration to drive system level reforms and lead service delivery performance throughout the criminal justice system; and engagement and leadership across a range of government agencies, non-government service providers, community-controlled organisations, oversight bodies and diverse stakeholder groups.

You will have a record of success as a leader in a large and complex organisation with outstanding leadership ability. You will have extensive experience across the public, private and/or not-for-profit sectors and you will have a strong background in strategy and policy implementation and service delivery. You will have a proven track record as an agent of change in challenging environments and in fostering a confident, capable, diverse and inclusive workforce.

Occupational group Executive

📌 Senior Executive Director - Youth Detention Operations (Brisbane)
🏢 Queensland Government
📍 Brisbane