General manager - office of tourism and the visitor economy (canberra)

Classification: Senior Executive Service Band 2

Location: Canberra, ACT

Salary: Comprehensive executive remuneration and benefits package plus 15.4% superannuation

The office of Tourism and the Visitor Economy (OTVE) has recently been established to amplify Austrade's role and capacity to deliver beneficial outcomes for the Australian tourism and visitor economy sectors, in accordance with its statutory responsibilities.

The head of the Office will be responsible for the delivery of outcomes through:

• Leadership of high‐quality policy development to support implementation of THRIVE 2030 – the national strategy for the long‐term sustainable growth of Australia's visitor economy
• Oversight of the functions of Tourism Research Australia
• Influential stakeholder engagement
• Establishment of a high‐performance team culture

A key element of the role is close collaboration with an extensive set of stakeholders, including portfolio partner Tourism Australia; other Commonwealth entities responsible for policies and activities relevant to the tourism and visitor economy sectors; state and territory governments; and the tourism industry. The General Manager OTVE also collaborates closely within Austrade to deliver integrated tourism, trade and investment outcomes.

• Tourism policy development and implementation
  • Leading the development of evidence‐based policies to support outcomes for the Australian tourism and visitor economy sectors.
  • Prioritisation of divisional effort on the highest impact policy areas.
  • Implementation of policy to deliver tangible benefits to the tourism and visitor economy sectors.
• Tourism Research Australia (TRA)
  • Overseeing the delivery of high quality TRA publications that are targeted at stakeholder needs and uphold the highest statistical standards.
  • Ensuring TRA's continued access to quality data sources.
• Stakeholder engagement
  • Effective and influential engagement with Commonwealth Government agencies responsible for tourism‐relevant policies to optimise tourism and visitor economy sector outcomes.
  • Effective engagement with state and territory governments to ensure a whole‐of‐nation approach to tourism and the visitor economy.
  • Strategic engagement with industry stakeholders to ensure effective two‐way communication flow.
• Internal collaboration
  • Bringing a highly cooperative whole‐of‐agency approach to deliver integrated tourism, trade and investment outcomes.
  • Working closely with agency corporate areas to ensure OTVE is well‐integrated within the organisation.
• High performance culture
  • Nurturing divisional capability to enable delivery of expected outcomes.
  • Creating a positive, high‐performing and innovative divisional culture.