Manager People and Change

3 months ago


Dandenong, Australia City of Greater Dandenong Full time

**Work type**
- Contract Full Time**Location**
- Dandenong Civic Centre
225 Lonsdale St, Dandenong**Department**
- Corporate Development**Manager People and Change (Chief People Officer)**

**Competitive Salary**

**Contract Full Time (5 Year Contract)**

**About Us**

Located 35km to the southeast of Melbourne, Greater Dandenong City Council covers 129 square kilometres and has a population of over 169,000 people. The central activities district is Melbourne's second largest retail and commercial centre and includes large shopping complexes at Dandenong and Keysborough as well as the highly popular Dandenong Market.

Greater Dandenong City Council is the most culturally diverse locality in Australia, with residents from over 150 different birthplaces, nearly two-thirds of whom were born overseas. Key industries include manufacturing, health care and social assistance, retail trade, wholesale trade and transport.

We are a progressive organisation of exceptional character that offers a dynamic and rewarding work environment to approximately 900 employees. We recognise that our staff are vital to the delivery of excellent service to our community and the achievement of our long-term vision. We invest in the development of our people, and we strive to be a workplace that is respectful, engaged, accountable, creative and honest.

**About the Role**

A great opportunity now exists for an experienced Manager People and Change (Chief People Officer) to drive change and organisational performance.

Working closely with the executive team and leaders across the organisation, this is a key strategic leadership role for a forward-thinking leader to join an evolving organisation during an exciting time of change and transformation.

Reporting to the Executive Director Corporate Development, this position is responsible for the strategic and operational People and Change portfolio to ensure alignment with overarching service objectives and strategies.

Leading a team across health, safety and wellbeing, Workcover and injury management, human resource services, payroll, employee relations, learning and development, and managing a budget more than $3mill p/a, key responsibilities and deliverables include:

- Successful negotiation of enterprise-wide agreement
- Significantly lift organisational capacity through the implementation of improvement metrics.
- Drive consistency of feed backfor performance development plans across the organisation.
- Improve and implement a robust OH&S road map
- Drive key projects around process and people efficiencies.
- Support the executive team and people leaders around agreed measures and KPIs, driving a best practice culture of delivery.
- Team leadership and mentoring.

**About You**

To excel in this position, you will have
- A tertiary qualification in Human Resources, Business Administration, Occupational Health & Safety (OHS), Organisational Development, and substantial experience and skills leading teams in the delivery of people and change services.
- Successful Enterprise Bargaining Agreement negotiation that you have led from end to end
- Demonstrated expertise in Organisational Development including the development and implementation of performance frameworks and leading cultural change initiatives.
- Highly developed strategic and problem-solving skills, coupled with an achievement drive, centered around consultation and engagement.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities to ensure departmental communications are tailored to the needs of a broad range of audiences and literacy levels.
- Experience engaging diverse communities with varying customer and employee needs.
- An energetic, optimistic, and adaptable mindset

**To apply**

Applicants must adequately meet the requirements of the role and fully address the selection criteria contained in the position description. To view a copy of this position description, please click on the link below.

To view a copy of this position description, please click on the links below.

**Manager People and Change Position Description 298.6 KB**

To apply, please send your latest resume and cover letter in **Word** format to **Onten Strategic Recruitment** or contact **Michelle Gray** 0415881887

**Applications close**: 5pm, Monday 27th September 2024

**Further information**:Andrew Foley, 8571 5191



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