Strategic Adviser

4 weeks ago

Melbourne City Centre, Australia Uniting Vic.Tas Full time

**Job no**: 514781

**Work type**: Maximum Term Part Time

**Location**: Melbourne CBD

**Categories**: Project Management
- **Advise Senior Leaders on future service delivery programs and locations**:

- **Part time role (3 days / week) | Max term contract to 30 Nov 2024**:

- **Increase take-home pay with access to $15,900 salary packaging benefits**

In this newly created role, as Strategic Adviser, you will support with internal and external marketplace analyses of the various systems that Uniting operates in to help ensure that consumer programs are well-designed; well-placed to serve communities with the highest need; and positions Uniting positively for future growth. Analysing relevant government (and other relevant agencies) strategies, frameworks, and plans alongside profiling the current and future social and health needs of Victorian and Tasmanian communities, you will support the development of insights and strategic plans to help Leaders determine the types of services Uniting might offer in the future.

You will also be responsible for:

- Incorporating the voice of Uniting’s Consumer Partners and Advocates into future thinking
- Identifying and mapping consumer pathways within and across Uniting
- Developing hypothetical scenarios on strategic futures for Senior Management to consider
- Supporting teams to align their strategic planning and initiative delivery with organisational goals

**Click **here** for the position description**

**What’s on offer**:
**Hybrid** working environment that will see you work from Home, Lonsdale Street and spend time in various Uniting locations to understand program delivery more deeply.

Uniting is an organisation that uses its connections, size, scale, and knowledge to **push into places** where we feel like we should be doing more.

In addition to receiving a salary commencing at **$94k prorated **and superannuation, you’ll also receive **17.5% leave loading** and an ability to **increase** **your** **take-home pay** by accessing up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits.

There is also the option to **increase your annual leave entitlements** through our purchase leave program.

**About you**:
You have an analytical though process; are curious by nature; and are comfortable working in ambiguity as you interrogate the unknown and systematically collate your findings for future use. You hold a natural talent for communication and can adapt your style to ensure that whoever you are speaking with walks away with understanding.

You’ll also bring with you:

- Demonstrated success in strategy and or strategic service planning
- Experience gained in for-purpose organisations and or strategic consultancy
- Capability in shaping, crafting and delivering evidence-informed advice

**How to apply**:
If you’ve questions about the opportunity, please contact **Andrew Thorp, Strategy Lead **on **0403 113 649**

**About Uniting**:
At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.
- Uniting is also committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability._

**Advertised**: 16 Nov 2023 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 13 Dec 2023 AUS Eastern Daylight Time

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