Strategy Lead

4 weeks ago

Geelong, Australia City of Greater Geelong Full time

**Strategy Lead**:
**Job no**: 498544

**Work type**: Permanent Full Time

**Classification**: Band 8 ($115,035 - $127,911 pa)

**Categories**: Business Strategy & Improvement

**About the role**

As a Strategy Lead at the City of Greater Geelong you will be responsible for the facilitation and improvement of our key enterprise-wide strategic initiatives and processes. Through collaboration with cross-functional teams, you will uplift strategic maturity to enable the formulation of actionable strategies and plans that align with the organisation's goals and proactively championing the City and Council’s strategic agenda.

**Work type: Permanent, full-time.**
**Classification: Band 8 ($115,035 - $127,911)**

Key responsibilities include:

- Coordinating the development and ongoing review of key strategic documents, including the Community Vision and Council Plan.
- Leading and championing the delivery of the City’s Organisation Strategy to ensure understanding, integration and alignment across the organisation.
- Facilitating the translation of high-level strategies into actionable plans that support the organisation to achieve our strategic objectives.
- Developing tools, processes and activities to uplift the maturity of the strategic thinking and capabilities across the organisation.
- Partnering with senior leaders to uplift strategic capability to enable effective participation in strategic planning and execution.
- Partnering with the broader organisation to foster strong collaboration to enable effective discussions to ensure alignment of strategic initiatives with operational activities.

**About you**
To be successful in this role, you will have demonstrated knowledge and proven experience in leading strategy development and execution, preferably with some knowledge of Business Improvement, Organisation Design and Project Management methodologies.

Essential Experience:

- Tertiary qualification in Commerce or Business-related discipline, plus significant experience, or an equivalent combination of formal qualifications and experience (MBA desirable but not essential)
- Demonstrated experience in managing senior stakeholders i.e. government, boards, coaching an executive team and collaborating with others in the pursuit of business goals with organisation-wide impact.
- Highly developed conceptual and analytical skills, with proven ability to monitor and analyse trends and make recommendations.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills with the proven ability to build effective relationships and communicate with a diverse range of people internally and externally.
- Proven ability to challenge the status quo and manage change in a complex and often challenging work environment.
- Proven ability to effectively negotiate with and influence stakeholders to achieve support and strategic outcomes.

**Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong**
At the City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung Country such a great place to live, work and study.

We’re going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we've built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.

Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it’s important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.

We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger.

If you’re excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit **apply** - we’d love to meet you

**A career with us**
Central Geelong-based City employees are now based in our new Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal. Meaning ‘speak and talk together’ in local Wadawurrung language. Wurriki Nyal sets the benchmark for what a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace can be, including industry leading sustainability standards, a flexible and people-focused design, safe and inclusive spaces and public realm.

We’re committed to supporting better accessibility for our customers and our people. We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process, as well as how this role can be flexible for you.

We offer:

- salary sacrificing and novated lease options
- cultural and ceremonial leave
- study leave
- paid parental leave (16 weeks primary and six weeks secondary) and superannuation payments on all 52 weeks primary parental leave
- IVF, surrogate and miscarriage bereavement leave
- training and career development opportuni

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