Governance and Compliance Professional

2 days ago


Colac, Victoria, Australia Colac Otway Shire Council Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Governance Officer to join our team at Colac Otway Shire Council.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a motivated individual to contribute to the support of Council's governance functions, including managing delegations, corporate planning, and compliance.

The successful candidate will have significant experience in corporate planning and reporting, compliance, Freedom of Information and Privacy, and a relevant tertiary qualification in a governance/compliance/legal or a business-related discipline.

Key Responsibilities
  1. Delegations, Authorisations, and Committees: Oversee delegation processes and provide support to Community Asset Committees, maintain registers of authorisations and committees.
  2. Corporate Planning and Reporting: Coordinate Council's 4-year plan, annual reports, and quarterly reviews, ensuring compliance with planning frameworks.
  3. Local Government Performance Reporting and Surveys: Manage the Local Government Performance Reporting Framework and annual Community Satisfaction Survey.
  4. Freedom of Information (FOI) and Privacy: Act as the FOI and Privacy Officer, ensuring policies are current and providing training and advice.
  5. Compliance and Elections: Manage compliance registers and support Council's obligations for Local Government elections.
About You
  • Demonstrated ability to understand, interpret, and provide advice on statutory and other procedural requirements.
  • A highly developed knowledge and understanding of governance, risk management, FOI, corporate planning, and reporting.
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills, with attention to detail, including the ability to provide advice on a range of issues, facilitate workshops, and review and prepare written guidelines, policy, procedures, reports, correspondence, and briefs.
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills and the ability to work with changing priorities in a changing environment within strict timeframes.
  • Highly developed negotiation and persuasion skills with the ability to gain commitment and work with staff across all levels of the organisation, Councillors, and members of the public.

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