Governance Manager Vrn 36/22

**Award Classification**: Senior Officer

**Employment Conditions**: 3 Year Contract

**Department / Branch**: Corporate & Financial Services / Governance & Compliance

**Principal Location**: Shire Office, Hughenden

**Reports to**: Director of Corporate & Financial Services (or as directed)

**Direct Reports**: 1 Direct, 2 Indirect

**Our Vision**:Flinders Shire - a place of discovery, opportunity and lifestyle

**Our Mission**:To promote quality of life through leadership, attitude and respect

**Our Values**:

- A Caring Philosophy
- Pursuit of Excellence
- Teamwork
- Local Ownership
- Communication
- Leadership
- Recognition

**The Department
**Position Objective**

The Governance Manger is responsible for advising senior leaders and elected members, and
coordinating activities in relation to corporate governance, risk, compliance and training
responsibilities and requirements across Council. The Governance Manager is also responsible
for the records management and reception team.

As a representative of Council, demonstrated professionalism and a commitment to a high level of
service and continuous improvement in the best interest of Council and the Community are
essential.

**Financial Control**

**Corporate Planning &**
**Performance**

**Audit & Business**
**Improvement**

**Accounts Payable /**
**Receivable**

**Revenue**

**Procurement / Stores**

**Business Services**

**Customer Service**

**Compliance Administration**

**Environmental Health &**
**Building Administration**

**Record Management**

**Website Maintenance**

**Internal Systems Support**

**Administration**

**Corporate & Financial Services**

**Systems Support**

**Information Technology**

**Communication systems**

**and support**

**Cyber Security**

**Onsite network management**

**Technical Support**

**Governance**

**Corporate Planning &**
**Performance**

**Complaints & Disclosures**

**Risk Management**

**Training Compliance &**
**Analysis**

**Governance Support**

**Key Responsibilities
**_Corporate Governance_**
- Provide a high level of management support to Executive Management Team ensuring

Council has an effective governance framework compliant with legislative and administrative
responsibilities and requirements, which promotes good governance and business excellence
- Develop and maintain corporate governance and legislative compliance frameworks
- Review and maintain Council’s statutory and governance registers
- Corporate and operational planning, organisational performance management & reporting
- Maintain effective administrative procedures and processes to ensure relevant, effective and

timely development and review of Council’s policies, delegations, and internal administrative
controls; including stakeholder engagement and communication to Council, management,
staff and the community as required
- Coordinate and facilitate the Corporate Planning and reporting engagement, collation,

compilation and review of Council’s Corporate and Operational Plans and statutory and/or
operational performance under the direction of the Executive Management Team, ensuring
accuracy and legislative compliance
**_Compliance and Risk _**
- Assist the Director Corporate and Financial Services (DCFS) in maintaining and

continually improving Council’s risk management framework including but not limited to
Councils Business Continuity Plan.
- Coordinate and oversee timely collation, compilation and maintenance of essential risk

management records and documentation, and associated action plans, registers & reports
for corporate management and compliance purposes
- Assist the DCFS in the development and implementation of strategic and business plans

to achieve section goals
- Research, draft and analyse Council Policies to ensure compliance across whole of Council
- Develop, review and assist with implementation of policies and procedures across the

organisation in compliance with legislation and best practice
- Provide a high level of support to ensuring Council has an effective compliance and risk

management framework compliant with legislative responsibilities and requirements,
which promotes good governance and business excellence
- Identify emerging legislative and/or related compliance issues that may impact Council’s

corporate compliance and risk management responsibilities and/or service requirements,
and proactively liaise with DCFS
- Recommend improvements to Council’s policy and procedure framework and service

delivery in response to customer complaints
- Maintain Council’s Policy and Procedure Register, in accordance with legislative

requirements
- Update Policy Register, Policy Central & Forms Central upon finalisation of
- Act as Councils principal complaints officer for Customer Complaints (including Administrative
- Action Complaints), Public Interest Disclosures- Coordinate Council’s timely investigation and resolution process while ensuring compliance to

complaint management including re