Transformation Change Lead

**Hybrid working conditions available**#LI-Hybrid**:

- **Full time maximum term role for 3-years (based on 38 hours per week)**:

- **Monthly RDO**:

- **Exciting specialty transformation program role, with a change agenda and fantastic new team**:

- **Salary: $112k - $125k + Super**:

- **Ability to transfer or take LSL (Long Service Leave) within Local Government**

**About Merri-bek City Council**:
Merri-bek City Council is a progressive council of 175,000 residents: one community, proudly diverse. Our council area sits within the banks of the Merri Creek and the Moonee Ponds Creek, and includes Brunswick, Coburg, Fawkner, Glenroy, Gowanbrae, Hadfield, Oak Park and Pascoe Vale. Our city is vibrant and energetic, known for its active community, cultural diversity, creative industries and the arts. Our long-term vision has ambitious goals for environmental sustainability, social justice, community wellbeing, and creating great places. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food and cafés right at the doorstep.

Merri-bek Council strives to be a contemporary, innovative and collaborative organisation with a deep commitment to engaging and supporting the Merri-bek community. Our organisational vision is to be one team, brave and diverse, making a difference.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and welcoming workplace. We offer flexible and hybrid work options and genuinely care about providing our staff work/life balance. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food, cafés, parks and a cinema right at the doorstep. Merri-bek is a great place to live, work and play.

**About the role**:
Are you passionate about driving organisational change? Merri-Bek City Council is seeking a dynamic individual to join our team as the Transformation Change Lead. In this specialty and critical role, you will report to our Learning and Development Transformation Lead. Your expertise will be required to lead the change portfolio, and design and implement activities for staff on the changes the program is enabling. This role plays a key part in guiding the identification and management of risks highlighted by the change strategy. By collaborating closely with stakeholders, you will assist in defining the transformation program’s strategic objectives, implementing the change strategy, developing a change framework and practice across Council ensuring alignment with Councils strategic objectives.

**Skills and experience require to perform the role**:

- Ability to think strategically and understand Council and program aims and translate them into clear strategic objectives for the transformation program.
- Experience in customer and digital transformation programs previously.
- Demonstrable specialised experience in planning and executing change management plans.
- Results driven with an ability to achieve measurable outcomes and drive continuous improvement in change management activities and plans to ensure the success of the transformation program.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively convey complex information to stakeholders at all levels of the organisation including facilitation and presentation skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring their co-operation and support for the transformation program.
- Experience in agile project management methodologies to plan, execute, and monitor activities related to change management within the transformation program.
- Capability to work with cross-functional teams with the ability to gain cooperation in working towards common goals, fostering collaboration and teamwork.

**What the role can offer**:

- Monthly RDO
- Opportunities for training & career development
- Salary sacrifice options
- A real sense of work-life balance & flexible work options
- Employer-supported study assistance schemes
- Wellness programs

**Further support offered for our staff**:

- Up to 20 weeks primary & up to 5 weeks secondary parental leave
- Purchase leave
- Ceremonial leave
- Gender affirmation leave
- Family violence leave

**For further information about this position please contact Bernie McMullen on 0419 331 269**.**

**Applications close: 11:30pm, Monday, 10 March 2025.**

**How to apply**:

- Please note that some documents relating to this position may reference Moreland City Council. We are in the process of updating the councils new name of Merri-bek City Council.

Merri-bek is focused on diverse representation of the community we serve. With this we value lived experience that could contribute to the shaping of this role and in turn will continue to provide representation and growth of safe and inclusive work culture.

**Our Commitment**:
In May 2021, Merri-bek Council adopted a revise