Senior Capability and Change Officer

The details:

• $106,974pa + 12% super (level 6)
• 12 month maternity leave contract | Full Time| 9 day fortnight
• This is a Parental Leave role, and it is anticipated appointment will be until November 2026
• 72.5 hour fortnight
• Hybrid, flexible working environment, including some work from home days.
• Location: Based at Strathpine with local parking on site and a train station close by

Join City of Moreton Bay as a Senior Capability and Change Officer and help shape and enhance our communities for today and tomorrow.

We're looking for a Senior Capability & Change Officer to lead people-focused transformation across our digital and IT landscape. This hands-on, collaborative role is key to building capability, inspiring readiness, and driving meaningful change. You're a people person through and through and over the next 12 months, you'll bring energy, empathy, and clarity to complex initiatives—empowering teams and making change feel achievable.

You will be responsible for:

• Lead engaging workshops, stakeholder sessions, and coaching conversations that spark insight and action.
• Co-creating capability uplift to design and deliver meaningful development programs that build confidence and change resilience
• Championing learning and recognition: Establish and oversee a learning, reward, and recognition program.
• assessing, developing, and managing change management capabilities & change readiness
• Guiding accreditation pathways for IT: Implement and manage practical qualification and accreditation approaches that support growth and excellence.

What we're looking for:

• A flexible change toolkit and Prosci certification (or equivalent), with a proven track record of delivering transformational change.
• A bubbly, collaborative spirit—confident, empathetic, and engaging across all levels of the business.
• Experience in coordinating and sustaining strong stakeholder relationships, with a knack for identifying capability gaps and creating development opportunities.
• Strong facilitation skills—you're comfortable leading workshops, coaching individuals, and guiding teams through change.
• Organised and adaptable, with excellent time management and the ability to juggle competing priorities.
• A natural connector who thrives in positive team environments and can hit the ground running.

Why City of Moreton Bay?

What you do with your life matters. It's the same with your career.

We're the third-largest council in Australia and one of the fastest-growing areas. As Australia's newest city, we're building something that's never been done before: a new kind of city, inspired and empowered by a new kind of council.

This is your opportunity to develop skills and experience in a truly unique place, at a truly unique point in time.

At City of Moreton Bay, we're focused on the vital work we do today. But we're also focused on the future. On what can be – for our city, our Council and your career.

Here's what you'll love about a career with us:

• See it. To build a city of the future, first, you have to see it. The polycentric city we're building will bring greater prosperity, sustainability and affordability to our city. This is your chance to contribute to something that's never been done before.
• Shape it. You'll get hands-on in a rewarding career, serving and strengthening our communities for today and tomorrow. Our work is diverse, interesting and it matters – and it's yours to shape and own.
• Live it. Contribute to the city you and your family want to live in and enjoy the lifestyle you deserve. And if you don't live here, you'll still find pride and connection in so many ways with our successful, resilient team.

You'll also enjoy a range of other benefits:

• Find a better work-life balance with a nine-day (72.5-hour) fortnight, plus a hybrid, flexible working environment with some work-from-home days.
• Advance your skills and career through our Study, Training And Research Scheme (STARS).
• Make your pay go further with salary packaging options on novated leases, superannuation payments, smartphones and devices.
• Prioritise your health and wellbeing with discounted health insurance, free annual flu vaccinations and our Fitness Passport Program.
• Get support when you and your family need it most with our 24/7 confidential counselling service, and Mates in Construction program.
• Our Strathpine office has local parking on site and is close to public transport networks, making for an easy commute.

Ready for a career that matters?

Join City of Moreton Bay, and help shape our city of the future.

Click on the 'Apply Now' button below to complete your online application. Please upload a current resume that demonstrates how you meet the requirements for this role.  You will also have the option to add a cover letter should you wish.

As part of the recruitment process, applicants will be required to undergo a National Criminal History Check.

To obtain further details please contact our Careers team at

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Your Future City.

See it. Shape it. Live It.City of Moreton Bay extends across the traditional lands of the Jinibara, Kabi Kabi, and Turrbal peoples, and we acknowledge and pay respects to our Traditional Custodians. We believe diversity of thought, background and experience creates better outcomes for our people and communities, and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all ages, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.