Principal Corporate Strategy Business Partner

The details:

• Permanent Full Time| 9 day fortnight
• $123,568pa + 12% super (level 8)
• 72.5 hour fortnight
• Hybrid, flexible working environment, including some work from home days.
• Location: Strathpine

Join City of Moreton Bay as a Principal Corporate Strategy Business Partner and help shape and enhance our communities for today and tomorrow.

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for corporate planning and organisational excellence? We're looking for a Principal Corporate Strategy Business Partner to lead the implementation and continuous improvement of our Integrated Planning Framework.

In this pivotal role, you'll act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and councillors, ensuring our corporate, operational and service planning practices are aligned, effective and future-focused.

• Lead and evolve Council's Integrated Planning Framework.
• Coordinate corporate and operational planning cycles.
• Develop planning tools, templates and guidance materials.
• Drive the Organisational Excellence Strategy.
• Support long-term strategic and service planning initiatives.
• Build planning capability across the organisation.
• Ensure alignment with legislative requirements and community needs.

About you

You are a collaborative and forward-thinking professional with demonstrated experience in corporate, strategic, or operational planning (local government or public sector preferred). You bring a strong understanding of integrated planning frameworks and have a proven track record in leading strategic initiatives. Your ability to communicate effectively and influence at all levels makes you a valued partner in shaping the future of our council.

• Proven ability to lead planning initiatives and develop strategic, operational and service plans.
• High-level advisory skills and experience partnering with senior leaders.
• Expertise in developing and applying planning tools, templates and processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including report and presentation preparation.
• Strong organisational and project management capabilities.
• Experience in monitoring and reporting on plan implementation.
• Knowledge of local government legislative and planning frameworks.
• Qualifications in business, public administration, planning, policy or a related field (essential).

Position Description_Principal Corporate Strategy Business

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 region. 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, chaplaincy program, leader support hotline and Mates in Construction program.
• Our Caboolture and Strathpine offices have local parking on site and are 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.