Strategic Planner Strategy And Risk

**Strategic Planner**
February 2025**

**Position title**Strategic Planner

**Position number**1039

**Classification (Level)**7

**Department**Corporate Governance

**Division**Office of the CEO

**Business unit**Strategy and Risk

**People Leader**Unit Manager Strategy and Risk

**Direct reports**Nil
Internal liaisons: Elected Members; Executive Leadership
Team; Senior Leadership Team;
Leadership Team; Finance and Asset Solutions; and working

**Key stakeholders**across City Services, City Development and Corporate Services,
Office of the CEO, Project Management Office and People and
Culture.
External: Other councils, community members/groups, other
councils.

**Community Vision: A liveable, sustainable community.**
The strategic directions of Liveable, Sustainable, and Community reflect the aspirations of
the community for the City of Marion's future.
A fourth strategic direction, Our Organisation, sets the focus for Council and its staff toward
fulfilling the 2024-2034 Community Vision and Strategic Directions. These interconnected
directions emphasise a commitment to achieving holistic outcomes for the council area
**City of Marion Values**
Our Values inform what is important in how we deliver for our community.
They aspire towards a consistent standard that can be expected from all who engage with
the City of Marion.
**Together we**
**Focus on the customer |** We are:

- Engaged with our diverse community
- Responsive and proactive **Our Community Vision**
- Dedicated to delivering great customer
experiences
**Engage with respect |** We are:

- Committed to a safe and inclusive workplace
- Connected, caring and professional
- Honest, transparent and act with integrity

**Embrace excellence |**We are**:

- Adaptable, driven and continuously improve
- Accountable for our decisions and actions
- Proactive in sustainability and support the

environment

A great place to _work_

**Strategic Planner**
February 2025**

**Purpose**
Reporting to the Unit Manager Strategy and Risk, this role provides strategic oversight in the
development, governance, and execution of key corporate and strategic planning initiatives.

Operating in a dynamic environment, the position partners with high
- level stakeholders to
ensure the alignment with the City of Marion's Strategic Management Framework, while
overseeing strategic and corporate level planning, external grant funding and new initiative
development.

Key responsibilities include coordinating the development of the Annual Business Plan and
Budget, driving organisation
- wide strategy development, and managing initiatives that
enhance the council's strategic direction and achievement of its objectives.

Collaboration is at the core of this position, requiring close engagement with Executive
Managers and other leadership staff to deliver a full suite of planning, review and advisory
services, including training and support. Representing the City of Marion in external
engagements related to strategic plans at the community level is also a key component.

A critical aspect of this role is the ability to synthesise complex information into clear,
concise and insightful reports and presentations for the Executive and Council Members.
Additionally, the role may contribute to the development of other key corporate level plans
as needed.

By driving robust governance processes and supporting the organisation to strategically plan
and achieve outcomes, this role plays a pivotal part in shaping the long-term success and
sustainability of the City of Marion.

**Key Deliverables**

Key deliverables encompass achieving targeted goals, meeting project milestones, and
consistently producing high-quality and timely delivery of strategic projects.

The position, under direction from the Unit Manager Strategy and Risk includes:

- Leading and facilitating strategy development in partnership with high level

stakeholders and in a dynamic work environment
- Lead governance of corporate level work area planning across the organisation
- Lead the Annual Business Planning and Budget process
- Develop key strategic level plans within Council's Strategic Management Framework

and support the development of other council plans where required
- Maintain governance and oversight of external grant funding activity and develop and

present reports to the Executive Budget Committee

A great place to _work_

**Strategic Planner**
February 2025**
- Maintaining strong awareness of both internal challenges and emerging external

strategic challenges and opportunities to inform staff, Council and the Risk team
corporate reporting
- Provide high level City of Marion responses to external parties (other councils,

government etc) where requested to do so
- Lead governance of council's Stakeholder Management Register.
- Develop organisational wide processes to support strategy development
- Deliver community engagement initiatives related to key strategic level plans

**Person Specification**

Essential c