Strategic Planning Lead

5 days ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Melbourne Water Full time

**Job Number**:
979505

**Work type**:
Permanent Full Time

**Location**:
Melbourne - Docklands

**Categories**:
Other, Strategy, Planning

Who we are

In Melbourne, water is essential to our way of life.

As caretakers for Melbourne's water cycle, we care for water, life and land throughout Melbourne: both its people and its biodiversity.

Each time you drink from the tap, flush a toilet, run through a yard sprinkler, or kayak down the Yarra we're there. Primed and ready, quietly delivering some of the world's cleanest water for over five million residents and wildlife that call Melbourne home, just as we have for over 130 years.

If you value making it count, diving in with curiosity, and doing what's right, you're in the right place.

About the Role

Reporting to the Manager Goal Hub, this role delivers a vital business planning, monitoring and enterprise-wide performance reporting function. As the Strategic Planning Lead you will be responsible for:

- Leading the development, adaption and delivery of the annual business planning process in collaboration with key stakeholders across the business, including Finance and Capital Planning.
- Ensuring the Strategic Goals are implemented and monitored in a collaborative way across the business and ensuring the business has a good understanding of progress against the goals throughout the year.
- Building the capability of all leaders through coaching to prioritise work programs in a way that supports timely achievement of strategic business outcomes.
- Providing an enterprise-wide view of the performance of Melbourne Water's services, leveraging data from across the business in particular the coordination of monthly Corporate Performance Reporting.
- Working with other teams to streamline collection and review of information used to assess performance, develop business plans and produce reports.

For further information please refer to the attached Role Mandate

About you:

- Bachelor's degree in Public or Business Administration, Arts, Science, Engineering or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated experience in annual business planning processes and project management.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated problem solving and analytical skills, adding value to the business and its customers.
- Significant experience in facilitating, influencing and engaging diverse stakeholders, coordination and execution of projects in a multidisciplinary environment.
- Ability to work constructively with a range of levels in the business, including senior executives and Board
- Previous experience in developing dashboards and other tools to provide contemporary evidence to support insights and recommendations will be highly regarded

Why join us:
At Melbourne Water, we care deeply about water and the life it sustains.

Our team is inspired by passion and purpose, with an unwavering commitment to safety. We are on a mission to protect every Melburnian's way of life, one drop at a time.

We don't just talk about flexible working - we live it. Our culture of purpose, safety, results, and learning flows through everything we do. We're dedicated to doing what's right, and this commitment extends to the meaningful work we do in a supportive and inclusive culture that encourages you to make the most of your talents.

How to Apply

Closing date: Monday 28th April 2025 at 11:55pm AEST

**Advertised**:
16 Apr 2025 AUS Eastern Standard Time

**Closing**:
28 Apr 2025 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time

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