Why work with us?
At Council, we're proud of our region. We collaborate with the community to achieve truly sustainable outcomes, enhance our enviable lifestyle, and create award‐winning places and spaces that are uniquely Sunshine Coast. If you love it here as much as we do, and you want to shape our region for the future – you'll want to join our team!
With the vision to be Australia's most sustainable region - Connected. Liveable. Thriving, our region is a model of sustainability, where caring for our environment, creating vibrant communities and growing our local economy is a way of life.
About The Role
Strategy and Policy Coordination Services sits at the centre of Council's future connecting strategy, planning, service delivery and partnerships to turn big ideas into real outcomes for the Sunshine Coast community. It's where strategic thinking meets action, shaping a region that's connected, liveable and thriving.
In this role, you'll lead a high impact transformation program bringing together people, partners and work streams to drive smarter ways of working, lift performance and deliver real, measurable results. You'll champion strong governance and change practices while delivering initiatives that strengthen Council's efficiency and long‐term sustainability.
* Lead a high‐profile, organisation wide transformation aligned to strategy and financial sustainability
* Provide trusted advice to executives, informing trade‐offs and decision making
* Establish robust governance, driving disciplined delivery, monitoring and benefits realisation
* Partner with vendors and stakeholders to deliver measurable outcomes and lasting value
* Champion change that embeds new ways of working, is customer centric and drives innovation
* Drive benefits realisation, ensuring tangible improvements in efficiency and service outcomes
* Lead a high‐performing team, fostering accountability, collaboration and impact
About You
You're an accomplished transformation leader who thrives in complexity and delivers results that matter. You bring a strong commercial and strategic lens, confidently partnering with senior leaders to turn business priorities into executable programmes. With sharp communication and influencing skills, you navigate ambiguity, lead at pace and drive alignment across large, complex organisations.
* Tertiary qualification in business, management, commerce or a related field
* Proven success leading complex, enterprise‐wide transformation programmes
* Experience managing client‐side consulting/vendor engagements
* Strong ability to influence and collaborate with executive and senior stakeholders
* Exceptional communication, negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills
* Background working in or with large, complex organisations
* Current C Class Driver's Licence
Our Culture & Employee Benefits
* Wellbeing: Your wellbeing is important to us therefore we offer a number of different initiatives such as discounted health related memberships, fitness passport, employee assistance program and development opportunities.
* Extras: Those extras make a difference therefore we offer salary packaging options on novated leases, superannuation, smartphones and devices.
At Sunshine Coast Council, we embrace differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background including First Nations, disability, religion and sexual orientation. To deliver the best service to our region we want a workforce that reflects the diverse community that we serve. Sunshine Coast Council strongly encourages all suitable applicants to apply for this role.
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