Overview
The City of Greater Bendigo is in the heart of central Victoria on Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Country. Located about 90 minutes' drive from Melbourne, the region offers the benefits of a large city with a welcoming country feel. Greater Bendigo is known for its food and wine, arts, heritage, education and health services, and good transport links. The City provides more than 65 important services to support the community, which is heading towards a population of 200,000 by 2050.
This is a great time to join us.
The Role
The Role - Our Strategic Transformation Unit is responsible for establishing, embedding, and continuously improving the City\u2019s Strategic Service Planning Framework, ensuring services are well planned, sustainable, and aligned to community needs.
Manager responsibilities - Lead the internal transformation function that oversees service planning, service improvement, change management, and organisational performance uplift. Ensure the organisation has a clear, integrated and long-term approach to planning, prioritisation and resource allocation. You will also be responsible for:
* Providing strategic leadership to establish, strengthen and embed the City\u2019s Strategic Service Planning Framework, ensuring an integrated and sustainable approach to organisational planning and prioritisation
* Driving service transformation and performance uplift by leading service planning, service improvement and change initiatives that enhance efficiency, customer experience, and community outcomes
* Building organisational capability by leading a high-performing team and partnering across the organisation to promote evidence-based decision-making, collaboration, and continuous improvement
About You
To be successful in this varied role, you will bring:
* Demonstrated leadership in organisational transformation, including the ability to design, implement and embed strategic service planning or integrated planning frameworks in complex organisations
* Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to interpret complex organisational data and translate it into clear insights, options and recommendations
* Proven capability to lead and develop high‐performing teams, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement, with a genuine commitment to our organisation\u2019s values
* Demonstrated experience delivering successful change initiatives, including stakeholder engagement, communication, facilitation and capability development
* Highly developed influencing and relationship‐building skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills and enjoy working in a team environment
Relevant qualifications are required, as well as a satisfactory Police Records Check and employee Working with Children Check. Your values will align with ours and you will be able to demonstrate your commitment to community.
Benefits
* Contribute to our community | Flexible and hybrid work options
* Generous leave entitlements including paid parental leave, purchased leave, study leave
* Training & development opportunities | Join our supportive leadership team
Visit our Employee Benefits website for more of our benefits.
Contact
If you require any further information regarding this position, please contact Ange Hays, Director Corporate Performance, 0422 232 059.
Please submit your cover letter, outlining why you are interested in this position and detailing your relevant experience with your current CV/resume by close of business Sunday 15 March 2026.
About City of Greater Bendigo
The City of Greater Bendigo is a proactive, flexible and dynamic employer, delivering more than 65 services to the community. The City is an equal opportunity employer, supportive of flexible working arrangements and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people of diverse cultural and religious backgrounds, gender identities, sexual orientations, people returning to the workforce and of all ages and abilities.
The City has zero-tolerance of child abuse. The City will create and maintain a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is embedded in the everyday thinking and practice of all individuals.
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