Overview
Are you someone who enjoys making a positive impact? Join us as an Organisational Improvement Partner, where you'll support Council's strategic goals, encourage continuous improvement, and help build a collaborative and high-performing culture. This is a full-time role, with flexibility to discuss reduced hours or a compressed work week. Alternative arrangements, including working from home, may be possible through negotiation in line with Council policy.
Position details
* Full Time
* This role allows for flexible working arrangements inline with Council policy.
* Job Number: R2663
* Applications Close: 4pm, Thursday 11 September 2025
About the Opportunity
In this strategic and hands-on position work side-by-side with the Manager Organisational Performance to plan and deliver projects that help our teams work better and improve the way we deliver services.
You'll:
* Champion Business Excellence principles and drive innovation across all levels.
* Collaborate with teams to identify opportunities, streamline processes, and embed proactive, accountable ways of working.
* Deliver engaging corporate training and workshops that build capability and spark new thinking.
* Support leaders to turn ideas into measurable outcomes that align with Council's long-term goals.
Your work will directly influence how Council evolves—making a real impact on our people, systems, and services.
What you will bring
We're looking for someone who's strategic, collaborative, and passionate about improvement. Ideally, you'll have:
* A degree or Diploma in a relevant discipline such as Business, Organisational Development, Public Administration, or lesser formal qualifications with relevant experience in a related field.
* Proven experience in organisational development and improvement, and/or business transformation with the ability to apply and implement contemporary approaches and practices.
* Familiarity with Business Excellence frameworks or other continuous improvement models.
* Strong skills in report writing, facilitation, and training delivery.
* A data-informed mindset—comfortable using data, benchmarking, research and digital tools to enhance business processes, develop measurable outcomes and support decision-making.
* Excellent relationship-building skills and the ability to work across all levels of the organisation.
* Ability to champion the organisations principles and values and help embed these into operational activities.
* A current satisfactory National Police Check, or willingness to obtain one prior to employment.
Salary and conditions
The position is classified within Band 6 of Council's Current Enterprise Agreement ranging from $93,602 to $101,911 per annum plus statutory superannuation.
Applicants viewing via Seek or LinkedIn are encouraged to visit the Council's Careers page to view a copy of the Position Description and application form that is a requirement to apply for this role.
Benefits
As an employee you will have access to benefits such as:
* Flexible Work Arrangements (Work from Home, Flextime, Purchase of Additional Leave)
* Relocation Assistance available to support your move to the region
* Financial recognition upon successful annual performance review, including either progression through banding structure or end-of-band bonus