Executive Officer Digital & Data

Executive Officer Digital & Data

Why work anywhere else!  

With aspirations of Innovation, Trust and Empowerment driving everything we do at Yarra Ranges Council, we inspire people to create a better future through: 

• Stronger collaboration across teams
• Continuously looking  for better ways to deliver
• Encouraging our people to be courageous, authentic and accountable
• Improving outcomes for our community

Why our team needs you 

If you are a passionate leader with expertise in transforming the organisational practice into technologically advanced solutions, while harnessing complex data to support strong decision making, all with an ultimate goal of ensuring services are highly accessible and functional for community members, then we'd like to speak to you.

Our Strategy and Transformation department, in the Office of the CEO, is currently looking for Executive Officer Digital & Data  to join their team providing services to continue our organisational evolution into community-centric and data-driven solutions that are industry best practice.  We are keen to hear from highly collaborative people who are interested in experimenting with technical opportunities and can support evaluation from multiple perspectives to ensure solutions are a great fit for our advancing organisation and community.

• Salary from $113,061 per annum (Band 8), plus superannuation
• Permanent Full Time (flexible/part-time options considered for the right applicant)

What you’ll bring to our team

• Strong experience in UX principles, digital standards, data integrity frameworks, and local and global trends
• Lead prototyping, evaluating and delivery of new and innovative digital technology and thinking to the business, iterating solutions in response to user feedback using design-led or Agile methodology
• Demonstrated experience in organisational change methodologies
• Strong experience in project management

Why you’ll want to join us 

As part of an innovative workplace that supports and enables collaboration, our employees enjoy a wide range of benefits including:

• Flexible working hours
• Free onsite car parking
• Close to public transport
• Access to professional and career development opportunities

Why wait, apply now

To ensure your online application is complete, please attach your Cover letter, CV and your response to the selection criteria (otherwise referred to as Competencies, which form the basis of the behaviours required to be successful in this role), these are also outlined in the position description attached.

Building Strategic Work Relationships

Developing and using collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals.

Customer Focus

Ensuring that the customer perspective is a driving force behind business decisions and activities; crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers’ and own organisation’s needs.

Facilitating Change

Encouraging others to seek opportunities for different and innovative approaches to addressing problems and opportunities; facilitating the implementation and acceptance of change within the workplace.

Leading Through Vision and Values

Keeping the organisation’s vision and values at the forefront of associate decision making and action

Political Savvy

Actively maintaining a broad awareness of the internal and external environment by accurately perceiving organisational, political, and social dynamics; proactively navigating the stakeholder environment to avoid unwanted or unproductive reactions and consequences.

Building a Successful Team

Using appropriate methods and a flexible interpersonal style to help build a cohesive team; facilitating the completion of team goals.

Coaching

Providing timely guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas needed to accomplish a task or solve a problem.

Decision Making

Identifying and understanding issues, problems, and opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; taking action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences.

Delegating Responsibility

Allocating decision-making authority and/or task responsibility to appropriate others to maximise the organisation’s and individuals’ effectiveness.

Driving for Results

Setting high goals for personal and group accomplishment; using measurement methods to monitor progress toward goals; tenaciously working to meet or exceed goals while deriving satisfaction from that achievement and continuous improvement.

Innovation

Generating innovative solutions in work situations; trying different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities.

Click to view the position description or for further information about our recruitment process visit our Careers at Yarra Ranges page.

Contact for enquiries: Jane Sinnamon, Manager - Strategy & Transformation on 03 9294 6756
Closing date: 11.59 pm, Friday, 2 October 2020.

Conditions of employment are in accordance with the Yarra Ranges Shire Council Enterprise Agreement 2019 and our Corporate Code of Conduct.   Applicants will require the following:

• To complete a Pre-employment Police Check
• Psychometric Assessment
• Australian licence in line with Council's Fleet Policy and Vic Road Regulations

Yarra Ranges Council is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to conversations for all positions about flexibility that works for you, be it full-time / part-time / job-share / purchased leave.  We are committed to a culturally safe workplace that fosters diversity and inclusion and to the protection of children against child abuse in line with the Victorian Child Safe Standards.