Executive Officer Strategic Planning
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Lilydale, Victoria (VIC) Yarra Ranges Shire Council
| Job Ref: | 14581 |
| Employer: | Yarra Ranges Shire Council |
| Job Type: | Full Time |
| City: | Lilydale |
| Salary and Benefits: | from $113,061 per annum (Band 8), plus superannuation |
| Post Date: | 23/09/2020 00:00 |
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With aspirations of Innovation, Trust and Empowerment driving everything we do at Yarra Ranges Council, we inspire people to create a better future through:
Why our team needs you Set in the stunning backdrop of the Yarra Ranges, our Design and Place department are currently looking for an Executive Officer Strategic Planning to join their team providing services to develop industry leading municpal and place-based strategies, implement a diverse range of Planning Scheme Amendments and policy, and champion progressive planning outcomes. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your professional profile through projects that preserve and enrich a remarkably diverse range of planning contexts with complex and unique opprtunities to make a difference.
What you’ll bring to our team
Why you’ll want to join As part of an innovative workplace that supports and enables collaboration, our employees enjoy a wide range of benefits including:
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
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 maximize 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: Nathan Islip, Manager Design & Place on 03 9294 6524
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:
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.
Please note for several months a significant number of Yarra Ranges Council employees have been working from home. This is in line with current state government direction in response to the Coronavirus. Employees in positions that can work from home must do so, and it is likely, this will continue for some time. Arrangements will be made for a suitable onboarding process, which may include some time based in the office to facilitate a streamlined commencement | |
