Manager People & Culture

Manager People & Culture

About Our Council

Georges River Council is a leading, people-focused organisation with approximately 600 staff members. Our people are working to make the Georges River area an accessible, green, diverse and innovative community and economy. We are dedicated to providing vibrant public places, sustaining and developing a thriving creative culture, helping protect our natural environment, and making our suburbs more livable.

About the Opportunity

We have a great opportunity for an experienced Manager to lead our People and Culture team. This is a unique opportunity to lead, manage and provide direction for the operational and strategic human resource services. You will be responsible for the development and management of business plans, budgets, operations and systems. You will also drive business initiatives to improve Human Resources systems and processes, and works closely with Governance and Legal Services to reduce strategic and industrial business risk.

The People & Culture Business Unit provides a full range of services for Council staff. This includes the provision of advice and consultancy on a range of functions, including:

• Employee recruitment, on boarding, retention, engagement and culture;
• Facilitation of corporate training programs;
• Industrial relations;
• Payroll functions.

The team is committed to providing high quality service and timely and accurate advice to all stakeholders, including our Executive Team and all Council staff.

• Permanent full time opportunity with an additional 5 days annual leave per annum
• Car allowance with a secure undercover car space
• Salary from $162,047.84 - $187,573.45 per annum plus 9.5% superannuation
• Wellness perks including, free counselling, flu vaccinations, health-checks, gym subsidy and more

If you have made a positive commitment to further your career and you possess the attributes located in the Position Description essential criteria, then please submit your application today! Ensure you provide responses and examples (where appropriate) to all required questions on the application.

Key Skills

• Exceptional leadership skills, with a proven ability to role model core values and desired behaviours;
• Demonstrated ability to lead, create and manage a high performance team;
• Superior high-level communication and interpersonal skills and ability to influence and interact effectively with staff, management and stakeholders;
• Demonstrated problem solving and decision making skills, as well as high initiative, including ability to initiate and respond effectively to change.

If you would like further information on this role, please contact David Tuxford, Director Business and Corporate Services on 02 9330 6055.

Closing Date: Sunday, 11 October 2020 - 11.30pm

Georges River Council aims to be a leading, people-focused organisation delivering outstanding results for our community and city. We foster our values of Accountability, Professionalism, Unity and Honesty and take pride in promoting the image of Council in the community.

Georges River Council is committed to building a workplace culture that values diversity and inclusion.

We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, workers of all ages, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Please note you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident or have unlimited working rights (with no Visa restrictions) in Australia to apply for this position.