- Lead the City’s digital and technology strategy and transformation.
- Partner with executives to deliver secure, customer-focused solutions.
- Provide senior leadership across data, digital and IT services.
The City of Boroondara is transforming to ensure it places the customer experience at the centre of everything they do and that delivers a more seamless, convenient and empowering experience. If you wish to play a lead role in the continual reshaping of the organisation across all dimensions of its workforce - culture, technology, skills, work processes - this is the role for you.
Located in the leafy inner-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, the City of Boroondara is a vibrant, livable city which fosters the cultural, environmental, economic and personal wellbeing of its community through the delivery of a range of services that positively impact the lives of their community.
Reporting to the Director Customer and Transformation, the Chief Information Officer (CIO) is responsible for providing strategic leadership of the Information and Communications Technology function and drive the City’s digital transformation agenda. The CIO will lead the technology vision and strategy, modernising legacy systems into secure, integrated, cloud-based solutions that enable high-quality, customer-focused services. The role partners closely with the Executive and Senior Leadership Teams to ensure technology investments align with organisational priorities, support the Transforming Boroondara Program, and deliver measurable improvements in efficiency, data security, service delivery and community outcomes. The CIO will lead multi-disciplinary teams across data and digital platforms, core technology systems, IT services and cybersecurity, embedding strong governance, continuous improvement and a culture of innovation across Council.
To be successful, you will be a proven senior technology leader with a strong track record of leading large, multi-disciplinary teams through complex organisational and digital change, ideally within a complex or politically sensitive environment. You will bring deep expertise in digital transformation, customer experience, cloud and enterprise platforms, cybersecurity, and technology governance, alongside strong commercial and financial acumen. Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills are essential, with the ability to collaborate, influence and provide trusted advice to executive leaders, councillors and external partners. You will be adaptable, resilient and strategically minded, with the ability to translate vision into operational outcomes. Relevant tertiary qualifications in information technology, business or a related discipline are required, along with the capacity to meet all pre-employment checks.
If you are driven by the opportunity to deliver exceptional community outcomes, we’d love to hear form you.
For a copy of the PD, please download (copy and paste): https://tinyurl.com/yv2wjc52
For any questions not outlined in the PD, please contact Alannah O’Carroll on 0426 691 205 or Vanessa Huxley on 0417 708 112.
Applications will close on the 16 th of February.
