- Join a progressive and contemporary Inner-City Council
- Strategic Executive Leadership role, driving organisational excellence
- Lead a diverse Directorate to deliver exceptional community outcomes
Located only 5km from the Melbourne CBD, the City of Yarra is a popular destination to live, work and visit. The area has abundant natural beauty and heritage, sustainable transport options, retail and entertainment precincts, and exciting arts and cultural attractions. Yarra’s neighbourhoods are distinct, each offering something a little different for people to enjoy. The City is a vibrant, safe and inclusive environment, celebrating and embracing diversity and connection to each other and to land.
The City of Yarra has set an inspiring vision with a strong commitment to social justice, responding to the climate emergency and unprecedented growth. To deliver that vision, a contemporary organisational structure has been established to enhance innovation and collaboration at Yarra, strengthen their reputation and enable deeper engagement with a community passionate about their city.
Reporting to a highly collaborative and visionary Chief Executive Officer, the General Manager Corporate Services will work strategically across the council to drive and embed an internal and external customer centric approach to service provision and position the portfolio as trusted business partners for the organisation. With a focus on long term organisational sustainability, you will bring a strategic, innovative, and operational perspective that ensures the highest standards of service delivery are achieved across the portfolio. Driving a high-performance team culture, you will lead a diverse portfolio that includes Digital Transformation, Finance, Procurement, Information Services, People and Culture and Risk and Safety.
To be considered for this role, City of Yarra is seeking applications from experienced experience or senior leaders who are politically astute and who demonstrate contemporary, strategic, and visionary leadership that can drive positive organisational change. You have a proven track record leading, empowering multi- disciplinary teams during times of change and transformation, with strong political nous and commercial acumen. You are experienced in driving and embedding contemporary corporate services practices within a complex Local Government or broader public sector environment and bring an ability to be agile and work at pace to deliver outcomes. Finally, demonstrated experience people management and service improvement will be imperative to your success in this role.
This role is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a visionary team committed to demonstrating inspirational leadership and championing the vision of a sustainable, vibrant, and community-oriented municipality.
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