Coordinator Futures Projects

Whitehorse City Council; Melbourne; Presencial; AUD 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health and wellbeing program

Gym membership discounts

Onsite parking

Training opportunities

Novated vehicle leases

Descripción de la vacante

Whitehorse City Council seeks a Coordinator Futures Projects to lead the Futures Projects portfolio, identifying and delivering transformative initiatives that prepare the council for future community needs. You will drive service reviews and continuous improvement, coordinating multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative changes and measurable outcomes.

This role offers a professional environment, supportive teams, and opportunities to influence community outcomes while advancing

Formación

• Proven experience leading organisational improvement and transformative initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver measurable outcomes.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management across diverse audiences.

Responsabilidades

• Lead Futures Projects portfolio and identify, scope and deliver transformative initiatives.
• Drive service reviews, continuous improvement and innovative change across the organisation.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to achieve high-quality, measurable community outcomes.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Facilitation

Strategic thinking

Communication

Collaboration

Descripción del empleo

At Whitehorse City Council, community is at the heart of everything we do.

• Be the change - make a direct, instantaneous positive impact to council and our municipality
• Full Time to 30 June 2028

At Whitehorse City Council, community is at the heart of everything we do. To stay ahead of and best respond to the evolving changes and needs of the community, the organisation is undertaking an exciting journey that will transform ways of working and will empower employees to be innovative and constantly striving towards providing excellent customer experience at all times. The five pillars of our organisation focus on:

• Excellent Customer Experience and Service Delivery
• Great Organisational Culture
• Innovation and Continuous Improvement
• Good Governance and Integrity

The role

The Coordinator Futures Projects leads and coordinates the Futures Projects portfolio that identifies, scopes and delivers organisational transformative initiatives. The role ensures Council is equipped to meet the future needs of the community by leading service reviews, continuous improvement, and broader organisational transformative initiatives that drive innovation, efficiency, build capability and improve community outcomes.

About you

• Proven experience leading and managing organisational improvement and transformative initiatives in a large, complex organisation.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality, measurable outcomes.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills across diverse audiences.
• Strong strategic thinking, problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
• Experience and exceptional ability to collaborate and influence diverse stakeholders in a complex and political environment to build agreement and deliver change.
• Experience driving organisational capability, continuous improvement, and innovation to meet future community needs.

What we offer

The ability to make a difference - Working at Whitehorse City Council you contribute to making a real difference in the lives of the community and those that live, learn, work or visit Whitehorse. Every day you really will see how the work you're involved in benefits the diverse community.

Great working conditions

a professional environment, friendly and supportive teams and a flexibility program that promotes employee work life balance.

An extensive Health and Wellbeing offering

Employee assistance program, private health insurance benefits, health checks (skin, hearing and vaccinations), discounted gym membership and facilities (e.g. Theatre, Arts, Leisure) and an active health and wellness program (e.g. stretching, healthy eating demonstrations and health challenges.

Career opportunities

engaging work and the opportunity to apply your skills and experience.

Reward & Recognition

extensive reward and recognition program, corporate learning offerings, study assistance and comprehensive leadership development programs.

Further Information

Further information is available from Andrea Ghastine on 0429 583 034.

Company culture & values

City of Whitehorse is a culturally and linguistically diverse community. We are proud of the diversity of our workforce and recognise the strength this provides in meeting the needs of our community. We are committed to upholding a safe, inclusive and respectful workplace that values the contribution of all.

Whitehorse City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation. We recognise our responsibilities to keep children and young people safe from harm and have established policies, procedures and training to achieve these commitments.

About Whitehorse City Council

The City of Whitehorse, located 15 kilometres east of the Melbourne CBD, is a culturally diverse community of almost 177,000 people. Whitehorse includes the suburbs of Box Hill, Burwood, Nunawading, Blackburn, Mitcham, Forest Hill and Vermont and is characterised by quiet tree-lined residential streets, an abundance of parks, gardens and natural bushland reserves, bustling shopping centres and a diverse range of arts, cultural, sports and leisure facilities.

Whitehorse City Council provides more than 100 services and facilities across a range of areas within our community services, city development, infrastructure, corporate services and transformation directorates. Whitehorse is one of Melbourne's largest metropolitan councils with a workforce of approximately 1300 employees and aspires to foster an inclusive, vibrant, prosperous and sustainable community. Our employees help us achieve these goals!

Benefits of working with us include:

• A welcoming and supportive working environment
• Great opportunities for training and to build a long‑term career within Whitehorse or the local government sector.
• Extensive employee health and wellbeing programs including flexible working arrangements
• Salary sacrifice options for gym / swim memberships, childcare and superannuation; and access to novated vehicle leases.
• Competitive terms and conditions of employment
• Ample onsite parking at most facilities with ready access to public transport