It Governance Officer

Council Jobs; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 103,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

RDOs and flexible hours

Additional leave purchase option

Professional development

Private health discounts

Job summary

The City of Casey is seeking an IT Governance professional to strengthen governance across technology decisions in a large local government. You’ll integrate governance requirements, develop policies, and work with procurement, legal and finance to ensure practical, proportionate governance.

You’ll contribute to policy, standards and controls focus, while supporting assurance, reporting and continuous improvement across IT investments.

Qualifications

• Experience in governance, risk, assurance or compliance activities.
• Experience applying policies, standards, and controls in a complex organisation.
• Ability to work with procurement, legal, finance to embed governance requirements.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills with clear recommendations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and improve processes.
• Qualified or equivalent with Working with Children checks and National Criminal History Check.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and apply governance policies, standards and controls.
• Provide advice and assurance for reporting and decision-making.
• Embed governance into procurement, contracting and supplier processes.
• Support expenditure visibility, forward planning and asset governance.
• Identify opportunities to improve governance practices and team capabilities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for practical governance.

Skills

Technology governance

Policy & standards

Procurement liaison

Analytical reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Prioritisation & organisation

Compliance & checks

Security & risk awareness

Education

Tertiary qualification in IT, Business, Governance, Risk, Audit or Procurement

Job description

• EVP: Hybrid & Flexible Working Options + Monthly RDO for full-time 40-hour weeks
• Location: Narre Warren
• Employment Type: Limited Tenure to October 2027
• Salary: $102,667 - $ 111,908 + Super (based on experience) Band 6.

Why Choose City of Casey

The City of Casey is one of Victoria’s largest, fastest growing and most diverse cities. The Council plans and delivers quality services and infrastructure for the more than 400,000 residents and over 36,000 businesses who call Casey home.

Our multi-award winning, architecturally designed workplace - located in Bunjil Place in Melbourne's southeast - inspires collaboration and creativity. Bunjil Place reflects and enhances the city’s rich diversity by providing an energetic and cosmopolitan atmosphere through a lively community meeting place.

Why You’ll Love Working with Us

• True flexibility with hybrid work, compressed hours, RDOs and the option to purchase additional leave, because life comes first.
• Our Ways of Working (OWOW) - our activity-based model allows you to work in different spaces, locations and with the latest technology.
• Family‑friendly leave options, including 16 weeks paid primary caregiver leave, to support you through life’s biggest moments.
• Ongoing professional development to help you grow your skills and advance your career.
• Free Workout Wednesdays, discounted gym memberships and an onsite café - convenience in one place.
• Private Health discounts for employees, through the access of the local government health plan.
• Enjoy our stunning, architecturally designed workspace, complete with free coffee, a community library and free parking.
• Be part of a team that truly lives its values: Dream Big, Empower Each Other, Make Our Community Proud.
• Paid Christmas Shut Down Leave
• And more https://www.casey.vic.gov.au/benefits-of-working-city-of-casey

About the Role

Join an IT Governance team that's strengthening governance, accountability and informed decision-making across one of Australia's largest local governments.

Working closely with technology and business stakeholders, you'll help integrate IT governance requirements into existing Council processes and ways of working. From policy and controls through to assurance, supplier governance and financial oversight, you'll help make governance clear, practical and proportionate to technology decisions.

What You’ll deliver

Help Casey strengthen technology governance through practical advice, clear frameworks and consistent ways of working.

Reporting to the Team Leader IT Governance, you’ll contribute to the development, application and continuous improvement of technology governance across Council.

IT governance is shared across the team, with this role having a particular focus on policy, standards and controls, and integrating technology governance requirements into supplier, contract, financial and asset processes.

You’ll work alongside procurement and other subject matter experts who own their respective processes and specialist requirements, helping identify where IT governance needs to apply and embedding it into existing ways of working.

You’ll also contribute across the team’s broader governance capabilities, providing practical advice, sharing knowledge and supporting assurance, reporting and continuous improvement.

Your work will contribute to Casey’s IT direction by strengthening governance and accountability, supporting trusted partnerships and helping Council make informed decisions about its technology investment.

You’ll contribute across a range of technology governance activities, with a focus on:

• Governance, policy and controls: Develop, maintain and apply policies, standards, controls and governance practices.
• Advice and assurance: Help teams understand governance requirements and support reporting, assurance and informed decision-making.
• Supplier and contract governance: Work with procurement and other subject matter experts to embed IT governance requirements into established procurement, contracting, supplier and renewal processes.
• Financial and asset governance: Support expenditure visibility, forward planning, purchasing and technology asset governance.
• Continuous improvement: Identify opportunities to improve governance practices, processes and the IT Governance team’s capabilities.

What You’ll Bring

You can turn governance and commercial requirements into advice people can use. You build working relationships, ask questions and follow through on details:

• Experience in technology governance, policy, risk, assurance, compliance or related governance activities.
• Experience applying policies, standards, frameworks and controls in a complex organisation.
• Experience working with procurement, legal, finance and other subject matter experts to integrate IT governance requirements into established business processes, supported by an understanding of supplier, contract, procurement and financial governance.
• Analytical and reporting skills, with the ability to identify issues and provide clear recommendations.
• Communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to work with technical and non-technical teams.
• The ability to organise competing priorities, maintain accurate records and improve processes.
• A relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology, Business, Governance, Risk, Audit, Procurement or a related discipline, or lesser formal qualifications with substantial relevant experience.
• National Criminal History Check and Working with Children Check

Why this role matters

Good governance helps people make better decisions. In this role, you’ll help Casey make IT governance practical and consistent, giving teams clearer guidance while strengthening accountability, assurance and oversight of technology investment.

Please use your cover letter to highlight three key skills, areas of knowledge or experiences you would bring to the role, including a brief example of how you have applied each in practice

Applications close at 11:55pm on 17 November 2026.

Please note: Applications are only accepted via our online portal.

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

The City of Casey is proud to be an inclusive, child-safe, and equal opportunity employer.

We welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, cultures, backgrounds, and abilities, including those with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTIQA+ communities, multicultural communities, and refugee or migrant backgrounds.

We are committed to providing a diverse, safe, and inclusive environment where everyone can grow and succeed. We promote gender equity and actively address barriers to employment, ensuring participation without discrimination and supporting workplace adjustments.

For any reasonable adjustments or access needs during the application or interview process, please contact the Talent Team at 9709 9633 or******@casey.vic.gov.au.

We are a 2026Circle Back Initiative Employer - we commit to respond to every applicant.

Please note: Unsolicited emails or approaches from recruitment agencies will not be accepted

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