Program Leader, Partnerships & Special Projects

Careers at Council; Katoomba; On-site; AUD 107,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12% Superannuation

Annual bonus (1–3.5%)

Job summary

Careers at Council in New South Wales seeks a senior executive assistant to the CEO, responsible for high-level administrative support, strategic partnerships and management of special projects.

You will work across local, national and international initiatives, supporting implementation, reporting and stakeholder engagement while helping drive grant funding and sustainability programs.

Qualifications

• Experience providing high-level executive support to a CEO or senior leadership.
• Strong skills in project management and reporting.
• Ability to secure revenue through grants and other funding sources and manage partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level executive business support to the CEO and assist with strategic partnerships and special projects.
• Support implementation, management and reporting on initiatives at local, national and international levels.
• Engage stakeholders, prepare complex presentations and contribute to grant-funded revenue generation.

Skills

Executive support

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication & presentation

Job description

This position provides high-level executive business support to the CEO and assists the CEO in implementing, managing and reporting on a range of strategic partnerships and special projects, at the highest levels.

It works as part of a dynamic team supporting implementation of a financially self-sufficient, well administrated, Blue Mountains Planetary Health Centre – a Centre of Excellence providing local, national and international leadership for planetary health, through a Blue Mountains lens.

The role requires high-level capabilities in executive business support, project management and reporting, strategic partnerships, stakeholder engagement, revenue generation through successful grants and other sources and high-level communication and presentation skills. It supports the Council’s focus, as a City within a World Heritage Area, on being an exemplar Local Government Area in sustainability (environmental, social and economic) and in taking action to restore health of the planet.

Remuneration: base salary commencing at $118,950 gross per annum

• + 12% superannuation
• + annual performance-based salary increases / bonus (1-3.5%)
• + annual award increase

For further information contact: Rosemary Dillon, CEO, on 0414 195 ***.