Program Leader Workforce Strategy & Projects

Council Jobs; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 128,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing services

Salary sacrificing options

Private health insurance discounts

FitnessPassport Program

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Toowoomba Regional Council seeks an experienced leader to shape its workforce strategy and capability across a major regional council. You will translate analytics into practical strategies to improve capability, leadership effectiveness, resilience and performance, guiding organisation-wide workforce initiatives with strong stakeholder engagement.

Based in the Toowoomba CBD, this permanent full-time role offers a competitive salary and leave loading, plus superannuation and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR/Organisational field.
• Extensive experience in strategic workforce planning, organisational development, workforce analytics and/or organisational effectiveness.
• Professional certification with AHRI, CIPD or SHRM desirable.
• Proven ability to lead and deliver organisation-wide programs.
• Experience developing, implementing and evaluating workforce strategies.
• Alignment with Council's values.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver organisation-wide workforce programs and initiatives.
• Provide trusted advice on workforce strategy, analytics and capability development.
• Influence decision-making and support leadership effectiveness across the Council.

Skills

Strategic workforce planning

Organisational development

Workforce analytics

Organisational effectiveness

Research

Problem solving

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Organisational Psychology

Job description

ShapeCouncil’s future workforce strategy andcapability

Use your workforce strategy, analytics and organisationaldevelopment expertise to influence meaningful outcomes across oneof Queensland’s largest regional councils.

About You

You will bring substantial experience in strategic workforceplanning, organisational development, workforce analytics andorganisational effectiveness within a complex organisation. Confident working with workforce data, you can translate insightsinto practical strategies that support capability, leadershipeffectiveness, workforce resilience and organisational performance. Your strong research, problem-solving, communication andstakeholder engagement skills will help you provide trusted advice, influence decision-making and lead organisation-wide workforceinitiatives.

The Team

The People and Culture Branch enables Council's success throughits people. This is achieved through:

• Building workforce capability;
• Strengthening organisational culture; and
• Fostering an environment where employees and leaders canthrive and perform at their best.

About the position

• Permanent full-time position based in the ToowoombaCBD.
• Annual salary range of $128,155.76 - $144,499.17 gross perannum, plus 17.5% annual leave loading and up to 12.65%superannuation.
• Enjoy work/life balance with a nine (9) day fortnight,access to banked leave and a range of health and wellbeingservices.
• Access professional development, leadership and managementtraining opportunities to support your career growth.
• Benefit from salary sacrificing and packaging options,selected private health insurance discounts, the FitnessPassport Program and Employee Assistance Program support.

How to be successful in this position

• Hold a Bachelor's Degree in Human Resource Management,Organisational Psychology, or other related field.
• Extensive experience in strategic workforce planning,organisational development, workforce analytics and/ororganisational effectiveness in a complex organisationalenvironment.
• Professional certification with the Australian HumanResources Institute (AHRI), or an equivalent internationallyrecognised HR professional certification (e.g. CIPD, SHRM)would be highly desirable.
• Proven ability to lead and deliver organisational wideprograms.
• Experience developing, implementing and evaluatingworkforce strategies.
• Alignment with Council's values.

The preferred candidate will be required to undertake aCriminal History Check and a pre-employment medical assessment toassess their ability to perform the genuine occupationalrequirements of the position.

For further information

Please contact Jerry Mooketsi, Manager People and Culture on(07) 4688 6*** within business hours.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 18 October 2026 at11.59pm.

About Council

The Toowoomba Region is about rich traditions and boldambitions. Our long and proud agricultural history has evolvedToowoomba into Australia’s second largest inland city supportingdiverse townships in the Council area and acting as a servicecentre for South West Qld and North West NSW. The region isboldly forging new opportunities around the Surat Basin resourcesector, education, health, transport, and massive infrastructureinvestments. Growth hasn’t come at the expense of liveabilitythough, with Toowoomba twice voted in the top 5 most familyfriendly cities in Australia.

Toowoomba Regional Council services a regional population of178,500 and employs a team of approximately 1,600 staff, dedicatedand passionate about delivering excellent customer service to thecommunity, residents, and visitors throughout the region. Werecognise that our success depends upon attracting and retainingskilled and talented staff and offer a wide variety of interestingchallenges and opportunities to develop your career.

Council does not accept unsolicited agency approaches orapplications for this or any other vacancy. No response will beprovided.

Attachments:
- Position Description - Program Leader Workforce Strategy and Projects (5027).pdf
- TRC Values and Behaviours.pdf