TEAM MANAGER STRATEGY DEV AND GOVERNANCE

Brisbane-City-Council; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Free gym and wellness centre

Award winning superannuation fund

Generous leave provisions

Competitive salary

Job summary

Brisbane City Council is seeking an experienced Team Manager, Strategy Development and Governance to lead the development, delivery and monitoring of city-wide strategies and external plans. You will guide governance design and ensure alignment with priority outcomes while overseeing analytics and forecasting capabilities for long-term planning in Brisbane.

You will manage a high-performing team within a centre of excellence, providing expert advice to senior stakeholders and driving continuous

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in leading and collaboratively developing enterprise and city shaping strategies within a large, complex, or matrix organisational environment.
• Experience in strategy development, enterprise strategy framework and governance design, and implementation including embedding strategic and policy disciplines and lifecycles driving continuous improvement and transformation.
• Demonstrated experience and ability in providing authoritative, high quality professional advice, providing interpretation and analysis across a broad range of strategic, policy, and corporate initiatives to senior leaders.
• Highly developed analytical, research, and problem solving skills, including synthesising complex information, identifying emerging and contentious issues, assessing strategic risks and opportunities, and providing evidence based recommendations.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, collaboration, and negotiation skills, with a proven success in communicating complex strategic issues clearly and influencing a wide range of internal and external stakeholders at all organisational levels towards the achievement of key work priorities.
• Advanced skills and experience in managing complex projects, including the ability to lead, collaborate and participate in multidisciplinary project teams.
• Strong strategic leadership capability with proven experience leading and manage teams by setting clear strategic direction and expectations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and monitor council-wide and city-shaping strategies, external plans and initiatives relative to Brisbane.
• Lead oversight of strategies to ensure that they are aligned, integrated and work towards the achievement of Council’s strategic priorities.
• Lead a high-performing team delivering sophisticated modelling, forecasting and analytical capabilities that support Council's long-term planning and investment decisions.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of urban growth models, forecasting tools, research programs and information systems used to support strategic land use and infrastructure planning across Brisbane.
• Utilise strategic leadership, technical expertise and trusted advice to senior stakeholders while fostering innovation and evidence-based decision-making.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Enterprise strategy

Policy development

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Project management

Governance design

Job description

Personnel Area: City Planning Economic Development Services

Branch: City Strategy and Policy

Salary Range: Band 8: AUD: $150,432 - $162,791 AUD per annum + Superannuation (Remuneration stated is for the full-time positions)

Work type: Permanent Full-time

Location: Brisbane Square

Our Business

Brisbane City Council is Australia’s largest local government and one of the nation's most diverse and dynamic organisations Guided by Brisbane Vision 2031, Council is focused on delivering innovative, high performing services that provide exceptional value for residents, businesses and visitors while shaping Brisbane as Australia's lifestyle capital.

The City Planning and Economic Development Services Group manage development applications, provide planning and development advices, develops strategic planning policy and economic strategies. Our work supports sustainable growth, helps shape Brisbane's future and ensures the city continues to be a great place to live, work and visit.

Our Branch

The City Strategy and Policy Branch is Council’s centre of excellence for strategy, policy and local law development.We shape Brisbane’s future by leading the development of city-wide strategies, policies and local laws, and providing the research, analytics and insights that inform Council’s priorities and decision-making.

Through collaboration, expertise and a focus on long-term outcomes, we develop the frameworks that guide evidence-based decisions, strengthening strategic and policy capability across the organisation, and help deliver a thriving, prosperous and sustainable city for our community

The Role

Brisbane is one of Australia's fastest-growing cities, and we're looking for an experienced governance and strategic leader to support the city’s growth.

As the Team Manager, Strategy Development and Governance, you will have carriage and leadership of the development, delivery and continued monitoring of Council-wide and city-shaping strategies, external plans and initiatives relative to Brisbane. You will lead oversight of strategieesto ensure that they are aligned, integrated and work towards the achievement of Council’s strategic priorities.

As Team Manager you will lead a high-performing team delivering sophisticated modelling, forecasting and analytical capabilities that support Council's long-term planning and investment decisions. Working within a centre of excellence model, you will oversee the development and maintenance of urban growth models, forecasting tools, research programs and information systems used to support strategic land use and infrastructure planning across Brisbane.

As an experienced professional you will utilise your strategic leadership, technical expertise and trusted advice to senior stakeholders while fostering innovation, continuous improvement and evidence-based decision-making.

To be successful you will have:

• demonstrated expertise in leading and collaboratively developing enterprise and city shaping strategies within a large, complex, or matrix organisational environment, including the ability to balance strategic priorities and organisational constraints
• demonstrated experience in strategy development, enterprise strategy framework and governance design, and implementation including embedding strategic and policy disciplines and lifecycles driving continuous improvement and transformation
• demonstrated experience and ability in providing authoritative, high quality professional advice, providing interpretation and analysis across a broad range of strategic, policy, and corporate initiatives to senior leaders
• highly developed analytical, research, and problem solving skills, including synthesising complex information, identifying emerging and contentious issues, assessing strategic risks and opportunities, and providing evidence based recommendations
• excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, collaboration, and negotiation skills, with a proven success in communicating complex strategic issues clearly and influencing a wide range of internal and external stakeholders at all organisational levels towards the achievement of key work priorities
• advanced skills and experience in managing complex projects, including the ability to lead, collaborate and participate in multidisciplinary project teams
• strong strategic leadership capability with proven experience leading and manage teams by setting clear strategic direction and expectations

This role requires a Criminal History Check.

Benefits of working for Council include:

• flexible working hours, and flexible arrangements
• free gym and wellness centre
• award winning superannuation fund
• generous leave provisions
• competitive salary.

People from diverse backgrounds, including those living with a disability and/or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who may have questions about the recruitment process or working at Council, are encouraged to reach out to the contact above, who can connect you with a member of Council’s Diversity and Inclusion team.

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