Competitive Salary Package.Utilise your strategic leadership, vision and expertise.Supportive, forward-thinking Council organisation.Are you an accomplished leader with a passion for driving change and improving the employee experience?City of Melton
is seeking a dynamic
Chief People Officer
to lead our People and Safety business unit, champion operational excellence, and play a key role in our workplace transformation program.As the
Chief People Officer , key functions under your leadership will include: Industrial Relations, Business Partnering, Payroll, Talent Acquisition, Organisational Development functions, and Safety & Wellbeing.
You will also be accountable for project delivery, reporting and analysis within the People & Safety scope.Key responsibilities will include:Lead, inspire and develop a high achieving people and safety business unit to optimise service delivery and performance, and to embrace and engage with the Council vision and Team Melton transformation agenda.Champion operational excellence working collaboratively with leaders and influencing key stakeholders.Co-design and implement process frameworks, business improvements, and ways of working, to ensure high impact initiatives are identified, prioritised and delivered and best practice behaviours are embedded.Identify and monitor key metrics of success and provide timely, accurate, and data driven advice and written reports on progress, financial impacts, risks, dependencies, and performance against success indicators.Working in conjunction with transformation and technology teams, develop and implement technological innovations to deliver an improved employee experience.Prepare reports, briefings, and presentations for Councillors, Executive, staff and committees to convey complex information in a clear and concise manner.Develop the leaders of the People and Safety business unit, providing authority and autonomy for them to drive improvement and agreed objectives.To contribute to your success in this role you will have:Demonstrated extensive experience in leading people and safety functions in large and complex organisations.Experience in engaging with diverse communities with varying customer and employee needs.Highly developed strategic and problem-solving skills with the ability to achieve results.Demonstrated experience driving improvement and change in people and safety functions, and reporting on this to Executives, Council, Boards or Committees.Extensive experience in industrial relations, working in unionised environments.Excellent verbal, presentation, and written communication skills to enable effective communication with all levels of the organisation, including internal and external stakeholders.Ability to lead, motivate and develop employees; inspire and lead through change.A tertiary qualification in Human Resources, Business Administration, Occupational Health & Safety (OHS), Organisational Development, or a related field, or alternatively extensive aligned experience is also required.Melton City Council is committed to diversity and inclusion.
We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences.
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