Company Description Temporary, Full-time (6 months) $107,811 p/a plus Superannuation Join the Organisational Development team Hume City Council is one of Australia's fastest growing and culturally diverse councils.
We put the customer and our community at the centre of all that we do, ensuring our services are efficient and accessible.
The Senior Advisor Organisational Development is responsible for working closely with Council leadership to develop and implement high-quality organisational development outcomes that align with the overall organisational strategy.This involves influencing the organisation's capacity and culture through targeted programs designed to enhance leadership capability and improve the employee experience.
Managing and coordinating a variety of projects, the Senior Advisor Organisational Development works with stakeholders to ensure seamless execution and successful outcomes.
These projects aim to strengthen the organisational framework and foster an environment conducive to growth, performance, and employee engagement.
What you'll be doing: Coordinate and deliver Council's All for Hume Awards process including nominations, shortlisting, selection of finalists and relevant approvals and management leading up to Council's annual Hume Excellence Staff recognition event.
Project manage and deliver Council's annual Hume Excellence Staff recognition event, to agreed quality standards, timelines, scope and budget.
Provide support to the Organisational Development Officer in the ongoing delivery of service milestones recognition.
Progress implementation of the organisation wide Reward and Recognition Framework to design, develop and implement a local recognition toolkit.
Finalise Diversity and Inclusive Governance Framework memberships for relevant Working Groups and the Governance Group in 2025.
Chair Diversity and Inclusive Governance Framework Working Groups meetings and Governance Group meetings, coordinating activities on the Working Groups' respective work plans.
Prepare and finalise reports for the Diversity and Inclusive Governance Group and Executive Leadership Team meetings.
Deliver Organisational Development owned activities as defined in Council's Gender Equality Action Plan 2021-25, and the Diversity and Inclusive Governance Framework Working Group work plans for 2024/25.
Finalise an Inclusion Toolkit for leaders to support ongoing awareness and education of inclusive practices in the workplace.
Aligned to organisational development activities, gather feedback and assess effectiveness to make necessary improvements.
Establish and maintain currency of any associated policies, procedures, processes, guidelines and forms, ensuring accessibility and consistent practice and application for leaders.
Ensure activities with budget implications are monitored, tracking expenditures within approved allocation.
Oversee procurement activities associated with organisational development activities, ensuring compliance with organisational procurement policies and procedures.
The skills and experience you'll bring to the role: A tertiary qualification in Human Resources, Organisational Development, Psychology or relevant discipline, and several years of subsequent relevant experience or an equivalent alternate combination of relevant qualifications, knowledge, training and/or experience.
Demonstrated experience designing and delivering a wide variety of programs and initiatives that positively influence leadership capability, diversity and inclusion, organisational effectiveness and/or employee experience.
Strong skills in the ability to diagnose issues and design, develop and deliver appropriate organisational development solutions that are flexible and sustainable, taking into consideration diverse and evolving needs.
Well-developed research, analytical and project management skills, including scoping, planning and implementing projects and effectively coordinate allocated budget, tracking and reporting on expenditure.
Well-developed written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare and present reports, briefings and submissions to develop the desired outcomes, as well as the capability to coach, motivate and influence stakeholders effectively.
Proven ability to be agile, customer focused and collaborative to establish and maintain positive relationships within a team, and with the organisation's leadership and staff at all levels.
Why Hume City Council?
A leader in local government, we're committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment that is guided by our values: We're better, every day : We give things a go and value progress over perfection.
We have permission to go for it and are expected to reflect and learn.
We're in it together : At Hume, everyone matters.
We Welcome and include all.
Respect and safety are expected.
We show up : We empower and trust others and own our work.
We rise to the challenges and are expected to do what we say we will.
All for Hume : We strive to achieve our best for the Hume Community.
We are proud and passionate about working towards better outcomes and expect they are at the centre of everything we do.
We offer a competitive salary package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.
A child safe organisation and an equal opportunity employer.
Council encourages people of all ages, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.
All candidates will be required to undertake background and probity checks including Reference Checks, Working with Children Check, and a Criminal Record Check.