Manager Governance, Bayside City Council

vor 1 Monat


Melbourne, Österreich Camden Search and Selection Vollzeit
Manager Governance, Bayside City Council

Government - Local (Government & Defence)

Bayside City Council is a unique municipality renowned for its natural environment, 'village feel' and low density living located south of Melbourne's CBD. Home to over 100,000 residents, Bayside City Council also encompasses 17km of stunning coastline. Bayside 2050 Community Vision leads the way demonstrably as a diverse, healthy and liveable place. We value economic and cultural progress, environmental sustainability and protection of open spaces and coastline, and we nurture inclusiveness, safety, accessibility, community vibrancy, creativity, and innovation.

Find out more about Bayside City Council at www.bayside.vic.gov.au

Reporting to the Director Corporate Services, this exciting and diverse role provides strategic leadership, advice, guidance and support to elected representatives and the whole of Council through effective corporate governance and corporate support. It will lead the organisation’s governance functions with a renewed focus on relationship management and continuous improvement of processes around compliance and reporting.


Key deliverables for the role will include:

  • Managing legislative governance, Council operations, Councillor support, Corporate reporting, Freedom of Information, Privacy, Public interest disclosures
  • Providing strategic advice in relation to Governance, Corporate Planning and Council support to enable the achievement of the community and the Council Plan objectives.
  • Review and development of policies and strategies to promote enhanced governance, corporate planning, continuous improvement and quality assurance
  • Guiding the effective operation of the Audit and Risk Committee and management of an efficient and effective Internal Audit Program
  • Driving a strategic focus on risk management across the organisation congruent with Council’s objectives
  • Providing leadership and strategic direction to the Governance team and motivating staff to achieve optimum results.
  • Managing legislative governance, Council operations, Councillor support, Corporate reporting, Freedom of Information, Privacy, Public interest disclosures
  • Providing strategic advice in relation to Governance, Corporate Planning and Council support to enable the achievement of the community and the Council Plan objectives.
  • Review and development of policies and strategies to promote enhanced governance, corporate planning, continuous improvement and quality assurance
  • Guiding the effective operation of the Audit and Risk Committee and management of an efficient and effective Internal Audit Program
  • Driving a strategic focus on risk management across the organisation congruent with Council’s objectives
  • Providing leadership and strategic direction to the Governance team and motivating staff to achieve optimum results.
We are seeking applications from proven governance leaders who bring strong relationship and stakeholder management skills, as well as demonstrated experience driving contemporary governance and regulatory strategies in a large, complex service delivery focused organisation. Applicants will bring demonstrable experience of empowering staff and have the ability to create and drive high performing teams, whilst being politically astute and resilient to changing circumstances and priorities. Practical experience of Council elections and/or onboarding Councillors would be highly regarded.

The role will require a customer centric focus in delivering governance services, sound problem solving and analytical abilities with a capacity to think strategically and a sound understanding of the social, political, governance and legal frameworks within a complex service delivery sector such as Local Government.

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