Business Improvement Specialist

• Full-Time Max-TermContract until December 2024
• Free onsite fitness facilities | Free parking | On-site staff cafe
• Annual leave loading and employer matched super contributions matching up to 6%

About Us

The City’s Community Development Directorate provides a broad range of facilities, services, projects, and events that directly impact the daily lives of our 224,000 residents and visitors.

The Directorate works to develop safe and vibrant places and deliver services and facilities to support a community that is healthy, welcoming, and thriving.

About the Position

The Community Safety Business Unit deliver contemporary, highly visible and responsive community safety services to create a safer community.

This role is key to delivering innovation for our teams to equip them to be intelligence driven and efficient in our service delivery, whilst building internal capability and a continuous improvement mindset.

This full-time position is maximum term until 31 December 2024 with possibility of extension beyond this date.

Key Responsibilities

The duties of the Business Improvement Specialist will include but are not limited to:

• Driving and advocating proactive change, developing and improving organisational capability to embed service excellence.
• Developing, implementing, and updating a holistic business continuous improvement program across all Community Safety functions to allow regular review of processes.
• Conducting research, writing high level reports, and delivering presentations to senior management.
• Facilitating and managing Business Improvement related events, workshops, and programs across the teams.
• Adopting the use of DMAIC problem solving methodologies and tools to undertake root cause problem-solving analysis and presenting recommendations to the Manager Community Safety.

About You

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes, you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered.

• Relevant tertiary qualification in project management, Business Improvement or equivalent.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification
• Experience managing projects and delivering strategic outcomes
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a solution-focused approach
• Strong attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy

For further information, please refer to the position description. 

What We Offer

The City offers some great benefits including flexibility in when and where you work to ensure a work-life balance. You will also enjoy a range of other benefits including:

• Free parking and easy public transport access
• Free onsite fitness facilities and end of journey facilities
• Superannuation matching of up to 6%
• Professional development opportunities, including training, memberships and study assistance.
• Excellent leave entitlements including annual leave loading and the ability to purchase up to an additional 4 weeks’ annual leave per year.
• 50% discount on gym memberships at our Stirling leisure centres – only applicable for perm/fixed-term employees.
• Amazing in-house employee canteen.
• Up to 10 weeks paid parental leave.
• Employee health and wellness program and initiatives including yearly flu vaccinations.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family.
• Generous study assistance.
• Active social club.
• Employee recognition program.
• Novated Leasing (where applicable).

This maximum-term full-time position is a Level 8 Inside Workforce Agreement position, which attracts a salary from $103,131.93 – 108,559.10 per annum plus superannuation.

To be eligible to work for us, you need to provide, or have ability obtain a:

• Australian Driver’s Licence.
• National Police Clearance (valid within the last 3 months).
• Pre-Employment Medical and DAS clearance.
• The right to work in Australia.

More about the City

The City of Stirling is a diverse and thriving local government in Western Australia, with over 223,000 residents, spanning 30 suburbs, the City is a cosmopolitan, multicultural and economic hub.

With over 1,400 employees, the City embraces its diverse workforce by supporting work-life balance and offering opportunities for progression and development. Here at City of Stirling we celebrate and support inclusion and diversity.

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the City of Stirling, the Wadjak People of the Nyoongar Nation, and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia. We will act with compassion and respect towards all people and value people of all abilities, ages, religions, faiths, sexualities, gender identity and cultural backgrounds.

How to Apply

www.stirling.wa.gov.au/employment

If you’re interested in this position, we want to hear from you so click ‘Apply’ now. If you have any questions about the position, please contact Peter Mullins I (08) 9205 8***

Applications close 6pm on 28 March 2024, however please be aware that we may commence interviewing of candidates prior to the closing date. We encourage you to apply now.