Gender Equality Consultant

About the role
In this role, you will work with key stakeholders to deliver a cross-organisational approach to implement Gender Equality and inclusion at the City. This role plays a key role in supporting gender diversity within the workforce and building the capacity and capability of the whole organisation to integrate gender (+) equality into the requirements of our Directorates, teams, and individual roles.
Work type: Permanent, full time
Classification: Band 7 ($100,064 - $110,990)
Key responsibilities include:

• Implementing the 2021-2025 Gender Equality Action Plan and supporting policies as a subset of the City's Inclusion Roadmap.
• Developing the next Gender Equality Action Plan as aligned to our Inclusion Roadmap strategic goals.
• Supporting people leaders in Gender Impact Assessment in line with defined framework and process.
• Developing and facilitating mechanisms and processes that ensure cross functional organisational coordination in analysis, planning and activities to achieve gender equity at a strategic and policy level.
• Reporting to governance committees and the Commission for Gender Equality in the Public Sector.
• Participating in a range of external networks coordinated by the City and represent Council at a range of external forums.
• Maintaining a current working knowledge of government initiatives and priorities, relevant research and theoretical paradigms that underpin best practice.
• Partnering with the Centres of Excellence to build and implement Gender Equality action plans.
• Equipping and enabling senior leaders with the tools to deliver on the Equality action plan & KPIs.
• Measuring and monitoring corporate analytics and utilise them to optimise the gender agenda.

About you
To be successful in this role you will have highly developed understanding of social justice and inclusion principles with the ability to produce high level strategic plans and policies.
Essential Experience:

• Tertiary qualification in Human Resource Management, Social Science, Organisational Development, or related discipline with several years' experience in a similar role or lessor formal qualifications with extensive experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge and capacity to develop and implement evidence-based workforce diversity and inclusion initiatives based on social trends related to Gender Equality.
• Demonstrated successful experience in partnering with stakeholders to drive transformational change and achieve business objectives through the People agenda.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills including a demonstrated capacity to lead, and work independently and collaboratively to build partnerships with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage change in a complex and often challenging work environment.
• Highly organised with the appropriate administration skills.
• Ability to research and provide authoritative advice.
• Experience with working as part of a team to achieve organisational goals.

If this sounds like the role for you, then click apply now!
Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong
At the City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung Country such a great place to live, work and study.
We're going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we've built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.
Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it's important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.
We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger.
If you're excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit apply - we'd love to meet you!
We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse culture and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability.
A career with us
Central Geelong-based City employees are now based in our new Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal. Meaning 'speak and talk together' in local Wadawurrung language. Wurriki Nyal sets the benchmark for what a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace can be, including industry leading sustainability standards, a flexible and people-focused design, safe and inclusive spaces and public realm.
We're committed to supporting better accessibility for our customers and our people. We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process, as well as how this role can be flexible for you.
We offer:

• salary sacrificing and novated lease options
• cultural and ceremonial leave
• study leave
• paid parental leave (16 weeks primary and six weeks secondary) and superannuation payments on all 52 weeks primary parental leave
• IVF, surrogate and miscarriage bereavement leave
• training and career development opportunities
• a healthy and safe environment
• our employee wellbeing program
• corporate membership rates at Swim Sport and Leisure facilities
• unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning

Applications and Enquiries
Click the Position Description link to view more information about this position.
Enquiries: Bonnie Loft | Senior Leader Inclusion & Diversity |
Click the Apply button to submit your application or find out more about this opportunity. If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact the Talent Acquisition team via email at careers@geelongcity.vic.gov.au noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.
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Advertised: 08 Mar 2024 3:00 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 05 Apr 2024 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time