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Form of work Exciting capital city executive leadership role
Lead organisational strategy & community outcomes
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer
About the organisation
The City of Melbourne is a city of possibility and place to be bold and inspirational. The city is rapidly transforming to meet the evolving challenges faced by a global city. With a vision of being a leading organisation for a leading capital city, the City of Melbourne’s mission is to create positive impact for the community. Each day, the City of Melbourne works with passion and purpose to achieve incredible things.
About the role
Reporting directly to the CEO as a part of the City of Melbourne’s executive leadership team (ELT), this role leads a broad and diverse portfolio that elevates and strengthens the wellbeing, health and safety of our residents, visitors, families, business and community. Working closely with Councillors and leading a passionate and high performing team of Directors, the General Manager is responsible for leading, driving and implementing best practice in community strengthening, advocacy, wellbeing, health, safety and compliance, and ensuring Council is delivering on both the Council Plan and Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
About you
You are a constructive and values-driven leader respected for your ability to build and lead high performing teams through partnership, empowerment and achievement. With an obvious passion for community, you have delivered and inspired significant outcomes within local government or similar environments. You have highly developed analytical and lateral thinking skills, which you use to take initiative, lead complex change, and execute innovations. With proven capacity to influence and cultivate productive working relationships with high profile stakeholders, you offer strategic direction and deliver operational and business outcomes while leading large and diverse teams. Energised by challenge, you are seeking a truly unique opportunity to leverage your extensive expertise in community, to continue excellence in services and deliver inspiring outcomes for a vibrant and diverse capital city.
To express interest, click ‘Apply for this job’. For more information, email penny.wilson@shk.com.au or matthew.belleghem@shk.com.au. Please submit your resume (CV) and a concise cover letter in Microsoft Word format. Direct and third-party applications will be forwarded to SHK.
