Job description
Temporary (parental leave – up to one year) Full-time (an average of 38 hours per week)
The City of Rockingham is an award-winning local government known as the place where the coast comes to life thanks to our spectacular sparkling coastline.
Our community’s vision for the future is: A quality lifestyle. A sustainable future. You can be part of making that vision happen.
As one of the fastest growing local government areas in the south metropolitan region, and a designated strategic centre, the City is responsible for meeting the community’s aspirations by delivering high quality services, facilities and events.
Love the thrill of juggling a variety of projects, and the satisfaction of knowing that each one contributes to the City’s strategies for engaging and delivering to our community? In this role you will coordinate our Strategic Development, Project Management and Risk Management frameworks, and play a pivotal role in our annual Business Planning process. You will also apply your well-developed analytical skills to coordinate the City’s annual performance measurements and key risk driving forces and indicators that will impact on the City. You are the central point of contact for managers and team members as you guide and assist them with the development of Community Plan Strategies, team and facility plans, ensuring alignment.
As part of a small but innovative and forward-thinking team, you will assist with the implementation of the Community aspirations as articulated in the City’s Strategic Community Plan.
You must address the following selection criteria when submitting your online application:
Degree in business strategy, economics, project management or risk management.
Experience in coordinating or managing projects across multi-disciplinary teams
High level analytical and research skills, and the ability to articulate data/findings to a diverse audience
Well developed interpersonal skills, including negotiation and conflict resolution particularly around change
We are offering a cash salary of $97,537 per annum and:
11% superannuation with the option to co-contribute up to a further 5%
A variety of health and wellbeing programs including free flu vaccinations, free skin cancer checks, mental health programs and Employee Assistance Provider (EAP) services
Flexible working arrangements, including rostered days off and up to two additional paid days of absence per annum
An information package, including the position description, is available on our website.
Applications must be submitted online by 4pm, Tuesday 27 February 2024.
This process may be used to fill future similar permanent or fixed-term positions that may become available in the City during the next 12 months.
The City of Rockingham accepts applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people living with disability and people who speak a first language other than English.