Strategy, Culture And Capability Support Officer

Employment Status: Permanent, part-time
Days & Hours of Work: 4 Days, totalling 30.4 hours per week (can be across 4 or 5 days)
Competitive Salary: Band 5 - $78,462.47 pro-rata + 11% superannuation
Location: Corporate Centre in Sandringham, with some flexibility to work from home

About Us:

We are a passionate organisation, connected in our shared goal to be ‘sector leading’ in all that we do for the community and each other. Home to over 100,000 residents, Bayside City Council's enduring purpose is building extraordinary places, thriving communities, and better futures.

Bayside Council is an equal-opportunity employer committed to providing an accessible and safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, diversity, and inclusion. Our organisational strategy comprises three priorities and we consider these in everything we do: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Customer Experience and Results Matter.

We want everyone to be as proud of what we are achieving – and excited about our future – as we are, and we are committed to working together to achieve this.

About the Role:

The Strategy, Culture and Capability Support Officer provides administration for the effective functioning and service delivery of the People & Strategy team and is the first point of contact for general enquiries to the Strategy, Culture and Capability team. 

The Officer supports the delivery of People and Strategy outcomes including ensuring a positive and inclusive environment for corporate development and culture building events, Bayside’s HRIS (Talent Central) Learning Module is accurate and provides a seamless customer experience and compliant records of people and Capability documentation in line with internal and statutory procedures.

The role functions in a busy environment and requires effective system management as well as commitment to providing and improving great service to people across the organisation enabling our people to contribute to a high performance culture.

You will be responsible for:

• Providing the first point of contact for phone and email queries from the business
• Learning and development coordination, administration and record keeping
• Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Program Support
• Process Mapping administrative support

Key Selection Criteria:

To be successful in this role, you will bring the following skills and competencies:

• Action Oriented: Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm
• Customer Focus: Uses strong customer relationships and delivers customer centric solutions for Culture and Capability initiatives and events
• Optimises Work Processes: Ability to manage competing priorities effectively and efficiently process to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement
• Tech Savvy: Capability to use, maintain and make updates to HRIS systems 
• Value Differences: Recognises the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organisation

Mandatory pre-employment requirements:

• Be willing to undergo and complete a satisfactory criminal history check
• Provide or obtain an employment-based Working with Children check 

What we can offer you in return: 

• Great work life/balance through flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Generous leave provisions, including accrued time off, parental leave, three days of wellbeing leave per year, cultural and ceremonial leave, gender affirmation leave, plus the ability to purchase up to four weeks additional leave per year
• Dedicated Staff Wellbeing programs, events and gym membership discounts
• Learning and development opportunities so our people can grow and thrive
• A Parkland surrounded office that is only short 500m stroll to the beach
• Free onsite staff parking plus hybrid vehicles that employees can book for work related travel
• A Green Money program, that rewards our staff for taking simple everyday steps to a more substantial and climate aware living

If you are ready to be part of our incredible organisation, and you think this role is the right fit for you, then we look forward to finding out more about you and what you would bring to this role.

How to apply:

1. To discover more about the role and responsibilities review the Position Description on Bayside City Council Careers page
2. Provide a cover letter responding to the Key Selection Criteria and what has motivated you to apply for this role
3. Click Apply to submit your application
4. If you require reasonable adjustment at any point throughout the recruitment process, then please do let us know by contacting the listed Hiring Manager

Applications close: Thursday 7 March, 11.55pm

Please note - Shortlisting will commence before the closing date so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity or have any questions, please get in touch with Charlotte Farrugia, Coordinator Strategy, Culture & Capability via email *********@bayside.vic.gov.au

Bayside City Council prides itself on its values of Respect Each Other, Own It, Work Together and Find Better Ways.

Bayside City Council proudly acknowledges the Bunurong People of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land, and we pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging as well as all Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community members with us today.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable, diverse and socially inclusive work environment. We actively encourage applicants with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with disability, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this opportunity.