Manager Governance, Legal and Risk

Temporary Full Time (5 Year Contract)

About Us

Located 35km to the southeast of Melbourne, Greater Dandenong City Council covers 129 square kilometres and has a population of over 169,000 people. The central activities district is Melbourne's second largest retail and commercial centre and includes large shopping complexes at Dandenong and Keysborough as well as the highly popular Dandenong Market.

Greater Dandenong City Council is the most culturally diverse locality in Australia, with residents from over 150 different birthplaces, nearly two-thirds of whom were born overseas. Key industries include manufacturing, health care and social assistance, retail trade, wholesale trade and transport.

We are a progressive organisation of exceptional character that offers a dynamic and rewarding work environment to approximately 900 employees. We recognise that our staff are vital to the delivery of excellent service to our community and the achievement of our long-term vision. We invest in the development of our people, and we strive to be a workplace that is respectful, engaged, accountable, creative and honest.

About the Role

Success in this role would be that Council is compliant with all governance and related legislative requirements and in doing so continues to make a vital contribution to the social, cultural, economic, educational and health and wellbeing development of our great City.

About You

We are looking for someone with:

• Demonstrated experience leading functionally diverse teams, specifically in the areas of governance, child safety, records, property and risk management.
• A working knowledge of current Child Safety Standards.
• Demonstrated ability coordinating the activities, procedures and documentation required to meet a broad range of Governance requirements of a large public sector organisation, and working with Audit and Risk committees.
• Demonstrated ability maintaining confidentiality and managing sensitive issues and information whilst having capacity to serve as the organisation’s Privacy Officer and Protected Disclosure Officer
• Working knowledge of, or demonstrated capacity to quickly develop knowledge of, the compliance obligations as prescribed in the Local Government Act.

The successful applicant will have relevant qualifications and/or experience in a similar role and show a demonstrated ability to lead and develop teams.

Benefits of working with us

Council believes in providing an environment where staff thrive, both in the work they do and in how they learn and develop as people and professionals.

Our workplace has an inclusive and diverse culture which encourages innovation and supports your work and life balance. There are plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and grow your career within our expanding and diverse organisation.

Our benefits include

• Competitive salary
• Salary sacrifice childcare (where available)
• Flexible working options supported including hybrid work
• Access to learning & development programs including study assistance
• Reward & recognition programs
• Health initiatives
• Access to our support and wellbeing programs
• A vibrant social club

For more information about our benefits, please visit our careers page: Working with Us

Council will consider flexible working arrangements for all positions. We embrace our diverse community and encourage applications from everyone including people of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander background, people of diverse sexual orientation and gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and people of varied age, ability, and faith. Council will give due consideration to any workplace adjustments to accommodate the needs of any prospective or existing staff member.

Council is commitment to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment and promoting cultural safety and wellbeing for children with zero tolerance for child abuse and harm.

To apply

Applicants must adequately meet the requirements of the role and fully address the selection criteria contained in the position description. To view a copy of this position description, please click on the link below.

To view a copy of this position description, please click on the links below.

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You may be required to undertake practical testing, work preference profiling / psychometric testing, functional capacity assessment (physical) or aptitude testing.

The successful candidate will be asked to produce a clear Working with Children Check, current (and ongoing) Victorian Driver Licence and will be asked to consent to a national police check (and where relevant an ‘international criminal history check’), subject to the operation of spent conviction laws. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.

Applications close: 5pm, Monday 23rd September 2024

Further information: Andrew Foley, 8571 5191

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