Manager Strategic Transformation

• Full time
• Senior Officer

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The City of Greater Bendigo is in the heart of central Victoria on Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Country. Located just 90 minutes’ drive from Melbourne, our region offers all the benefits of a large city with a warm and welcoming country feel. 

Greater Bendigo is an attractive region that is famous for its food and wine, and boasts the Bendigo Art Gallery, theatres, stunning heritage buildings and natural surrounds that provide great recreational opportunities. There are also high quality education and health services, a wide range of housing options, excellent rail and road networks, and Bendigo Airport has regular direct QantasLink flights to Sydney. 

We provide more than 65 important services to support our community, which is heading towards a population of 200,000 by 2050. Now is a great time to join us!

The Role

Our new Strategic Transformation Unit is responsible for establishing, embedding, and continuously improving the City's Strategic Service Planning Framework, ensuring services are well planned, sustainable, and aligned to community needs. 

As the Manager, you will lead our internal transformation function that oversees service planning, service improvement, change management, and organisational performance uplift. Through this work, the unit ensures the organisation has a clear, integrated and long-term approach to planning, prioritisation and resource allocation.

You will also be responsible for:

• Providing strategic leadership to establish, strengthen and embed the City’s Strategic Service Planning Framework, ensuring an integrated and sustainable approach to organisational planning and prioritisation
• Driving service transformation and performance uplift by leading service planning, service improvement and change initiatives that enhance efficiency, customer experience, and community outcomes
• Building organisational capability by leading a high-performing team and partnering across the organisation to promote evidence-based decision-making, collaboration, and continuous improvement

About You

To be successful in this varied role, you will bring:

• Demonstrated leadership in organisational transformation, including the ability to design, implement and embed strategic service planning or integrated planning frameworks in complex organisations
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to interpret complex organisational data and translate it into clear insights, options and recommendations
• Proven capability to lead and develop high‑performing teams, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement, with a genuine commitment to our organisations values
• Demonstrated experience delivering successful change initiatives, including stakeholder engagement, communication, facilitation and capability development
• Highly developed influencing and relationship‑building skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills and enjoy working in a team environment

Relevant qualifications are required, as well as a satisfactory Police Records Check and employee Working with Children Check.

Your values will align with ours and you will be able to demonstrate your commitment to community. 

This is an excellent opportunity for an effective leader to join the City at a very exciting time.

Benefits

• Contribute to our community | Flexible and hybrid work options 
• Generous leave entitlements including paid parental leave, purchased leave, study leave 
• Training & development opportunities | Join our supportive leadership team

Visit our Employee Benefits website for more of our benefits.

Contact

If you require any further information regarding this position, please contact Ange Hays, Director Corporate Performance, 0422 232 059.

Learn more about us in "Introducing the City of Greater Bendigo"

To Apply

Please submit your cover letter, outlining why you are interested in this position and detailing your relevant experience with your current CV/resume by close of business Sunday 15 March 2026.