Section Manager Governance

Are you passionate about corporate governance and creating new and innovative frameworks that build corporate knowledge? Do you have strong leadership skills with experience across areas such as insurance, information and privacy, and governance?

As the Section Manager Governance you will lead multiple teams to provide specialist services to the business and the Council. You are a leader who has demonstrated ability in providing support and feedback to develop a diverse team of professionals. You will have experience in the development, implementation and maintenance of governance frameworks and policies that promote transparency, accountability and ethical conduct.

To be successful in this role you will have: 

• tertiary qualifications in governance, business, law or contemporary experience in developing, managing and delivering corporate governance and business strategies
• extensive experience in a similar corporate or local government leadership role in a large and diverse organisation
• extensive experience in developing strategies, policies and procedures that deliver exceptional corporate governance and promote innovation
• extensive experience in applying legislation and providing high quality and impartial advice and corporate governance services within a political environment
• proven exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with extensive experience in establishing and maintaining positive, collaborative and service-oriented relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• proven success as a leader with the ability to grow and develop teams focused on performance, quality outcomes and a customer focus
• ability to adopt a flexible approach in working hours to enable attendance at Council and Committee meetings.

This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

Our position description provides more information for you to learn more about this role.

Other important information

• A competitive salary package is offered for this role due to the additional hours required outside of usual work hours with a salary package of up to $167k plus 11.5% superannuation.
• This is a permanent full-time role.
• This role will be able to access a 19 day month.
• We are able to offer hybrid and flexible working conditions for this role.
• This role is located at the Wyong Administration Building.

A leaseback vehicle is provided in this role for official duties and private use. Alternatively, a vehicle allowance of $207.31 per week ($10,780k per annum) is also available.

Council will be creating an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.

Extra benefits

At Central Coast Council we provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check ups. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.

Other extras include:

• Long service leave after 5 years of continuous service
• Free flu vaccination program
• Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, Breast screen and blood donations
• Access to professional development with career development and learning programs through various platforms
• We reward and recognise our staff with our Cheers program
• Novated leasing partnerships. 

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia. 

How to apply

To lodge your application, please follow these steps:

1. Answer the on-line questions shown below.
2. Attach your resume 
3. Attach your qualifications and licences.

Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.

If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing recruit@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au to discuss what reasonable adjustments you may need. If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727.

Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail. For further instructions please click here. 

You will have the ability to save your application as you go using the 'Save Application' button. You can start an application and return to it later via the automatic follow-up email once you have the time and required information at hand to finalise your application.  

If you don't have access to a computer or electronic device, you can lodge your application at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1-hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest library https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries/our-branches or ask at the enquiry counter.

PLEASE NOTE: We will not accept unsolicited resumes or applications being presented by recruitment agencies.