GREATER GEELONG: BUILDING OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH ENTERPRISE, OPPORTUNITY AND INNOVATION IN A QUALITY ENVIRONMENT
POSITION TITLE:
Coordinator Learning and Culture
POSITION NUMBER:
2600
DIVISION:
CEO
DEPARTMENT:
People & Organisation Development
CLASSIFICATION:
Band 8
REPORTS TO:
Manager People & Organisation Development
DIRECTLY MANAGES:
Senior Advisor – Capability & Engagement
Senior Advisor – Recruitment & Workforce
Management
INTERNAL LIAISONS:
CEO, Senior Leaders, Coordinators and
employees
EXTERNAL LIAISONS:
Training and recruitment providers, consultants,
other local government organisations
DATE:
November 2015
POSITION OBJECTIVES:
The Coordinator will provide strategic direction and oversight of leadership development and
cultural change within the organisation.
The key purpose of the position is to ensure that CoGG employees are supported by effective
learning and capability, strong HR processes through the Centres of Expertise, and a culture that
embodies the organisation’s values.
The position will have direct responsibility for the department’s primary drivers of culture and
engagement; Recruitment and Workforce Management and Capability and Engagement.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
Key Responsibilities:
1. Develop and implement strategies to improve organisational and leadership capacity,
employee engagement, talent management and recruitment.
2. Develop and implement strategies for priority projects, specifically the Culture Review Action
Plan.
3. Provide internal consultancy and specialist advice to managers on a range of cultural,
leadership, development and engagement issues.
4. Engage all levels of employees in cultural change and development of capacity.
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5. Lead the Recruitment and Workforce Management and Capability and Engagement Centres of
Expertise (COEs).
6. Drive the utilisation of the COEs across the organisation, including the brokering of the COE’s
from the HR Business Partner team.
7. Measure employee engagement and satisfaction, and develop strategies to continually
improve.
8. Prepare reports and recommendations to the CEO, Executive Team, and Council on a range
of specialist HR initiatives
9. Drive COE business plan initiatives.
10. Adhere to all Council’s policies and procedures relevant to this position.
11. Carry out other duties as deemed reasonable and appropriate to the role as directed from time
to time.
Values and Behaviours:
Our aim is to foster a culture that embraces the values that reflect what we believe will deliver the
best outcomes for our community.
Our values form the basis of our behaviour. It is our expectation that employees will demonstrate
our values when carrying out their work.
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Integrity
Responsibility
Innovation
Respect
Risk Management and Occupational Health & Safety Responsibilities:
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Understand and comply with Council OHS policies, procedures and legislative requirements
relevant to the position.
Perform work in a safe and appropriate manner.
Ensure behaviour does not discriminate, bully or harass others.
Take responsibility for own safety and that of others.
Proactively report any incidents, injuries, hazards or unsafe work practices.
The following general physical and functional requirements may apply to this position. Specific
physical requirements will be attached if applicable.
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Manual handling tasks.
Prolonged periods of eg. sitting at the computer.
Regular keyboarding associated activities.
Long / short distance travel between sites.
Dealing with difficult clients and situations.
Demanding deadlines.
KEY SELECTION CRITERIA:
1. Significant and demonstrated cultural change experience in a large organisation.
2. Proven track record of delivering continuous improvement in the areas of cultural change,
leadership development, and employee engagement.
3. Demonstrated experience in building a capability and career pathways framework in a large
organisation
4. Extensive knowledge and practical application of talent management and succession planning.
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5. Excellent understanding of contemporary and best practice engagement, development and
recruitment practices.
6. Substantial leadership experience.
7. High degree of drive, initiative and outcome orientation.
8. Proven ability to engage and coach senior leaders.
9. Facilitative and collaborative working approach that encourages trust, individual initiative,
stakeholder buy-in and shared commitment.
10. Capacity to deal with multiple and conflicting priorities.
11. Project management experience.
12. Tertiary qualifications in human resource management or other related discipline.
ACCOUNTABILITY AND EXTENT OF AUTHORITY:
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Accountable for providing specialist advice on a range of organisational cultural, engagement
and development matters.
Accountable for the effective and efficient actioning of all key responsibilities previously listed.
Accountable for ensuring compliance with the relevant legislation, regulations and codes of
practice.
Accountable for the leadership and management of the Centres of Expertise (COE).
Responsible for ensuring adherence to budgets and business plans relating to the COE.
Accountable for creating and capturing accurate and complete records of the business
activities related to this position, in accordance with approved policy and procedures (in both
hardcopy and electronic formats, including email).
JUDGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING:
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This is a specialist position which is essentially strategic and problem solving in nature. The
position will be required to make professional and sometimes complex judgements in relation
to a range of matters with competing demands and conflicting stakeholders.
SPECIALIST SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:
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Expert knowledge of continuous improvement in the areas of cultural change, leadership
development, organisational capability, and employee engagement.
Excellent understanding of contemporary and best practice engagement, development and
recruitment practices.
Extensive knowledge and practical application of talent management and succession planning.
High level research and investigative skills.
Practical knowledge of training and recruitment processes.
Proven ability to implement programs, systems, technology and procedures that improve and
enhance objectives.
Ability to prepare and monitor budgets.
High level IT skills and excellent knowledge of HRIS.
MANAGEMENT SKILLS:
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Superior people management skills, including the ability to lead a small dynamic team.
A demonstrated ability to manage time, set priorities and plan personal and team workloads
within set time and resource constraints.
Capacity to deal with multiple and conflicting priorities.
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INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:
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Superior communication skills, including influencing and negotiation skills.
Proven ability to engage and coach senior leaders.
Facilitative and collaborative working approach that encourages trust, individual initiative,
stakeholder buy-in and shared commitment.
High degree of drive, initiative and outcome orientation.
Ability to identify individual, team and organisational needs and expectations, decide on the
appropriate action and take action.
Ability to lead, develop and motivate staff who report directly to this position.
Ability to demonstrate integrity, responsibility, respect and innovation in all aspects of the
position.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
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Significant and demonstrated cultural change experience in a large organisation.
Proven track record of delivering continuous improvement in the areas of cultural change,
leadership development, and employee engagement.
Demonstrated experience in building a capability and career pathways framework in a large
organisation
Tertiary qualifications in human resource management or other related discipline.
Substantial leadership experience.
Project management experience.
Current Victorian Driver's Licence.
HOW TO APPLY
Applications close:
5:00pm Friday 11 December 2015
Contact Person:
Andrew Keen, Manager People & Organisation
Development, 5272 4909
Submit your online application at https://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/employment
If you are unable to submit an online application please send your application to:
Recruitment Administration Officer
Organisation Development
City of Greater Geelong
PO Box 104
GEELONG VIC 3220
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