Strategic Projects Officer

Strategic Projects Officer

About Us

Community Development Directorate

The City’s Community Development Directorate provides a broad range of facilities, services, projects, and events that directly impact the daily lives of our 243,000 residents and visitors.

The Directorate works to develop safe and vibrant places and deliver services and facilities to support a community that is healthy, welcoming and thriving.

About the Position

The City is seeking a dynamic Strategic Projects Officer to provide the Strategic Projects Advisor with high-level strategic and operational support enabling the Directorate, and the City more broadly, to deliver upon its key goals and objectives.

Key Responsibilities

The duties of the Strategic Projects Officer will include but are not limited to:

• Coordinate the City’s Scarborough Beach Precinct Governance Plan in line with the Scarborough Beach and Trigg Beach ‘Precinct Management’ approach, as directed by the Precinct Manager.
• Form strong relationships with the Scarborough Beach & Trigg Beach Precinct Team and external stakeholders, including deputising as the Precinct Manager to ensure projects, services, and initiatives are reflecting the needs and aspirations of the community.
• Provide briefings, pitches and presentations to stakeholders on strategies, projects and initiatives.
• Provide advice, written reports and research to the Precinct Manager as required.
• Liaise and collaborate with the Community Development Leadership Team to facilitate workshops and assist with the development of processes, supporting the delivery of key strategies and projects.
• Assist with the delivery of key strategies, projects and other agreed initiatives by engaging, informing and liaising with various stakeholders across the Directorate and the organisation.
• Provide support, advice, research, supporting written reports, to the Strategic Projects Advisor on key strategies, projects and other agreed initiatives on behalf of the Directorate.
• Actively identify, build and sustain relationships with Elected Members, government agencies, consultants, businesses, community organisations and other external stakeholders to assist in the support of the advancement of key strategies, projects and other agreed initiatives as directed.

About You

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes, you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered.

• Relevant tertiary qualifications or relevant work experience
• Agile Project Management Accreditation
• Proven experience in planning, managing and operating a wide range of community infrastructure, facilities and projects.
• Experience negotiating and building constructive professional relationships with stakeholders.
• Advanced conceptual and analytical skills.
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
• Solution-focused mindset and able to capitalise on opportunities

For further information, please refer to the position description.

What We Offer

The City offers some great benefits including flexibility in when and where you work to ensure a work-life balance. You will also enjoy a range of other benefits including:

• Free parking and easy public transport access
• Free onsite fitness facilities and end of journey facilities
• Superannuation matching of up to 6%
• Professional development opportunities, including training, memberships, and study assistance
• Excellent leave entitlements including annual leave loading and the ability to purchase up to an additional 4 weeks’ annual leave per year
• 50% discount on gym memberships at our Stirling leisure centres – only applicable for perm/fixed-term employees
• Amazing in-house employee canteen
• Up to 10 weeks paid parental leave
• Employee health and wellness program and initiatives including yearly flu vaccinations
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
• Generous study assistance
• Active social club
• Employee recognition program
• Novated Leasing (where applicable)

This temporary full-time position is a Level 7 of the Workforce Agreement position which attracts a salary from $96,731.43 gross pro rata per annum plus superannuation.

To be eligible to work for us, you need to provide, or have ability obtain a:

• A copy of Australian driving licence
• National Police Clearance (valid within the last 3 months)
• Pre-Employment Medical and DAS clearance
• The right to work in Australia

More about the City

The City of Stirling is a diverse and thriving local government in Western Australia, with over 243,000 residents, spanning 30 suburbs, the City is a cosmopolitan, multicultural and economic hub.

With over 1,400 employees, the City embraces its diverse workforce by supporting work-life balance and offering opportunities for progression and development. Here at City of Stirling we celebrate and support inclusion and diversity.

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the City of Stirling, the Wadjak People of the Nyoongar Nation, and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia. We will act with compassion and respect towards all people and value people of all abilities, ages, religions, faiths, sexualities, gender identity and cultural backgrounds.