About Council
Inner West Council (IWC) is among Sydney’s larger local metropolitan local government councils looking after a community of 201,000 people living in some of the inner city’s most vibrant, creative, liveable, and diverse suburbs. As we continue to deliver quality, innovative, and inclusive programs and services, we invite you to join in on our journey towards becoming the best council for our community.
The community is at the heart of IWC, and our values of Integrity, Respect, Innovation, Compassion and Collaboration are at the centre of everything that we do.
We offer flexible career life balance with hours that allow you to relax and recharge. We offer a variety of flexible work arrangement options (e.g. flexible hours and working from home) where appropriate giving you even greater quality of work life balance.
Permanent employees benefit from our great value gym membership from $18.65/week giving access to a vast network of gyms in Sydney.
About the Role
The Coordinator Governance is a new role that reports to the Manager Governance and Administration and coordinates core corporate governance and Council and Committee meeting processes.
In this role, you will be mainly responsible for coordinating the delivery of Council’s governance, administration and audit functions, processes to enhance statutory compliance, information access, policy development, internal audit management, and delivery of high-quality secretariat and governance services for Council, the Executive, and the Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee (ARIC).
To succeed in this role you will need experience working in a governance or similar role, sound interpersonal skills, and demonstrated ability to coordinate improvement initiatives. You will need to be highly organised, confident managing multiple competing priorities, and comfortable problem-solving. You will supervise two direct reports in delivering high quality corporate and civic governance services, and attend and coordinate the administrative support for Council and Committee meetings.
This is a unique opportunity within a large progressive Council that embraces innovation, diversity and collaboration and celebrates its vibrant community. You’ll be supported by a talented team, offered a competitive salary, and encouraged to grow your own leadership journey while contributing to an organisation that aims to make its community a great place to be.
Please read the Position Description to familiarise yourself with all the requirements and conditions of the role.
Remuneration
$115,437.92 + $128,100.96 +12% Superannuation
Some of the required skills, experience and qualifications
- Qualifications in Law, Business or Government Administration, Business, Commerce, Management, or a related field, or experience working in a related field or a similar role.
- Demonstrated experience in governance or a similar role.
- Experience in at least one of the following: coordinating the regular production of meeting papers and minutes for boards/committees and provision of in-meeting support, coordinating the identification of compliance obligations and strategies to promote compliance, coordinating internal audits and implementation of internal audit recommendations, coordinating policy and procedure development/review/implementation, coordinating corporate governance initiatives, and coordinating the processing of information access applications within a complex legislative framework.
- Detailed knowledge of at least one of the Local Government Act 1993, Local Government (General) Regulations 2021, Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998, Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009, Office of Local Government Model Codes/Policies/Best Practice Guidance, and relevant/associated regulations.
- Ability to coordinate at least one of the following: governance, compliance, policy development, internal audit, and/or information access initiatives and workstreams, with supervision.
- Sound interpersonal and negotiation skills with the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Supervisory experience in a governance or administrative context, and experience supervising one or more team members.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate initiatives to drive critical performance standards such as timeliness, completeness, accuracy and attention to detail.
Enquiries
Please contact Bruce Pope Senior Manager Governance and Risk, on (02) (02) 9392 5168 with any queries in relation to this role.
closing date
Friday 14 August 5.30PM
How to Apply
We recommend you read the Position Description for the role to make sure your application addresses the requirements of the position. Council is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applicants. Please advise us within the application if you need support, reasonable adjustments to participate successfully in the recruitment process.
Interview schedule
We anticipate interviewing for this role from Monday 17 August to Friday 21 August. Applicants are expected to attend an in-person interview in this week.
Eligibility for employment/Pre employment Checks
Successful applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and agree to provide information for pre-employment checks as required for the position. This may include police records checks, certified copies of relevant qualifications, Driver’s Licence and proof of work rights in Australia (please refer to the Position Description for the specific qualifications/requirements for the role). Copies of any sighted documents will be kept by IWC for its records as proof of verification.
For more information about work rights in Australia please visit the Department of Home Affairs website.
Inner West Council is a Diversity employer. We encourage applications from all candidates.
Council is committed to reconciliation and strongly encourages Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and mature aged workers to apply.
