Principal – Enterprise Change and Assurance

Full Time Fixed term Position - Contract until July 2027

Salary Negotiable

Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.

Why join Melton City Council?

Melton City Council is proud to serve one of Australia’s fastest-growing and most diverse communities. We are a forward-thinking local government committed to creating a city where everyone feels welcome, supported, and empowered.

As a Council, we are driven by innovation, inclusion, and excellence. We deliver high-quality services and infrastructure, promote lifelong learning, and champion health and wellbeing across our municipality. Our team plays a vital role in shaping a vibrant, sustainable future for our residents.

Working with us means being part of a collaborative and inclusive culture that values your growth. We offer:

- Professional and personal development opportunities
- Generous leave entitlements and flexible work arrangements
- A dynamic workplace close to home, surrounded by heritage charm, green spaces, and modern amenities

Join us and help build a city that thrives—where your work makes a real difference every day.

The Chance

We are seeking a Principal – Enterprise Change and Assurance to join the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (ePMO).

This role plays a key part in advancing the organisation’s project portfolio strategy and ensuring strategic initiatives are delivered successfully. The Principal – Enterprise Change and Assurance provides leadership in enterprise change, governance and assurance, helping to strengthen delivery capability and drive consistent, high-quality outcomes across the portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of change management, communications and engagement activities that support the ePMO's strategic initiatives and portfolio objectives.
- Develop and embed change management processes, frameworks and tools that integrate effectively with portfolio planning, governance, and delivery roadmaps.
- Partner with the ePMO Lead to evaluate change and continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring alignment, consistency and sustainable outcomes across the organisation.
- Provides trusted advisory to senior leaders, project teams and key stakeholders, providing expert guidance, quality assurance, and support on governance, change, and delivery practices.




- Assess the impact and risk of organisational change, providing practical recommendations and actionable strategies to support successful adoption and minimise disruption.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have the following:

- Tertiary qualifications with relevant degree and/or combination of related disciplines in project management.
- Significant experience in enterprise change, project governance, assurance, or portfolio management.
- Strong knowledge of project delivery frameworks, governance, risk management, and assurance practices.
- Proven ability to influence and advise executives, senior leaders and stakeholders.
- Experience coaching and supporting project teams to build delivery capability and governance maturity.
- Professional certifications such as PRINCE2, PMP, MSP, Agile, Prosci, or equivalent.

Culture and Values

Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.

We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:

- Motivate
- Empower
- Lead
- Trust
- Open
- Nurture

There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:

- Additional $500 per annum pro rata superannuation for female employees over the age of 45
- Access to the Local Government Employee Health Plan (GMHBA) with exclusive benefits
- 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave)*
- 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave*

*Eligible for Full Time positions or for Fixed term positions eligible after 12 months of employment.





To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.

All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any public health orders applicable to local government.

We strongly encourage job applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. If selected for an interview and you require any additional support or adjustments regarding interview arrangements, please advise the contact listed above in advance.

Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child protected organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.

Applications close 11:59pm Monday 10 August 2026

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Working at the City of Melton

As one of the fastest growing municipalities in Australia, the City of Melton offers a wealth of opportunities to its staff.

You’ll enjoy industry-leading employee benefits, while working up-to-the-minute projects which enhance your skills and capabilities.

Whatever your expertise, the City of Melton can offer you the challenge you've been looking for.

Every week 72 families move to the City of Melton. Every week we welcome 72 newborn babies to our rapidly growing community. Over the next 30 years, the City of Melton’s population will triple to nearly 500,000 people.

Working at the City of Melton

As one of the fastest growing municipalities in Australia, the City of Melton offers a wealth of opportunities to its staff.

You’ll enjoy industry-leading employee benefits, while working up-to-the-minute projects which enhance your skills and capabilities.

Whatever your expertise, the City of Melton can offer you the challenge you've been looking for.

Every week 72 families move to the City of Melton. Every week we welcome 72 newborn babies to our rapidly growing community. Over the next 30 years, the City of Melton’s population will triple to nearly 500,000 people.

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