Learning and Capability Lead

At Wollongong City Council, we continuously strive to create an Extraordinary Wollongong for our community. We focus on the delivery of exceptional services, infrastructure and facilities for our community. Our aim is to work toward the community's goals in the Our Wollongong Our Future Community Strategic Plan 2035.

Wollongong is a great place to work, live and play! Together, our responsibility is to create an inclusive community where everyone is welcome, valued and belongs. Our strength is the diversity of our people.

We lead with courage, openness and curiosity and believe our employees are the key to our success. Learn more about us here.

The Opportunity Your work will shape how leaders grow, how teams perform, and how our organisation prepares for the future.

As our Learning and Capability Lead, you'll lead a high-performing Capability team within the People and Culture Division and play a key role in building workforce capability across Wollongong City Council. Working closely with leaders across the organisation, you'll influence strategic decisions, develop leadership and workforce capability programs, and create learning experiences that enable our people to thrive.

This role combines strategic thinking with hands-on leadership. You'll partner with Senior Leaders, managers and employees to identify organisational capability needs, design practical solutions, evaluate outcomes and ensure capability investments deliver meaningful organisational results.

You'll lead a small team of experienced capability professionals, support a diverse range of stakeholders across Council and help deliver initiatives that directly contribute to creating an extraordinary Wollongong.

If you enjoy influencing organisational outcomes, building leadership capability, mentoring teams and turning ideas into meaningful results, this opportunity offers the chance to make a lasting impact across a large and complex organisation.

This is a Permanent full-time position.

Salary from $112,228 up to $130,245 per annum plus superannuation (salary package will be assessed based on skills, experience and qualifications).

How you'll make a difference

You'll help build a capable, future-ready workforce by:

Leading Council's capability strategy, leadership development programs and workforce capability initiatives.

Partnering with leaders to identify capability needs and deliver practical,



high-impact solutions.

Leading and developing a high-performing Capability team.

Using data and insights to evaluate programs, inform decisions and drive continuous improvement.

Managing capability investments to maximise value and organisational outcomes.

Driving learning, leadership and career development opportunities that help our people thrive.

About you You are an experienced capability, learning and development, or organisational development professional who enjoys helping people and organisations perform at their best.

You bring experience leading teams and delivering capability, leadership or workforce development initiatives within a corporate, government or similarly complex environment. You combine strategic thinking with practical delivery and build trusted relationships that influence positive outcomes.

You will bring

Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Learning and Development, Organisational Development, Psychology, Education or a related discipline, and/or significant relevant experience.

Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.

Strong stakeholder engagement, influencing and consulting skills.

Expertise in leadership development, organisational capability and adult learning principles.

The ability to analyse data, identify capability needs and translate them into practical solutions.

Experience evaluating learning programs and measuring organisational impact.

Experience managing budgets, priorities and competing business needs.

Experience working with Learning Management Systems and learning technologies.

Certificate IV in Training and Assessment or willingness to obtain.

A commitment to Council's values of Respect, Integrity, OneTeam, Sustainability and Courage.

This opportunity will suit someone who enjoys creating lasting organisational impact through leadership, learning and capability development.

Why you'll love working at Wollongong City Council!

True work-life balance

We know you work hard,



and we make sure that effort is rewarded with real flexibility. Our hybrid work options, flex-time, and rostered days off mean you can maintain balance while delivering great outcomes.

Excellent working conditions

Enjoy a 35-hour work week or a 9-day fortnight with a regular rostered day off (RDO).

Career growth and recognition

We are committed to supporting your personal and professional development. Our initiatives include a reward and recognition program, corporate learning opportunities, study assistance, and leadership development programs to help you grow and succeed.

Generous leave provisions

Benefit from five weeks of annual leave per year (pro rata) and access long service leave after just five years.

Health, safety, and wellbeing

We prioritise a safe workplace for everyone, every day, everywhere. Our wellbeing programs support mental, physical and social wellbeing of our people to be at their best and include an Employee Assistance Program, skin and hearing checks and discounted gym memberships.

A vibrant social culture

Join our Social Club for monthly activities, an annual trivia night, and fantastic Christmas events!

Participate and engage in meaningful work, and contribute to our extraordinary community, where together we make a difference.

For more information, click on 'Apply' to be redirected to Wollongong City Council's job vacancy page.

Applications close 11:59pm, Sunday16 August 2026. Internally this position is known as Capability Lead

We invite everyone to apply no matter your identity, you'll be welcome. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people who are culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD), people with disability and veterans.

Wollongong Council adheres to the principles of a child safe organisation and is committed to the care and protection of all children and young people in the community. Applicants are required to undergo a rigorous employment screening process which will include Reference, Identity and Medical History Checks, and may also include a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and Working with Children Check. Employment is subject to clearance of all these checks.

Desired Skills and Experience Human Resources, Learning and Development, Organisational Development, Psychology, Education, stakeholder engagement, influencing and consulting

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