Senior Executive Officer - $170k to $180k Total Remuneration Package

Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.

Full Time, Permanent Position

Senior Executive Officer - $170k to $180k Total Remuneration Package

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 Opportunity

Play a pivotal role in building the workforce of tomorrow at one of Australia’s fastest‑growing Councils. This senior leadership opportunity will see you design, deliver and evaluate evidence‑based organisational design, learning and leadership initiatives that strengthen capability, inclusion and adaptability across a rapidly evolving organisation.

As the Organisational Development Coordinator,



you will be a trusted partner to leaders, driving organisational effectiveness, enabling cultural uplift and elevating leadership capability to ensure exceptional outcomes for Melton City Council’s diverse and expanding community.

This is a newly created role, offering a rare opportunity to shape the function from the ground up.

You’ll bring fresh thinking, contemporary OD practice and bold ideas to support the Council’s strategic priorities and future‑ready workforce. If you’re motivated by impact, influence and the chance to leave a lasting legacy, this role puts you at the heart of meaningful change from day one.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead and embed enterprise‑wide organisational development initiatives that support Council’s People Strategy and broader strategic objectives.
- Provide expert, trusted advice on organisational design, workforce reform, leadership development, talent management, change management and cultural transformation.
- Ensure solid governance and data integrity across organisational development activities.
- Lead, coach and develop a high‑performing Organisational Development team and partner network.
- Design, deliver and evaluate contemporary leadership development, learning and capability programs that strengthen people leadership.




- Partner with the Chief People Officer, in shaping the People & Safety strategy, vision and purpose, and driving delivery against agreed outcomes.
- Exercise delegated authority for financial decision‑making within the approved budget.
- Identify, accelerate and provide strategic advice on significant risks, issues or opportunities to the Executive Leadership Team.

About you

You are a technically credible and practically minded organisational development leader who can translate strategy into action and work effectively with others to deliver meaningful outcomes. You will hold a tertiary qualification in organisational development, human resources, leadership, organisational psychology or a related discipline. Alternatively, you may demonstrate extensive senior‑level experience delivering enterprise‑wide organisational development outcomes within a complex public sector or local government environment.

- Proven experience leading, motivating and developing teams, fostering high performance, accountability and positive engagement.
- Strong operational capability, with demonstrated experience overseeing the end‑to‑end delivery of organisational development functions and initiatives.
- Extensive experience driving organisational change, including influencing senior leaders, navigating complexity, and embedding sustainable new ways of working.
- Highly developed people and organisational leadership skills, with the ability to communicate with influence, build trust, and establish credibility with diverse stakeholders, including Executive Leadership.
- Deep knowledge of culture

📌 Coordinator Organisational Development (Melton)
🏢 Melton City Council
📍 Melton