• Do you have a strong community and customer service focus?
• Are you ready for big hairy audacious challenges?

If this sounds like you then we want to talk to you.  We are expecting more than just the typical human resources support.  This role requires someone who is strongly values driven with the skills and capability to facilitate great outcomes with the senior leadership team, identifying opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement. 

The sort of things you will do include:

• Develop and deliver dynamic business plans and systems of work that are customer centric and drive the achievement of high quality organisation outcomes.
• Maintain awareness of regional trends, developments and sector changes and manage the business closely to develop and deliver employee focussed initiatives.
• Contribute to the delivery of whole-organisation projects, particularly as they relate to people, aligned to our long term strategies.

About you
As an energetic thinker with a passion for new ideas and making things happen, you will build and lead an effective team that works collaboratively towards its goals. No two days are the same in this role. 

Inspired by our vision and purpose, you are an accomplished senior leader with a strong background in human resources and a strategic mindset. Underpinning your well-rounded skillset across strategic and operational priorities, is your systems-thinking approach to quickly understand the operating landscape, enabling you to ‘hit the ground running’.

You will bring your strong values orientation, ability to collaborate and facilitate, along with an analytical questioning, business systems focus. You will be instrumental in developing a strong service focussed support team that empowers our staff to meet the expectations of the community they serve.

You have outstanding interpersonal skills and the ability to engage at all levels.  Your insights and leadership will be instrumental in navigating the evolving landscape of workforce challenges and opportunities, ensuring our responses are both contemporary and effective.

In this pivotal position, you'll maintain a strategic vision whilst leading the full scope of the human resources agenda with passion and precision. You'll oversee key portfolios, ensuring the consistent application of best practices in people management, and prepare our workforce for future changes and growth.

You'll provide expert guidance to senior executive and business leaders, offering valuable advice on HR trends, industrial relations, risk management, and complex issues. This is not just a role—it's an opportunity to make a profound impact on our organisation’s future. Join us in driving excellence and shaping the future of our workforce!

What You Bring:

• Proven experience in a senior human resources leadership role, ideally with a strong community focus.
• A values-driven approach, with a commitment to promoting fairness and equitable treatment for all.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate at all levels of the organisation.
• A passion for driving positive outcomes for employees and the people we support.
• Expertise in talent acquisition, employee relations, work health and safety, risk management and industrial relations.
• High levels of integrity, professionalism, and a commitment to confidentiality.

We are not your average council.  The City of Playford is one of the fastest growing cities in Australia.  We are a city of contrasts, with busy, urbanised areas, rural townships and natural open spaces.  We are experiencing intense residential growth and we have many members of our community seeking employment and living with significant social disadvantage.  If you want to work in an organisation that really makes a difference in people’s lives then you will fit right in.

More information... 

If you believe you have the knowledge, skills and experience to fulfil this role and would like further information, please contact Skye Nitschke, Executive Assistant to the CEO on 8256 0404.