Strategy & Planning Officer

Job description

Permanent Full Time $99,526.96 per annum plus Superannuation Join the Community Health & Wellbeing team Hume City Council is one of Australia’s fastest growing and culturally diverse councils. We put the customer and our community at the centre of all that we do, ensuring our services are efficient and accessible. The Strategy and Planning Officer brings expertise in research, data gathering and analysis, identifying emerging trends to support the development of strategies and plans that deliver on the vision, priorities, and outcomes of the Social Planning and Healthy Communities team in alignment with the strategic direction of Council and emerging community issues. What you’ll be doing: Support the development of the team’s annual Business Plan priorities. Provide input into submissions on behalf of Council to Victorian and Australian Governments on relevant matters pertaining to the Social Planning & Healthy Communities portfolio. In partnership with the Team Leader Social Strategy & Planning, develop strategies and policies aligned with the team’s vision that support and enable holistic responses to identified social justice and community health issues within Hume. Gather a wide range of inputs and conduct needs analysis on issues and the team’s priorities to support the development of appropriate strategies, plans, policies, programs, projects, and initiatives. Contribute to Council’s ongoing policy leadership by maintaining and updating policy in all areas relevant to the Social Planning and Healthy Communities team. Identity and design techniques to evaluate and report on the outcomes and effectiveness of projects and programs. Lead the design and delivery of evaluation activities and subsequent data analysis to measure the impact of capacity building activities and identify opportunities for future improvement to service delivery. Establish and maintain effective relationships and partnerships with community members and organisations in the Hume municipality. Lead the design of data collection and benchmarking activities. The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role: Undertaking research, investigation, identification, evaluation and application of options before a course of action can be followed. Proven skills and knowledge of the methodologies, development and evaluation and social planning and/or social policy and research. Proven skills and ability to collate, analyse and present social planning data in a comprehensive and accessible manner. A strong capacity to manage time, set priorities and manage a number of tasks simultaneously. Ability to work effectively with colleagues both internally and externally to the organisation. Proven capacity to efficiently communicate with a range of internal and external stakeholders and colleagues. Required Certifications & Qualifications Tertiary qualifications in a social science or related discipline or social planning and policy. Why Hume City Council? A leader in local government, we’re committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment that is guided by our values: We’re better, every day : We give things a go and value progress over perfection. We have permission to go for it and are expected to reflect and learn. We’re in it together : At Hume, everyone matters. We Welcome and include all. Respect and safety are expected. We show up : We empower and trust others and own our work. We rise to the challenges and are expected to do what we say we will. All for Hume : We strive to achieve our best for the Hume Community. We are proud and passionate about working towards better outcomes and expect they are at the centre of everything we do. We offer a competitive salary package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment. A child safe organisation and an equal opportunity employer. Council encourages people of all ages, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply. All candidates will be required to undertake background and probity checks including Reference Checks, Working with Children Check, and a Criminal Record Check.