Strategic Performance and Planning Lead

An exciting opportunity to join a small, expert team whose core purpose is to ensure CHW's organisational level strategies provide clear, compelling, and aligned goals that assist CHW to maximize effort and investment and ensure CHW is ‘strategy led’ and ‘outcomes focused.

An exciting ongoing opportunity as a Strategic Performance and Planning Lead in the Central Highlands Region offering flexible working arrangements! Be a part of a diverse, collaborative and supportive team-based environment. 

About us

At CHW we provide drinking water, sewerage, trade waste and recycled water services to residents and businesses in the Central Highlands region of Victoria. We are a public sector employer with a proud history spanning more than 150 years of supporting regional prosperity through service excellence.

Central Highlands Water is a growing business which strives to create a thriving and sustainable region by providing the highest quality water related service to our diverse customer base. This opportunity is a vital role to shape the future of how our services support our community.

To learn more about CHW and how our everyday people contribute to the Central Highlands region of Victoria, visit our website, or check out our LinkedIn or Instagram pages!

The opportunity

The Strategic Performance and Planning Lead is a key member of the Business Planning and Performance (BP&P) team.

The BP&P Team has specific responsibility to develop and improve CHW’s long-term, whole-of-organisation strategy including the facilitation of the reporting and monitoring on overall performance against objectives of CHW’s More than Water – 2040 Strategy’ (2040 Strategy).

In close collaboration with staff, the BP&P Team guides the development of the long-term direction for CHW and encompasses the development of the five yearly Essential Services Commission Pricing Submission and the annual Corporate Plan as required by the Minister for Water to ensure clear alignment to the 2040 Strategy.

Core objectives of the Strategic Performance and Planning Lead over the next 24 months is to:

• Contribute to the successful establishment of an organizational Strategic Planning Framework (SPF) including continually advancing, integrating, and monitoring CHW’s 2040 Strategy, Corporate Plan, and other organizational wide documents to enable CHW to be pro-actively positioned for future risks and opportunities.
• Contribute to the successful establishment of an organisational Project Management Framework (PMF) including program and project management methodology, business case templates, budget and costing best practice processes, governance practices and levels, risk management, and reporting.
• Undertake significant organisational wide projects, such as the ESC Pricing Submission, on behalf of the BP&P team aligned with the PMF.
• At an organisational level, provide guidance to divisional program teams, and other internal stakeholders in the development and delivery of key project templates and artefacts to provide divisional level project and program capability uplift as a standardised practice, in the context of delivering organisational projects such as the 2040 Strategy, Corporate Plan, and ESC Pricing Review Submission.
• Undertake comprehensive analysis of critical performance metrics and data, extracting insights to inform strategic decision making and drive a culture of evidence-based action and improvement.

About you

Safety is our No. 1 priority, and we expect you will actively contribute to and foster a 'safety first' culture that supports our aspiration of zero harm. This means you care deeply about the physical and psychological safety of people so that our team return home in great shape at the end of the day.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• Post graduate qualifications business, science, environment, engineering, or related field with a project management component is preferred.
• Corporate project management experience covering project aspects including knowledge of project governance structures, stakeholder management structures and techniques, budgeting, change controls and funding agreements.
• Skilled storyteller with proven ability to engage staff to align their work to the strategic objectives and uplifting business capability to create value for the business and our customers.
• Exceptional communication skills (verbal and written) to be able to construct complex, corporate reporting and briefing documents that are clear, inspiring and satisfy intersecting compliance requirements.

What's in it for you?

Working for one of the region's largest employers you will be part of an organisation that is high achieving, cohesive and always striving for better customer outcomes. We're full of "everyday people" that are great to work with and reflect our community! We're offering a supportive environment and offer a huge range of employee options and benefits. 

There's the option of work hybrid, including a mix of being in our office in Ballarat, as well as the flexibility to work from home. Other benefits include accrued time off, generous leave options, professional development, industry collaboration, health and wellbeing programs and a supportive management team.

At CHW you will:

• Have access to training and development opportunities that will further develop your knowledge and skills.
• Be part of an organisation that strongly promotes work life balance, flexibility, safety and wellbeing.
• Work in an organisation that makes a difference to our community.
• Be part of an organisation that cares about you, your safety and wellbeing.

How to apply

If you want to make a positive impact through meaningful work and have the energy, courage and ideas to take on a challenge, we’d love to hear from you! To submit your application, click on APPLY to be redirected to our website and for a copy of the Position Description. While you are on our website, take a look around. You won't be disappointed!

•  Please ensure you provide a cover letter and your resume.
• You must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident at the time of submitting your application to be considered for this role.

Have questions?

For a confidential chat about the role, please contact Stephanie Burzacott on 0428 725 983.

Applications close 9am Friday 24 January 2025.

• Please note, as part of our selection process, we conduct pre-appointment checks including those related to references, identity, fitness to work, qualifications, work history, work visa, misconduct and police record history.
• This role may be subject to a probation period.

We welcome applications from people with disability and aim to provide an inclusive and accessible workplace. If you need any help with the application process or would like to discuss your reasonable adjustments during interviews, please contact Stephanie Burzacott.

If you need a copy of this advertisement in an accessible format, please email applications@chw.net.au.

At CHW we are dedicated to supporting our team's physical and mental wellbeing. We offer flexible and hybrid working opportunities. We assist our team to develop, as people and as leaders. We value diversity and inclusion - our workforce is a place where the melding of a range of views and perspectives is celebrated.