Lead Organisational Transformation

• Full time, Ongoing
• Band 8, Starting salary $123,692 plus superannuation

The City of Greater Bendigo is in the heart of central Victoria on Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Country. Located just 90 minutes’ drive from Melbourne, our region offers all the benefits of a large city with a warm and welcoming country feel.

Greater Bendigo is an attractive region that is famous for its food and wine, and boasts the Bendigo Art Gallery, theatres, stunning heritage buildings and natural surrounds that provide great recreational opportunities. There are also high quality education and health services, a wide range of housing options, excellent rail and road networks, and Bendigo Airport has regular direct QantasLink flights to Sydney.

We provide more than 65 important services to support our community, which is heading towards a population of 200,000 by 2050. Now is a great time to join us!

The Role

Lead organisational transformation. Build capability. Shape the future.

We are seeking an experienced and strategic transformation leader to help shape the future of the City of Greater Bendigo - as our Lead Transformation Specialist (advertised as "Lead Organisational Transformation").

Working across the organisation, you will lead strategic transformation initiatives that improve how we deliver services, strengthen organisational capability and enable better outcomes for our community.

This is an opportunity to help shape the future of the City of Greater Bendigo. You will partner with leaders across the organisation to establish a strategic transformation pipeline, identify opportunities to improve productivity and long term financial sustainability, and lead cross organisational initiatives that improve services, redesign operating models, strengthen organisational capability and deliver measurable benefits for the community.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team responsible for organisational transformation, strategic improvement, operating model design, service improvement, capability uplift, benefits realisation, and the practical application of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence.

About You

To succeed in this role, you will bring:

• Demonstrated experience leading complex organisational transformation, business improvement or organisational change initiatives that deliver sustainable outcomes while successfully bringing people on the transformation journey
• Strong systems thinking with the ability to translate complex organisational challenges and insights into practical transformation opportunities
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships, facilitate co design and engage stakeholders to deliver successful transformation outcomes
• Proven experience leading, coaching and developing multidisciplinary teams while building long term organisational capability and embedding continuous improvement
• The ability to establish strategic transformation pipelines, identify and prioritise improvement opportunities, and deliver measurable productivity improvements, benefits realisation and long term organisational value
• Demonstrated ability to establish, measure and evaluate outcomes to ensure transformation initiatives deliver tangible organisational benefits
• Proven ability to apply contemporary transformation methodologies, emerging technologies and artificial intelligence to improve organisational performance
• Highly developed leadership, communication and influencing skills, with a demonstrated track record of co designing solutions, facilitating collaboration and building trusted relationships across all organisational levels

The following experience will be highly regarded:

• Leading organisation wide transformation, business improvement, organisational design, service redesign and operating model transformation, particularly within local government, the public sector or not for profit environments
• Applying Lean, Lean Six Sigma, SAFe, ISO 21502, ISO 56000 or other contemporary transformation frameworks
• Applying digital innovation, emerging technologies and artificial intelligence to improve organisational performance
• Relevant qualifications

We are also advertising for a Lead Service Strategy & Insights Specialist, please visit our website for more details.

We are also recruiting for our Lead Service Straregy and Insights. Together, these leadership positions will establish the strategic capability that underpins the City’s future service delivery, productivity, and continuous improvement. Further details are on our website.

A satisfactory police check and employee Working with Children Check is required for this position.

Benefits

• Full time, ongoing role with flexible and hybrid work options
• Annual salary increases (next increase October 2026) | Discounted gym memberships
• Generous leave entitlements | Learning and development opportunities

Visit our Employee Benefits website for more of our benefits.

Position Description

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Contact

If you require any further information regarding this position, please contact David Heilbron, Manager Strategic Transformation, 04•• ••• 153.

To Apply

Please submit your cover letter, outlining why you are interested in this position and detailing your relevant experience with your current CV/resume by close of business Wednesday 19 August 2026.