Your Opportunity

As the Coordinator, you have the unique opportunity to develop and lead your team in Council's governance functions , including risk, claims/insurance, property/land management, release of information, and policy. This leadership position is essential to providing efficient and effective service to internal and external stakeholders including the Audit and Risk Committee, Office of the Independent Assessor, the community and all Council departments.

Term: Full-time

Hours of Work: 72.5 hours per fortnight

Pay Level: $3894.18 to $4113.10 per fortnight (Level 7), plus 12% superannuation and 17.5% annual leave loading

In accordance with Council's Enterprise Agreement and the relevant Award. Pay rate dependant on relevant skills and experience.

Employment Base: Warwick, Queensland

Applications Close: 11:59pm Tuesday 7 October 2025

About the Department

The Governance Department is accountable for ensuring that Council operates in a transparent, accountable, and effective manner, in line with legal, ethical, and regulatory requirements.

This is inclusive of managing and overseeing the broad range of delegations applicable to Council to ensure adherence to statutory requirements, ensuring public access to council meetings, decisions, and records, managing conflict of interests, development and implementation of the Corporate Plan and Operational Plan, managing the risks for Council’s operations by implementing internal control mechanisms and monitoring the performance of various departments to ensure that risks are appropriately managed, managing of Public Interest Disclosures and referrals to the Crimes and Corruption Commission, strategic planning and overseeing the preparation of the annual report.

The department is also responsible for land title registration for properties within the local government's jurisdiction, verifying land ownership ensuring leases are properly documented and compliant with local laws and ensuring that the land registry system is up to date and accessible to various stakeholders.

The department is responsible for the management of the social housing portfolio, providing ongoing tenant support, ensuring maintenance and safety, and collaborating with other stakeholders to meet the social housing needs of the community. The department also manages Council’s diverse insurance requirements throughout the policy life cycle to ensure Council assets are adequately protected and claims managed efficiently.

What You Will Do

For full details of this position, please ensure you download the Position Description below.

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The complete Key Responsibilities of this role can be found in the Position Description. These include (but are not limited to):

• Develop frameworks, Preparation, implementation and monitoring of corporate and operational plans, policies, audits and relevant plans for all governance, risk, insurance and audit functions.
• Develop positive working relationships through liaison with relevant stakeholders including statutory authorities, appointed contractors, lessees and the Audit and Risk Management Committee.
• Provide expert advice and support to Council, the Executive and Senior Leadership Teams and Council officers on governance, risk and land management issues, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements.
• Develop, implement and maintain Council’s governance and risk related management frameworks; policies and procedures consistent with legislation; Council approved policies and organisational directives; Council’s Land Management Strategies; Complaints Management Strategies and Council’s Fraud and Corruption Control Framework.
• Assist with the investigation/processing of Crime and Corruption Commission queries/referrals within legislative timeframes and in accordance with relevant policy and/or legislative.

What You Will Need

To be considered for this role, you will need:

• The legal right to live and work in Australia
• A Class C (car) licence or greater is required in this role.
• Comprehensive knowledge of and experience in the interpretation and application of relevant legislation and regulations, and providing oversight of risk, governance, internal audit and land management functions;
• Highly effective written and oral communication skills and demonstrated ability to provide professional advice in a timely manner an effectively communicate with a diverse range of external stakeholders;
• Demonstrated effective leadership skills including the ability to manage time effectively across the team to achieve outcomes within required timeframes
• High level of personal integrity, tact and diplomacy, particularly relevant to complaints management, fraud, public interest disclosures and Council audit matters;
• To be able to demonstrate your competence in relation to all of the Selection Criteria as detailed in the Position Description.

What We Offer

At Southern Downs Regional Council, we know that that our people are our strength. With this front of mind, we provide a wide range of benefits and a holistic approach to supporting our employees, including:

• Competitive wages, conditions and allowances
• Salary packaging and remote area benefits available, which can significantly increase tax savings and take-home pay
• Discounted corporate health insurance plans
• Improved work-life balance opportunities, such as a 9-day work fortnight and consideration of other flexible work options
• Generous leave provisions including Special Family Leave, Cultural Leave and 17.5% annual leave loading
• Access to a wide range of health and wellness initiatives, including free, skin checks, flu vaccinations and wellness medicals, and discounted gym memberships
• Employee Assistance Program for staff and their families (24/7 access). This service includes counselling, financial coaching, nutritional support and legal referrals, as well as access to specialised wellbeing support for LGBTIQA+ individuals, First Nations people, and individuals experiencing domestic and family violence through dedicated helpline
• Opportunities for on and off the job personal and professional development (study assistance available in accordance with policy)

To view comprehensive details of our employee value offering, please click HERE. (Note when viewing this job vacancy through SEEK.com - you will be able to access this link once by clicking on the "Apply" button, or by visiting the job advertisement on our website at www.https://www.sdrc.qld.gov.au/council/careers-at-council/current-job-vacancies)

Further Information

For further information about this role and working for Southern Downs Regional Council, please refer to the documents below:

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• Position Description
• Join Southern Downs Regional Council (detailed employment information, including employee benefits)
• Our Values
• Living on the Southern Downs

If you have any additional enquiries in relation to this position, please contact People and Culture on 1300 697 372.

Apply Now!

At SDRC, we believe that diversity enriches our workplace, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes. We welcome applications from qualified people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and abilities, who have applicable working rights in Australia.

To apply for this opportunity, you will be asked to complete an online application form and provide:

• A short written response (maximum 1-2 pages, dot points acceptable) on how your experience, abilities, knowledge and personal qualities would enable you to achieve the key responsibilities and meet the selection criteria of this role (as outlined in the Position Description); and
• Your current CV or Resume.

When you are ready to begin your application, please click on the "Apply" button below to be taken to our online application portal. Please ensure you provide all of the information requested and that your application is lodged by the closing date (as shown above). Should you have any difficulty lodging your application online, please contact our People & Culture team on ph 1300 697 372 for assistance.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Southern Downs Regional Council – A Great Place to Work

What we do at SDRC is more than just a job to us. Whether it’s maintaining our clean water supply, keeping our parks and gardens beautiful, servicing our plant and vehicles, providing contemporary library services, responding to natural disasters or showcasing our region’s immense natural beauty and economic strength, every Council employee strives to make a real difference for our local community.

Few employers combine so many diverse disciplines (eg engineers, childcare workers, trades such as mechanics and plumbers, safety specialists, project managers, plant operators, finance experts, IT specialists and urban planners to name a few) in one organisation. At SDRC, we work together towards the same goal. By integrating a multi-disciplined workplace with collective ideas and skillsets, we provide unique opportunities for our people to develop and grow within their chosen career.

We are passionate about aligning business, community and government to achieve social, economic and environmental outcomes. We believe this is best realised when people are invested in the long-term outcomes of where they live and work. If this sounds like you too, then working in local government at SDRC may be right for you.