• Critical leadership role, influencing Casey’s strategic direction & long-term development
• Paid Parental Leave, WFH Options, Large Training Budget for career advancement
• Permanent Full-Time Position with Monthly RDO & Flexible working + WFH
• Band 7: $105,762 - $118,346 (subject to experience) + super

The City of Casey is one of Victoria’s largest, fastest growing and most diverse cities. The Council plans and delivers quality services and infrastructure for the more than 400,000 residents who call Casey home.

Our workspace is located within Bunjil Place, a must-visit destination nestled within Narre Warren in Melbourne’s south east. Bunjil Place reflects and enhances the city’s rich diversity by providing an energetic and cosmopolitan atmosphere through a lively community meeting place.

Our Benefits:

Benefits | City of Casey 

• A supportive learning culture where you can grow your career and even your qualifications.
• A hybrid and flexible workplace.
• Multi-award-winning architectural office building with equipped Kitchens, onsite Café, Library, and so much more.
• 2 minutes’ walk to Westfield shopping centre, free onsite carpark, gym/pool with discounted memberships and free workout Wednesday.

We live our values of dreaming big, empowering each other, and making our community proud.

A bit about the role

The Smart City, Innovation and Improvement Team drives innovation, continuous improvement and the strategic implementation of smart city approaches across the City of Casey.

The Smart City Lead provides leadership and technical expertise, by working across the organisation and externally to identify and deliver smart city projects that enhance the quality of life for our community and the environment.

What you’ll deliver

• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop and execute a smart city program aligned with the City of Casey’s strategic direction. Manage the strategic roadmap, resource allocation, and reporting for efficient implementation and impact measurement.
• Lead technical smart city projects, policy and process document delivery with focus areas including IoT, 5G, Digital Twins, and other smart city infrastructure with internal and external partners.
• Develop detailed business cases and financial models, including basic financial modelling to assess the feasibility, profitability, project costs, revenue projections, return on investment (ROI), and other financial metrics.
• Proactively and positively build relationships and connections that support the Smart Cities Strategy and Program.
• Provide technical expertise and identify opportunities to communicate and build capability about Smart Cities internally and externally.

What you’ll bring

• Qualifications in Business/Commerce, Innovation, or Information Technology (preferences include IT networking and security, Computer Science, open data, geospatial).
• Experience delivering technical projects including 5G, IoT, Digital Twins, open data and smart city infrastructure.
• Demonstrated agile project management capabilities with strong coordination skills.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience in developing business cases, conducting financial modelling, and assessing return on investment (ROI).
• Excellent leadership and team management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate cross-functional teams to achieve common goals.
• Willingness to undergo pre-employment background checks including National Criminal History Check, Working with Children Check and Eligibility to Work check.
• A curious, collaborative, and inclusive community mindset.

What’s next?

If you think this role might be for you, we would love to hear from you.

Please apply by following the links and attaching a cover letter and resume. We do not require any selection criteria to be addressed.

To find out more about the role, please contact Pearl Ng, Head of Smart City Innovation and Improvement on 9709 9622 and png@casey.vic.gov.au.

Applications will be accepted until 11.55pm on Sunday 12^th May 2024.

We encourage people with a disability, lived experience of disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this position.

The City of Casey has zero tolerance for child abuse and is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is embedded in the everyday thinking and practice of all employees, contractors and volunteers.

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