Governance Officer

Port Adelaide - Australia

Yearly Salary: $ 94525 - 94525

Posted on: 14 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Play a key role in shaping well-run compliant and trusted governance processes.

Join our Governance team at PAE and help shape the future of governance and drive excellence across our organsation. This is your opportunity to be part of a dynamic team that plays a critical role in strategy performance and delivering impactful outcomes.

This is a permanent full-time position.

The City of Port Adelaide Enfield (PAE) is a welcoming liveable City: made by people.

PAE acknowledges that we are on the traditional country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains. Their cultural heritage beliefs and relationship with the land are of continuing importance today.

We work Better Together to deliver meaningful outcomes we Grow & Improve our work every day to ensure we Make a Difference for our community. Our organisational values underpin our constructive culture and our vision for PAE is a welcoming liveable city made by people.

With a diverse population of 139000 residents including families who have lived here for generations and more than a third of residents born overseas we celebrate our differences while working together to create a dynamic thriving and connected city.

You will be part of a team that values equity and belonging participation sustainability integrity and transformative action. Our goal is to foster a workplace culture that is fair equitable discrimination-free and safe for everyone. Your contributions will directly impact our goals of creating a thriving community developing a prosperous economy establishing a clean and green city and building places for people.

Diversity at the City of PAE means a workplace where individuals are recognised respected and engaged in ways that develop and harness everyones strengths. We provide excellent working conditions with job security flexible working arrangements and support for professional development.

This role will support the organisation to achieve best practice in Civic Governance by being a member of the Governance team that ensures governance practices are well planned transparent and reliable and providing exceptional support to our Elected Body.

Key responsibilities of the position include:

Coordinate and support Council and Committee meetings including preparation and distribution of agendas minutes briefings and councils resolutions database with attendance as required (including out of hours).
Provide governance and administrative support to Elected Members and the Mayor including assistance with civic events and civic governance advice.
Maintain and manage Council governance registers including interests gifts and benefits conflicts of interest and delegations .
Maintain governance information and records including intranet and website content policy registers corporate records and governance templates to support transparency and accessibility.
Monitor governance tasks and workflows ensuring timely action compliance and effective distribution of sub-delegations and authorisations.

The successful applicant will have:

A relevant tertiary qualification or comparable experience Business Administration.
Accreditation as a Freedom of Information Officer is desirable.
Experience as a Governance Officer or similar role.
Experience in Local Government is highly desirable.
Sound understanding of good governance principles and practices.
Knowledge concerning local Government context and Public Officer responsibilities.
Sound verbal and written communication skills.
Good ICT skills and ability to troubleshoot basic ICT issues.
Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
Ability to work under limited supervision and manage own workload and project work.

More information can be found on the Position Description located below.

This is a Level 4 position which has a current salary of $94525 (plus Super).

Confidential enquiries can be directed to Kate Leighton Team Leader Governance on .

To apply simply complete the application process by clicking the Apply button and attach your cover letter and resume.

Applications close 10pm on 11 January 2026.

The City of PAE values diversity and inclusion and we encourage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples women people living with disability young people LGBTIQ people and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply.

We are committed to providing an accessible and inclusive workplace. We welcome a discussion around any workplace adjustments you may require.

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Play a key role in shaping well-run compliant and trusted governance processes.Join our Governance team at PAE and help shape the future of governance and drive excellence across our organsation. This is your opportunity to be part of a dynamic team that plays a critical role in strategy performan...