Senior Partner Organisational Development Hybrid

Central Highlands Water is a major regional employer and we want you to join us!

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 Senior Partner - Organisational Development is responsible for

• Provide customised responsive and credible support and advice to leaders and team members across the organisation to achieve culture change and implementation of initiatives linked to the strategic priorities.
• In consultation with key internal and external stakeholders design and implement strategies to achieve CHWs equity and diversity objectives (Gender Equality Reconciliation Inclusion Diversity and Accessibility) and ensure the objectives are considered in all planning performance and development activities across the employee lifecycle.
• Collaborate on the development and implementation of workforce and leadership capability frameworks aligned to strategic workforce plans.
• Lead and enable the coordination development facilitation and evaluation of organisational development activities for key functional areas throughout the employee lifecycle e.g. people experience recognition performance and career development.
• Design and deliver OD interventions that are collaborative and co-designed to support CHWs leadership maturity and ambition to be a thriving innovative workforce and culture to mature leadership capability and culture.
• Partner with the Learning & Development Partner to design and deliver CHWs leadership development program (Learn Lead Grow) including attainment of master trainer status.

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.

Wed love to hear from you if you have:

• Tertiary qualifications in organisation development human resources organisational psychology or a related field.
• Experience with the design development and implementation of organisational development programs such as culture change capability uplift and leadership programs.

Whats in it for you

Working for one of the regions largest employers you will be part of an organisation that is high achieving cohesive and always striving for better customer outcomes. Were full of everyday people that are great to work with and reflect our community!

Were offering a supportive environment and offer a huge range of employee options and benefits.

Theres 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 wed love to hear from you! To submit your application click onAPPLYto be redirected to our website and for a copy of the Position Description. While you are on our website take a look around. You wont 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 contactBridget Clark on0.

Applications close5:00pm Thursday 5th February 2026

• 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 Bridget Clark

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At CHW we are dedicated to supporting our teams 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.