CHARTERS Towers Regional Council has completed an organisational restructure that has involved a comprehensive review of Council’s directorate model.
Council chief executive officer Mark Crawley said the process is now complete and that four directors have been confirmed as members of the executive leadership group.
The four directorates within the adopted structure are: Corporate Services, Planning and Sustainable Development, Utilities and Facilities and Road Infrastructure.
The directors are: Tammy Power (Corporate Services), Ramon Jayo (Planning and Sustainable Development), Marnie Taylor (Utilities and Facilities) and Cameron Scott (Road Infrastructure).
The Office of the CEO is also part of the executive leadership group.
Mr Crawley said following his appointment as Council’s CEO, he was tasked with presenting Councillors with an organisational structure that would serve the Council to effectively deliver the range of local government services to the various communities within the Council region.
“The current structure has served Council well since amalgamation in 2008 but has had very little review apart from a few minor amendments,” Mr Crawley said.
The CEO said considerable effort was undertaken during the process to assure employees that the exercise was not about job losses but a process to ensure the most appropriate structure was in place to provide effective service delivery to the communities that Council serves.
“A draft copy of the organisational chart was released to all staff which allowed them to identify themselves and their position within the new chart,” Mr Crawley said.
All of the four directors’ positions within the new structure were called internally following the work value calculations for each of the positions.
A selection process was used to assess all internal applicants for the positions. It did not become necessary to advertise externally for any of the director positions.
Mr Crawley said he is looking forward to working with the new directors.
“Each brings their own style of leadership and level of work diversity to the Executive Leadership Group,” he said.
“The knowledge that the directors have of the local area and local issues will prove invaluable and is a bonus of being able to recruit from within the organisation.”
Mr Crawley said the leadership group are charged with providing the strategic leadership and direction for Council staff.
“They are charged with providing support to staff and also ensuring that the policy direction and intent of the Council is carried out,” he said.
