Job Description

Who we are

In Melbourne, water is essential to our way of life. As caretakers of Melbourne’s water cycle and catchments, we care for water, life, and land across the city. From protecting storages and preparing for floods, to restoring waterways and supporting thriving communities, our work shapes how Melbourne lives.

At the same time, we plan for the future, preparing for climate challenges in a growing city and ensuring it remains resilient for generations to come.

If you want your work to make a real difference, are willing to dive into complex challenges, and believe in doing what’s right, you’ll find your place here.

About the Role

Are you passionate about shaping how organisations evolve and thrive through change? This is an exciting opportunity to step into a Change Lead role where you’ll play a pivotal part in delivering large‑scale transformation and influencing outcomes that matter.

As the Change Lead, you’ll sit at the heart of major transformation initiatives—partnering with senior leaders and program teams to ensure change is not only well‑planned but successfully adopted and sustained. You’ll bring both strategic thinking and hands‑on leadership to help people, processes, and culture evolve in step with organisational priorities.

• Develop, and maintain the integrated change strategy and roadmap across multiple transformation initiatives to ensure aligned delivery, adoption and sustained outcomes.
• Act as the primary change advisor to Program Leadership, Senior Leaders, and Business Sponsors, providing guidance on change risks, readiness, and targeted interventions.
• Coach and support leaders to build visible sponsorship, strengthen commercial accountability, and reinforce behavioural change aligned to productivity and transformation objectives.
• Identify and escalate change-related risks, dependencies, and cumulative change impacts, across initiatives.
• Partner with Senior Leaders and Business Sponsors to build visible, active, and sustained sponsorship.
• Lead the development and execution of change for high impact initiatives..
• Design and deliver targeted interventions that support adoption, embed new ways of working and sustain productivity and behavioural outcomes over time.
• Provide data driven insights to inform decision making, including recommendations on change resourcing to the Change Advisory Manager

For more information, please refer to the attached Position Description

This is an opportunity to lead meaningful, large‑scale transformation and directly influence how people experience and adopt change

About you:

To be successful in this role you will have a:

• Demonstrated experience delivering change management on large‑scale, complex transformation programs.
• Demonstrated capability across both strategic change leadership and tactical delivery, including business readiness.
• Proven experience leading change across multiple concurrent initiatives
• Experience operating in complex, highly regulated environments (e.g. utilities, public sector) are highly desirable.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship‑building skills, with the ability to establish trust and credibility at all levels.
• Practical, hands‑on experience applying a range of change management methodologies, tools, and techniques.
• Formal change management certification (e.g. Prosci) is desirable.
• Experience working within structured delivery frameworks, including agile, waterfall, and hybrid environments.

This role is suited to someone who thrives on combining strategic thinking with hands‑on delivery, enjoys partnering with senior leaders, and is motivated by shaping impactful outcomes while building lasting organisational capability.

Why join us:

At Melbourne Water, we care deeply about water and the life it sustains.

Our team is inspired by passion and purpose, with an unwavering commitment to safety. We are on a mission to protect every Melburnian’s way of life, one drop at a time.

We don’t just talk about flexible working - we live it. Our culture of purpose, safety, results, and learning flows through everything we do. We're dedicated to doing what's right, and this commitment extends to the meaningful work we do in a supportive and inclusive culture that encourages you to make the most of your talents.

Our long-standing commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging means that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTIQ+ individuals, Neurodivergent Individuals, people living with disability, mature age and young jobseekers from all cultures can apply with confidence knowing they are safe, affirmed, and celebrated.

If you’re curious, action-orientated, outcomes-focused, and passionate about public resources, community, and the environment, we'd love to receive your application and learn if you could be a great fit.

How to Apply

Click the 'Apply Now' button below and complete our online application form.

Closing date: Wednesday 27th May February 2026 at 11:55pm AEST