Principal Officer, LG Governance and Elected Members

Responsibility at Head of Business Unit level for certain policy development initiatives, including the governance of cities and directly elected mayors with executive functions, and increasing the participation of women in local government. Responsible for supporting effective governance arrangements in local authorities, including matters such as engagement with representative associations of elected members; the role and conditions of elected members, and associated training requirements; ethics provisions in the local government sector; customer service; the local authority code of governance and corporate plans. Submissions to the Minister under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 from the local government sector also fall within this remit.