Strategic Planning Lead

Summary:Are you a forward-thinking strategist who thrives on looking decades into the future? Do you have the analytical sharpness to connect complex business strategies, listen to community insights, and shape the long-term trajectory of our organisation?If so, this is your opportunity to own big-picture strategies-including our Strategic Direction Statement (SDS)-and build adaptive, interlocking plans that keep us one step ahead in a changing world.Main responsibilities:Creating the big plan: support the coordination and drafting of some key strategic documents, keeping them fresh and making sure they adapt as the world changes. The incumbent will help to ensure that customer and stakeholder views shape our plans.Listening to our community: ensure that the voices of our customers and stakeholders are heard, using their insights to direct our strategic planning.Setting the ground rules: agree on the core assumptions (like population growth or weather patterns) that everyone else in the business needs to use for their own planning.Joining the dots: look across the business to make sure our different strategies fit together and that there is a consistent approach.Future spotting: keep a pulse on the outside world, looking for new trends, tech, or risks (the "PESTLE" stuff) so we can stay one step ahead.Keeping it professional: make sure our strategy documents are consistent, high-quality, and easy for people to understand.Shaking it up: help coordinate the organisation''s ..... full job details .....