Julie went on to hold progressively more senior roles within Cairns City Council and in other Councils across the State, including urban fringe, regional and rural local government areas. 

CONTRIBUTION TO COUNCIL AND THE EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM 

Julie brings to her current role more than two decades’ experience having worked: 

• In public and private sector; 
• Both within local government (in an employee capacity) and​ for local government (as Managing Director of her own consulting business); and 
• In management and non-management positions (from entry level through to Chief Executive Officer). 

CURRENT ROLE 

As Chief Executive Officer of Maranoa Regional Council, Julie’s responsibilities include; 

• Leading organisational reforms, in conjunction with the three Directors 

           - Corporate, Community & Commercial Services​

           - Development, Facilities & Environmental Services 

           - Infrastructure Services; 

• ​Managing the day-to-day operations of Council and its employees; 
• ​Coordinating advice and information for the elected council pertaining to short, medium and long term plans, policies and decisions;  
• Establishing management practices (systems and processes) for the implementation and communication of Council approved plans services, policies and decisions; and 
• Implementing systems and processes for Information Management - to ensure safe custody of all documents, including records and proceedings, accounts and transactions.

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QUALIFICATIONS 

Julie has a Bachelor of Commerce, a Graduate Certificate of Local Government Management and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA), and is a qualified accountant (CPA). Julie was awarded the Queensland Local Government Managers’ Association ‘Young Manager of the Year’ for 2002. ​

Sharon Frank - Director - Corporate, Community & Commercial Services​

– Ensuring activity is focused in the implementation of Council approved priorities, policies and decisions; 

– Promoting a culture of continuous improvement; 

– Developing and monitoring people, systems and processes to support excellence in service delivery (Internal & External), and ensure legislative compliance 

– including adherence to the Code of Conduct;

– Ensuring effective, efficient and economical management of public resources. 

The Directorate of Corporate, Community & Commercial Services is a diverse mix of Departments incorporating: 

–​ Communications

–​​ Councillor (Elected Member) support and community engagement

–​ Customer service

–​​ Creditors (accounts payable)

–​ Debtors (accounts receivable)

–​ Information management (records)

–​ Payroll

– ​Rates and utilities.