Sharon Webb

MEANDER VALLEY Council’s general manager John Jordan has axed the position of one of the council’s four directors in a restructure of staff late in 2020.

He said the restructure was ‘commissioned’ by councillors.

In addition, the council advertised eight jobs in The Examiner in January.

Mr Jordan said, ‘The council’s establishment has increased as a result of the organisational review. The advertisements reflect vacancies.’

The restructure discontinued the position of Director of Community and Development Services, formerly held by Lynette While.

Krista Palfreyman has been appointed to the new position of Director of Development and Regulatory Services.

Mr Jordan denied there were forced redundancies.

He said, ‘The directorate of Community and Development Services was restructured and the old director role discontinued.

‘Officers impacted by changes to their roles were provided the full range of options under the council’s enterprise agreement.’

The eight jobs advertised in The Examiner were:

• Manager, Community Programs

• Team Leader, Project Management & Waste Strategy

• Health, Safety & Emergency Management Coordinator

• Graduate Environmental Health Officer

• Graduate Engineer

• Administration Officer

• Technical Officer GIS

• Project Manager, Waste Services.