Associate Director

Associate Director – Local Government Advisory

Morrison Low Advisory is an employee-owned advisory management consulting firm who understands the crucial, complex decisions and challenges faced by our local and state government clients across Australia and New Zealand.

Our multidisciplinary senior advisors are proud to exclusively work alongside our public sector clients, empowering decision makers with advice they can act on.

The focus on building lasting client relationships has been in our DNA since the start of Morrison Low Advisory in 2000. In 2025, this was recognised by our clients, and we were proud to be voted the Best Management Consultancy Firm under $30m in the Beatons Client Choice Awards.

The opportunity

We’re looking for an Associate Director to lead and grow our local government advisory work.

This is a generalist consulting role where you’ll lead projects across a range of service areas, often outside your technical background. You’ll bring structure, insight, and the right team to deliver high-quality outcomes.

Typical project work includes:

• Service and operational reviews
• Strategic and business planning
• Governance and organisational performance reviews
• Business case development and option analysis
• Policy and regulatory advisory

You’ll lead engagements that:

• Analyse service performance, costs, and delivery models
• Identify improvement opportunities through benchmarking and process review
• Design practical, implementable recommendations
• Engage stakeholders, from frontline staff through to executive leadership and elected members

Our work is varied, team-based, and delivered both on-site with clients and remotely.

What you’ll be responsible for

In this role, you will:

• Lead and direct projects, setting priorities, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring delivery of high-quality outcomes
• Apply structured problem-solving to unfamiliar or complex service areas
• Build and maintain trusted client relationships, including at executive and governance levels
• Identify and win new work, contributing to the growth of the practice
• Bring together the right mix of skills and expertise to deliver outcomes
• Communicate clearly and confidently through reports, workshops, and presentations

This role requires someone who can combine strategic thinking, commercial judgement, and hands-on delivery.

About you

You are an experienced consultant who is comfortable working across different domains and enjoys solving complex, ambiguous problems.

You will bring:

• 10+ years’ experience, ideally in consulting and/or local government
• Strong project leadership and structured problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including executive engagement
• Ability to work across diverse service areas and manage competing priorities
• A track record of building client relationships and winning work

Why join us

• Employee-owned business
• Meaningful public sector impact
• Collaborative, high-performing team
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Wellbeing initiatives and support

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.

Please apply with your CV and cover letter via LinkedIn, or email ***email_hidden***

Please note: Applicants must have the legal right to work in Australia.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives are valued.

No agencies, please.