Simulated workplaceCAQA Shire of Brightwater is a fictional business created by CAQA for training and assessment. It is not a real company and no person, client or record here is real.About this simulation
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Simulated workplace
Department

Governance and Customer Service

Runs the front counter, the call centre and the customer request system, supports council meetings and councillors, maintains the delegations and policy registers, handles freedom of information and privacy requests, and coordinates the audit and risk committee.

Manager Governance and Customer Service18 staff
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Responsibilities

What the team is accountable for

  • Log, triage and track every customer request to closure
  • Prepare council meeting agendas, reports and minutes
  • Maintain the delegations, policy and conflict of interest registers
  • Manage freedom of information, privacy and complaint processes
  • Coordinate internal audit and the audit and risk committee
Performance measures

How we know it is working

91%
Requests closed within service standard
97%
Council reports lodged on time
1 min 40 s
Average call wait
People

Who works here

DN

Daniel Nguyen

Manager Governance and Customer Service

Daniel runs council meetings, the customer request system and the policy registers, and joined the shire from a metropolitan council four years ago.

BT

Bec Thornton

Customer Service Officer

Bec staffs the Brightwater front counter and phones, logging and triaging around sixty customer requests a day, and has been here two years.