- Total Remuneration Package Circa $150,000 (negotiable)
- Permanent Full-Time (35 hrs pw)
- Optional Vehicle Leaseback
- Previous applicants need not apply
Join Our Team as a Recreation and Open Spaces Manager at Glen Innes Severn Council!
Are you passionate about preserving and enhancing our community’s parks, gardens, and recreational spaces? We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Manager of Recreation and Open Spaces to lead our efforts in maintaining parks and ensuring vibrant recreational areas for our residents of the Glen Innes Severn region.
As the Manager of Recreation and Open Spaces, you will be an advocate for change, bringing new ideas and innovations to the role, transitioning the Open Spaces and Recreation portfolio to achieve optimal results through the adoption of best practice standards. You will drive best practice in open space management through the development and delivery of strategic plans, efficient operations and implementation of quality standards. Additionally, you will manage procurement, projects and contract for capital improvements, ensuring quality outcomes and compliance with regulations.
This role offers a unique opportunity to lead impactful initiatives that enrich our community’s quality of life. You’ll thrive in a supportive environment where innovation and excellence are celebrated, with ample opportunities for professional growth and development.
Why Council? Glen Innes Severn Council offers various benefits to its employees, including:
- flexible/remote working arrangements
- salary packaging
- lease-back vehicle options
- monthly rostered days off
- 6 weeks long service leave after 5 years of service
- support for families with paid parental leave
- personalised professional development to achieve your career aspirations, including paid study leave and study assistance
- mental and physical wellness is an integral part of our workplace culture, and our extensive program offers an assortment of initiatives to promote happiness, productivity, and engagement
The Manager of Recreation and Open Spaces will:
- Lead and manage the Recreation and Open Spaces team
- Bring expertise and innovation to the department, fostering creativity and strategic leadership
- Manage human and financial resources effectively to achieve departmental goals
To be successful in this role you will need:
- Experience in the delivery of operation, maintenance and capital works programs
- Aptitude for management and administration of a department, including budget development and administration and development of operational and strategic plans
- Excellent communication skills and ability to prepare clear and concise reports and relay information at all levels
- Successful team building experience with the ability to motivate and enhance innovation
- Procurement, project and contract management skills
- Current Class C driver's licence (car licence)
- Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or related experience
NOT SURE WHETHER TO APPLY?
Please contact Gayleen Burley, Director of Place and Growth on (02) 6730 2343 or email gburley@gisc.nsw.gov.au for more details and / or a confidential discussion.
HOW TO APPLY
- Applications close: 5:00pm on Monday 19 August 2024
- Carefully read the Information Package to familiarise yourself with the role and application process
- Please ensure that you attach recent resume
- Enquiries relating to the application process may be directed to Helen Stapleton on (02) 6730 2303 or email jobs@gisc.nsw.gov.au
- Please note that as part of Glen Innes Severn Council's recruitment process, prior to an offer of employment being made, recommended candidates will be required to undertake referee checks, psychometric assessment, police checks and a functional assessment with Council’s physiotherapist.
- All correspondence will be via the email address you supply as part of your application, therefore please ensure that the email address is valid and that you check it regularly (please be sure to check your junk email also)
- Council is an EEO employer. Women, Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders, people with a disability, and members of racial, ethnic, and ethno-religious minority groups are encouraged to apply.
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