About the role
In this role, you will be leading a team with a focus on community facilities operations and Open Space development working with a diverse range of community stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide structured support for staff to enhance quality practices and resource efficiency.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively plan, organise, and manage time to meet targets and deliver outcomes within set timelines.
• Develop and implement mechanisms for coordinated analysis, planning, and project implementation at both strategic and operational levels.
• Establish and support local governance structures in response to community needs and aspirations.

About you
To be successful in this role, you will have project management experience, be highly motivated, able to respond and take on many tasks at the same time with experience in staff supervision and leadership development. 

You will have experience in supporting community groups in their operations to enable them to grow and prosper and respond to local community need.

Essential Experience:

• Experience in Open Space development and community facilities operations.
• Exceptional ability to manage and coordinate complex stakeholder relationships to achieve positive outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to strategic plans, initiatives, and projects.
• Highly developed analytical, investigative, research and reporting skills.
• A current Victorian Driver's Licence.
• Relevant Tertiary qualifications in accordance with inherent requirements of the role.

If this sounds like the role for you, then click apply now! 

Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong
At the City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung Country such a great place to live, work and study.  

We’re going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we've built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.

Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it’s important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.

We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger. 

If you’re excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit apply – we’d love to meet you!

We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse culture and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability.

A career with us
Central Geelong-based City employees are now based in our new Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal. Meaning ‘speak and talk together’ in local Wadawurrung language.  Wurriki Nyal sets the benchmark for what a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace can be, including industry leading sustainability standards, a flexible and people-focused design, safe and inclusive spaces and public realm.

We’re committed to supporting better accessibility for our customers and our people.  We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process, as well as how this role can be flexible for you. 

We offer:

• salary sacrificing and novated lease options
• cultural and ceremonial leave
• study leave
• paid parental leave (16 weeks primary and six weeks secondary) and superannuation payments on all 52 weeks primary parental leave
• IVF, surrogate and miscarriage bereavement leave
• training and career development opportunities
• a healthy and safe environment
• our employee wellbeing program
• corporate membership rates at Swim Sport and Leisure facilities
• unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning 

Applications and Enquiries

Click the Position Description link to view more information about this position.

Enquiries: Paul Cotter, Team Leader Community & Recreation, 5272 4282, pcotter@geelongcity.vic.gov.au

Click the Apply button to submit your application or find out more about this opportunity. If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact the Talent Acquisition team via email at careers@geelongcity.vic.gov.au noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.

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