Manager, Park Assets - Planning Design & Delivery

Division: Environment & Open Space

Business Unit: Parks & Open Space

Title: Manager, Park Assets - Planning Design & Delivery, TRP Contract - Full-time Role, 35 hours per week

Competitive Salary Package (subject to skills and experience)

Who we are:

Stretching from Palm Beach to Manly, the Northern Beaches boasts more than half of all the beaches in Sydney and a population of more than 270,000. Northern Beaches Council strives to deliver the highest quality services to our community. 

Join us and you’ll be part of an organisation committed to promoting sustainable growth, leading the community, protecting our environment and creating a great future for the Northern Beaches.

Parks & Open Space 

The Parks & Open Space Business Unit is responsible for customer focused and sustainable management, planning, development and maintenance of Council’s open spaces including sportsgrounds, parks, reserves, associated recreation facilities and regional park venues. The Business Unit includes the following teams: Recreation Planning, Park Assets and Projects, Tree Management, Parks Operations and Open Space Management and Business Development.

Working with us:

Northern Beaches Council provides a comprehensive range of benefits focused on our employees’ lifestyle, health and wellbeing, recognition and career development.  In this role you’ll enjoy -

• A culture of supporting continuous professional development
• Genuine work-life balance and flexible working arrangements
• Values based culture and a teams oriented working environment

Our opportunity:

The key focus areas of this role include: 

1. Deliver results. The role is expected to prioritise, plan and deliver a large and complex capital works program including accurately forecasting expenditure, schedules and budgets at a project and program level.
2. Display Resilience and Adaptability and Act with Integrity. A requirement for this role is the ability to welcome challenges and to continue to work through the issues to achieve a positive outcome and to be role model for acting with integrity.
3. Customer and Community Focus. An expectation for the role is that the successful candidate will have the ability to understand the needs of the community and be able to translate that into positive results.
4. Financial Assets and Tools. The successful candidate will demonstrate advanced asset management skills to successfully manage a diverse asset portfolio with a unique exposure to risk.

About you:

We’re looking for a dynamic manager to join our high performing team.  You’ll bring a driven and strategic approach to a team passionate about making a difference to our community.

Additional Information:

• Position Description
• Applications close on: 15 November 2024
• Expected Interview Date: 26 November 2024
• Questions? Please call the Hiring Manager: Jeremy Smith, Executive Manager, Parks & Open Space on (02) 8495 6614.

Northern Beaches Council is a diverse and inclusive employer and encourages applications from differently abled candidates. Reasonable adjustments to the workplace may be made where these are required.

If you would like to contact us to discuss your specific circumstances, please contact the hiring manager for this role.