- Band 7$95K + 10% Super
- Full Time to June 2023
Whitehorse City Council is undergoing transformation to meet its future challenges head on…
This is an exciting journey to transform from Good to Great. Building on solid foundations, this Council getting set up to meet the challenges of the future. We’re transforming ways of working, with a focus on innovation and excellent customer experience to ensure we keep delivering on community priorities. We are looking for values-driven people who are results-focused and committed to community outcomes. Leaders with a reputation for embracing change, superb integrity and collaborative teamwork are encouraged to apply.
The City of Whitehorse is located approximately 15 kilometres east of Melbourne. It extends from older established suburbs of Mont Albert, Surrey Hills and Box Hill, east to Blackburn, Burwood and Nunawading and to the more recently established suburbs in the 1970's including Mitcham and Vermont.
Broadly, the open space character changes across the Municipality from more formal exotic landscape character in the west to the bushland and native character in the east.
Whitehorse has approximately 335 open space reserves covering approximately 690 hectares of land area which equates to 10.7% of the Municipality.
The Recreation and Open Space Development Unit primarily provides planning and strategy development for open space and recreation facilities and infrastructure throughout Whitehorse.
This position will be responsible for overseeing the development of a number of key open space planning projects including preparing a new open space strategy for the City of Whitehorse and a Master Plan for East Burwood Reserve. In addition you will ensure a strategic basis for the development of high quality and ecologically sustainable open space that is equitably provided across the City.
In this role you will:
- Prepare strategies, master plans and planning policies
- Implement key projects
- Facilitate skilled consultation processes
- Provide strategic open space advice
Ideally, the successful candidate for this role will have:
- Relevant Tertiary qualifications
- Ability to gain cooperation and assistance of other staff, the community and external agencies
- Understanding of planning project management techniques and principles
- Experience in organisation-wide policy implementation and the ability to develop open space policy
- Highly developed analytical, investigative and problem solving skills
Benefits:
Making a difference in the community- Working at Whitehorse City Council you will get to see how opportunities make a real difference. Every day you really will see how the work you're involved in benefits the diverse community.
Great working conditions – a professional environment, friendly and supportive teams and a flexibility program that promotes employee work life balance.
Health and Wellbeing – Employee assistance program, private health insurance benefits, health checks (skin, hearing and vaccinations), discounted gym membership and facilities (e.g. Theatre, Arts, Leisure) and an active health and wellness program e.g. stretching, healthy eating demonstrations and health challenges.
Career opportunities – engaging work and the opportunity to apply your skills and experience.
Reward & Recognition - extensive reward and recognition program, corporate learning offerings, study assistance and comprehensive leadership development programs.
We are in a time of transformation to stay ahead of the evolving changes and needs of our community. Together, we are on an exciting journey to empower all of our employees to be innovative, and constantly strive towards continuous improvement. Come and Join the TRANSFORMATION
Further information is available from Leigh Morris on 0466514798. Applications must address the 5 key selection contained in the position description. Applications close 24 October 2021.