City of Stonnington is a child safe and equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable, diverse and socially inclusive work environment and a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. We actively encourage applicants from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with disability, LGBTIQ+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to explore the opportunity of a career at the City of Stonnington. If you have any support or access requirements, or would like to speak to someone about employment or an alternative processes, please contact Council’s Talent Acquisition team on 8290 1333.
We are building a safe and inclusive culture where our people are empowered to deliver their best work. Embracing innovation and change, we continually deliver richer and higher quality services to a vibrant, diverse and iconic municipality. We are passionate and energetic, working as one team to build a healthy, prosperous and sustainable community. Progress is important to us, and we and make it a priority to invest in our people’s wellbeing, growth and development.
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The City of Stonnington has a unique leadership opportunity available for an accomplished Manager to lead our diverse Active Communities teams and foster a culture supporting elevated levels of performance and achievement. Reporting directly to the Director, Community & Wellbeing, the Manager Active Communities, you will take responsibility for representing the Council across a range of important inner metro projects including Percy Treyvaud Master Plan and Toorak Park Master Plan whilst ensuring effective partnerships with all stakeholders.
As a key member of Council’s senior management team, you will drive key strategic initiatives, discover exciting opportunities to improve programs, infrastructures and offerings for the Council and the community that drives growth and improves the status of the City of Stonnington as a desirable place to invest, live, work and play.
Desired Skills and Experience
With your extensive senior leadership experience, you will have a strong sense of vision and proven ability to negotiate, influence, and manage multi-disciplinary projects with a complexity of conflicting community and political needs and requirements. You will have the aptitude for strategic leadership with a genuine passion and commitment to lead and provide a collaborative, inspirational and constructive culture for our people.
The successful candidate will have a tertiary qualification in Recreation, Business management or related discipline, with extensive and diverse experience managing programs, delivering direct services, financial management and budgeting. It will be an advantageous for the successful candidate to have knowledge and experience in active communities such as aquatics, community facilities and venue management.
This is a full time contract role with a renumeration package of $165k - $185k plus superannuation and optional vehicle included.
Enquiries:
For enquiries relating to the role, please contact Mikaela Giles Executive Assistant to Director Community & Wellbeing on mgiles@stonnington.vic.gov.au or0456 767 577
For enquiries relating to the system and the application process, please contact a member of the Talent Acquisition team on 8290 1333.
Submitting your application
We are no longer using Position Descriptions or Key Selection Criteria. Please use your cover letter to demonstrate to us that you can ‘deliver’ the aspects of the role and that you have what is needed to ‘thrive’. These are the top two sections in the Success Profile. You do not need to have a heading of each point or address each point individually. Recommended no more than 2 pages for your cover letter.
We are a 2022 Circle Back Initiative Employer - we commit to respond to every applicant.
To be eligible to apply for this position you must have an appropriate Australian or New Zealand work visa.
COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement
In line with the Chief Health Officers COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Direction, all persons engaged at City of Stonnington, regardless of their role, will be required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Successful candidates will be required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status.
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