Posted: 03/07/2025
Closing Date: 17/07/2025
Salary: $144,696.20 - $159,717.53
Job Type: Temporary
Location: Berridale or Cooma
Job Category: Community Services

JOB DESCRIPTION

Package: $144,696.20 - $159,717.53 + 11.5% Super (Grade 14 of the SMRC Salary System 2024-2025)
Position Description: Manager Recreation Services

ABOUT THE ROLE:

• Leadership of a diverse department with a strong focus on providing recreational facilities for the community and visitors to the region.
• Facilitate community input and provide information to guide decision making of the Executive Leadership Team relevant to the departmental portfolio to support the governance and administration of the Council.
• Translate the principal activities of the Delivery Program and Operational Plan into departmental plans, programs and projects to meet community needs, service expectations and organisational priorities.
• Manage goals and performance measures across the departmental portfolio to link community needs and organisational priorities to service delivery.
• Manage resources (time, finances, assets, and people) to deliver the principal activities of the Delivery Program and Operational Plan.
• Deliver the services of the departmental portfolio according to legislation, adopted strategies and plans to meet community needs and organisational priorities.
• Guide and manage the departmental portfolio’s contribution and the organisational performance of the council to enhance service quality, accessibility and responsiveness.
• Manage and guide the application of systems to address statutory, risk management and other obligations to facilitate ethical decision-making, actions and conduct.
• Promote, model and reinforce cross-functional collaboration through information sharing and knowledge transfer to drive evidence-based decision-making, enhance capability and optimise capacity.
• Model and reinforce an agile, solutions-focused, accountable and collaborative culture that facilitates workforce engagement, empowerment and performance.
• Hold employees accountable for their WHS responsibility to maintain a safe workplace.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Degree Qualification in Management, Social Science or a related discipline with demonstrated contemporary experience in a similar role. Or, substantial contemporary experience in a similar role, coupled with ongoing professional development to support contemporary knowledge.
• Proven ability to engage with and influence internal and external stakeholders to achieve fit-for-purpose outcomes that drive the achievement of strategic goals
• Sound knowledge of financial and management reporting requirements
• Experience in delivering a range of community services to meet the expectations of a diverse range of people.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and apply relevant legislation.
• Experience in corporate management and organisational reporting.
• Proven track-record leading, developing and supporting staff to achieve work targets and objectives efficiently and effectively.
• Demonstrated ability to meet the focus capability requirements of this position as defined in the position capabilities.
• Current Class C drivers licence