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Manager Animal Rehoming Centre
Job No: BC1372
Location: Blacktown, NSW
Overview of Blacktown City
Blacktown City Council is the second largest Council in NSW and a leader in the growth and development of the Western Sydney region. With a population of over 360,000 and a total of 48 residential suburbs, working in Blacktown City provides a wide portfolio of professional opportunities.
At Blacktown City Council we are proud to be supporters of a wide, diverse community and strive towards building the best council in Australia, achieving this through initiatives such as becoming a White Ribbon accredited Council.
About the opportunity
We are seeking a highly experienced and motivated individual to join and lead Blacktown City Council’s animal holding and rehoming team. This position will oversee the management of the existing facility which provides the community with direct care for animals who have been lost or surrendered, and reunites animals with their owners or rehomes them as quickly as possible.
We are creating a new best practice, state of the art regional animal rehoming centre that promotes animal welfare. The new facility will offer a range of other complementary services and facilities to generate community benefits never previously contemplated by old fashioned ‘council pounds’. The construction of the new facility is a transformational project key to delivering on Council’s Our Blacktown 2036 vision for the City. This leader will be responsible for the development and transition to the new facility anticipated in 2022.
The successful applicant must have the capacity to communicate our vision for the new facility with confidence and passion to external partners, and of course, our wider communities and residents.
Key responsibilities:
This role oversees the operation and supervision of 16 staff and volunteers working to ensure the best possible outcome for animals in our care.
You will be accountable for the delivery of annual operational plans, policies, budgets and strategies for the Animal Rehoming unit, providing timely and professional advice to the Director and Chief Executive Officer on emerging and current issues, and performance of the section, and be required to represent Council and Blacktown City in a positive image on all relevant committees/boards. A key element of this role is customer service and compliance with statutory and legal requirements, including policy issues on EEO and WHS, along with maintaining high ethical standards in all instances.
Qualifications and Experience
Essential:
- Relevant tertiary qualifications with extensive relevant experience
- The ability to develop and implement a vision for the pro-active and positive development of Council’s Animal Rehoming Centre
- Knowledge of applicable legislation and regulations
- Demonstrated commitment to stakeholder and customer service
- Exceptional negotiation and communication skills
- Exceptional inter-personal, leadership and management skills
- Demonstrated ability to achieve successful outcomes within agreed timelines, while balancing competing priorities and stakeholder needs
- Ability to work within a team environment
- Sound business acumen
- Current driver's licence.
Desirable:
- An in depth understanding of local government accountability and legislation
- Availability to work flexible working hours.
Salary and conditions
This role offers an attractive and competitive remuneration package and company vehicle or car allowance, to be negotiated by the successful candidate. 9.5% employer superannuation contribution and access to additional employee benefits.
Our Commitment to Safety
Blacktown City Council is committed to safety. We have introduced alcohol and other drug testing at the pre-employment phase, and via a series of random tests, tests where there may be reasonable suspicion and / or post reportable incident testing for Council workers.
Best of luck.
Closing Date: 4 October 2019
Contact Officer: Vanessa Parkes on 9839 6527
INTERNAL REF: BCC1754
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