Aquatic Services Operations Manager

Aquatic Services Operations Manager

• Permanent Full Time
• Salary up to $ 121,368 per annum plus superannuation and operational motor Vehicle under lease back arrangements and a Mobile phone allowance
• (Salary package will be assessed based on skills, experience and qualifications)

At Wollongong City Council we have a steadfast commitment to creating an Extraordinary Wollongong. We are in an exciting period of transformation and focused on delivering exceptional services, infrastructure and facilities for our community.

Our strength is the diversity of our people. Together our responsibility is to create an inclusive place where everyone is welcome, valued and belongs. We lead with courage, openness and curiosity. Our conversations and actions celebrate diversity, inclusion and belonging. Learn more about us here.

About the role

The Aquatic Services Operational Manager is a critical role within our newly formed Sport and Recreation Division at council, it ensures the effective and sustainable management and coordination of Council’s Aquatic Services.

What You Will Be Doing:

This position specifically focuses on: strategic management, leadership, finance, human resources, risk management, promotion and marketing of water safety initiatives as well as providing direction to the day-to-day operations of Council’s Pool Lifeguard Services across our City’s 9 supervised community pools.

This position plays a key role in meeting the recreational, sporting and leisure needs of the community and providing a range and services that will sustain and improve the city’s lifestyle, bio-diversity and natural assets.

You will have:

• High level operational experience in an aquatic or leisure centre environment.
• High level project management experience including significant infrastructure project scoping and delivery including management of budgets and programs.
• Extensive experience in scheduling and resource planning for forward works programs.
• Extensive change management experience including consultation and deployment of significant change initiatives.
• Continuous improvement mindset and ability to be agile and responsive to opportunities as they present.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills including negotiation and mediation with a demonstrated ability to resolve conflict.
• Ability to lead and influence teams to achieve strategic goals.
• Proven ability to be a self-starter who is able to drive and lead projects to completion without supervision.
• High level proficiency in the managing and reporting of budgets.
• Experience in guiding and facilitating difficult conversations.
• Experience in driving continuous operational and business process improvement

Benefits of working at Council:

• We provide flexible working arrangements such as flex- you just need to ask!
• We are value-led, support and encourage personal and professional growth, recognise and reward performance and embrace change.
• We provide generous leave provisions including 5 weeks annual leave per year of service
• Long Service Leave after 5 years
• We are committed to providing a safe working environment for all, (everyone, every day and everywhere) and make available wellbeing programs to support mental, physical and social wellbeing of our staff to be at their best.
• Access to Fitness Passport

Interested?

• For more information, click on Apply to be redirected to Wollongong City Council's E-recruitment site.
• You will be prompted through the application to answer the essential requirements as outlined on Page 3
• Contact LMark Berriman, Senior Manager Sport and Recreation on (02) 4227 7429​

Applications close 11:59pm, Monday 29 April 2024

We encourage applications from everyone regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, cultural background, faith, disability or gender identity. People with disability are encouraged to reach out so they can be supported in recruitment processes, to enable them to demonstrate their skills and capabilities to meet the requirements of the job.

Wollongong Council adheres to the principles of a child safe organisation and is committed to the care and protection of all children and young people in the community.

Applicants are required to undergo a rigorous employment screening process which will include Reference, Identity and Medical History Checks, and may also include a Criminal History and Working with Children Check. Employment is subject to clearance of all these checks.