Manager City Improvement

CBCity is one of the largest Council’s in New South Wales, responsible for delivering quality services to our community and we know that together we create a great city we love.  

The Manager City Improvement will provide direction and leadership to the City Improvement unit. The position will develop leadership at all levels and ensure a customer-centric culture that provides a coordinated approach to the improvement of our town centres and public spaces.

You will identify improvements to Council’s services and activities that improve town centres and public spaces with the customer at the centre of decision-making

The position will also provide ongoing operational and strategic support to the Director to meet overall department and organisational obligations.

Some of your duties will include:

• Provide clear direction to the unit and advise on actions and agreed plans to enable organisation alignment with a strong focus on the achievement of set strategic goals
• Active engagement and consultation with stakeholders to identify their requirements, using the data to enable organisational direction, strategy and action plans
• Develop evaluation and continuous improvement plans, systems and processes
• Proactively oversee and monitor incoming and outgoing data to drive decision making and share outcomes with other business areas
• Use deep understanding of variation and its impacts on predictability, profitability and performance to deliver value to all stakeholders in an ethical, social and environmentally responsible manner
• Build a culture that is embedded in the values of the organisation through decisions and exemplary behaviour
  
  *For a full list of duties, please refer to the position description

The successful applicant will have:

• Professional qualifications and/or extensive equivalent experience
• Demonstrated experience in the development of leadership at all levels and performance management of team members
• Experience working in a political environment requiring sound judgement, being astute and demonstrating political acumen
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge across several functional areas within relevant field and collaboratively working with internal/external stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience in change management, continuous business improvement, and digital transformation of processes/operations
• Demonstrated skills in developing business unit plans and strategies to deliver services within budget and agreed service levels
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to form positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, groups, organisations, and individuals
• C Class Drivers' Licence

This opportunity will be offered on a permanent full time basis

Why should you join our team? 

This is an exciting opportunity to join the largest Council in NSW and work for an organisation that is an Employer of choice and innovates and collaborates.

Here at CBCity, we offer access to health and wellbeing programs, access to further training and development.

Our ambition is that our Community love their community and to achieve this it will mean that our people feel safe and heard and are proud to live in Canterbury Bankstown. We’ll achieve this by putting the people we serve at the heart of everything we do to deliver better, easier support services. 

By joining our team, you will evolve within a dynamic and welcoming organisation that makes serving the community our primary mission. Because diversity and inclusion are our strength, we encourage all members of the community to apply. 

Some of our benefits include:

• Competitive Salary + Leaseback vehicle + 10% super
• Hybrid WFH for up-to 2 days a week.
• 18 weeks paid parental leave.
• Access to long service leave after 5 years.
• 5 weeks annual leave per year 

How to apply:

For more information, please contact James Carey (Director City Future) on (02 9707 9472 ) or James.Carey@cbcity.nsw.gov.au

You will need to submit your application via the ‘Apply’ button below and create a login using your email address and upload a;

• Resume; and
• Cover Letter explaining your suitability for the role.

Applications close at 11:59pm on Friday 27 May 2022

Canterbury-Bankstown Council is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability are encouraged to apply for all advertised positions. If you require assistance, please advise the contact person at the time of your application.

Successful applicants may be required to undertake a Criminal History Check, Medical and/or Working with Children check in accordance with the position.

Council is committed to ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of all team members and other workers. Our COVIDSafe Workplace Policy requires all team members to be up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccination status before commencing employment with Canterbury-Bankstown Council. Council defines ‘up-to-date’ to include having had a third dose within 6 months of receiving their second dose of an approved COVID-19 vaccine. Medical exemptions are only available if you are unable to be vaccinated due to genuine medical contraindications, and may be subject to further review. Applications for a medical exemption will be managed in accordance with Council’s COVIDSafe Workplace Policy.