Blacktown City Council (View other jobs from this organisation)
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Job No: BC1079
Location: Blacktown, NSW
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 close to 360,000 and growing to 500,000 Blacktown City Council plays an important role in the delivery of services to the community. Blacktown City Council employs over 2000 staff working across over 40 business lines and provides a wide range of professional opportunities and employee benefits.
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 want a highly motivated, appropriately experienced and qualified Supervisor to join the Natural Areas Team. This new position was created to manage the rapidly expanding Natural Areas portfolio with numerous natural assets to maintain, including bushland, wetlands, bio retention systems and councils plant nursery. Opportunities exist for the right person to help shape the future of Council’s Natural Areas network.
You will be responsible for providing effective supervision of staff, monitoring staff performance, and suggesting and implementing improvements to operations. You must have sound knowledge of bush regeneration and horticultural skills, strong leadership qualities and have an ability to train and develop other staff members in reaching set goals.
Qualifications and Experience
Essential:
Desirable:
Remuneration and Benefits
The salary and conditions of employment are in accordance with Blacktown City Council’s Enterprise Agreement.
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: 2 November 2018
Contact Officer: Justine Clarke on 9839 5901
INTERNAL REF: BCC1745
This position is no longer advertised and available only for reference.