Unit Manager Urban Forest - Hadfield, Australia - Merri-bek City Council

Merri-bek City Council

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Hadfield, Australia

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Description

Hybrid Working Options #LI-Hybrid**:

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Part time maximum term role until 31 January 2025:

Job share, 2 days a week (0.

4 FTE) (based on 38 hours per week)**:
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Salary: SEO:

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Ability to transfer or take LSL (Long Service Leave) within Local Government

About Merri-bek City Council:

Merri-bek City Council is a progressive council of 175,000 residents: one community, proudly diverse.

Our council area sits within the banks of the Merri Creek and the Moonee Ponds Creek, and includes Brunswick, Coburg, Fawkner, Glenroy, Gowanbrae, Hadfield, Oak Park and Pascoe Vale.

Our city is vibrant and energetic, known for its active community, cultural diversity, creative industries and the arts. Our long-term vision has ambitious goals for environmental sustainability, social justice, community wellbeing, and creating great places.

With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne's CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food and cafés right at the doorstep.

Merri-bek Council strives to be a contemporary, innovative and collaborative organisation with a deep commitment to engaging and supporting the Merri-bek community.

Our organisational vision is to be one team, brave and diverse, making a difference.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and welcoming workplace. We offer flexible and hybrid work options and genuinely care about providing our staff work/life balance.

With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne's CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food, cafés, parks and a cinema right at the doorstep.

Merri-bek is a great place to live, work and play.

About the role:

A key leadership role within Merri-bek City Council, this position is responsible for leading the Urban Forest Unit.

The role works across the organisation and with the community to strategically develop, plan and deliver the outcomes described in Council's Urban Forest Strategy, managing the maintenance of the urban forest to reduce risk, promote urban cooling and improve amenity.

Skills and experience require to perform the role:

A tertiary qualification in Arboriculture or related disciplines and/or relevant experience managing an urban forest and tree maintenance service delivery is desirable.
Demonstrated ability and experience in managing, leading, motivating, and developing staff to create an outcomefocussed, changeready, innovationsavvy and performanceoriented culture.
Demonstrated commitment to workplace health and safety, knowledge of relevant Acts and Regulations governing workplace health and safety in Victoria.
Demonstrated understanding and ability to implement competitive business management principles and practices including the ability to network widely and identify and introduce practices to workgroups that will improve productivity and effectiveness.
Demonstrated understanding of Child safety and wellbeing requirements and how this applies in the Urban Forest Unit.

What the role can offer:

Extensive opportunities for training & career development
Salary sacrifice options
A real sense of worklife balance & flexible work options
Employersupported study assistance schemes
Wellness programs

Further support offered for our staff:

Up to 20 weeks primary & up to 5 weeks secondary parental leave
Purchase leave
Ceremonial leave
Gender affirmation leave
Family violence leave

Applications close: 11:30pm, Tuesday, 21 May 2024.

How to apply:

Please note that some documents relating to this position may reference Moreland City Council. We are in the process of updating the councils new name of Merribek City Council.

Merri-bek is focused on diverse representation of the community we serve.

With this we value lived experience that could contribute to the shaping of this role and in turn will continue to provide representation and growth of safe and inclusive work culture.

Our Commitment:

In May 2021, Merri-bek Council adopted a revised Statement of Commitment to Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung People and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of the municipality.

The statement recognises the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as the traditional owners of the lands and waterways of our municipality.

Merri-bek City Council is committed to being a Child Safe Organisation and has zero tolerance for child abuse.

We believe children and young people have the right to be and feel safe and that their safety and wellbeing is the responsibility of everyone.

You can read more about our Child Safety Commitment Statement on our website.