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Team Leader Sporting Facilities

Dubbo Regional Council

Date posted: October 21, 2024

Closes: Nov 05, 2024


At the heart of community. At the start of the future.

That’s where you’ll find Dubbo Regional Council and this opportunity to shape our region as our new Team Leader Sporting Facilities.

Our people care deeply about serving and strengthening our community. We work for 55,000 residents and 1.65 million people who visit our region each year - and when you join us, you’ll be part of that impact every single day. We’re at the centre of huge and important environmental, economic and societal change that will ensure a more sustainable future – for the Dubbo region, New South Wales, and beyond. It doesn’t get much bigger than that.

Join us as the Team Leader Sporting Facilities in the Greenspace Operations branch, and develop your skills and future career.

Find personal and professional growth

As the Team Leader Sporting Facilities you'll have the opportunity to grow your skills as a qualified Greenkeeper and lead a dedicated team in enhancing our community's
sporting facilities. You'll find diversity through providing strategic input into plans and budgets, coordinating team operations and fostering positive collaboration with
community groups. If you're ready to cultivate your career and make a positive impact on our local
sporting community, apply now and help us promote a vibrant, active lifestyle
in Dubbo!

You'll find growth through:

  • Providing Sporting Facilities services, ensuring all operations are technically sound, up
    to date and cost effective
  • Responding to public enquiries, complaints and requests
  • Leading and coordinating the Sporting Facilities Team
  • Maintaining Recreation Open Space assets
  • Assisting the Manager Greenspace Operations in providing branch input and
    implementing various strategic plans & documents


What you'll bring

To thrive in this role, you will need:

  • Certificate IV in greenkeeping or related field with a willingness to undertake further study in a related field
  • Proven experience in leading sporting facilities teams and experience in planning and programming works
  • Demonstrated experience in working with volunteer and community sporting groups
  • Demonstrated high level communication and inter-personal skills.
  • Demonstrated competence in MS Word, MS Excel, Outlook and MS Project.

Ready for your opportunity?

Join us, and help strengthen our community and your career.

This position offers an attractive annual salary ranging from $85,603 to $99,483.

To find out more about this role, explore the Position Description and feel free to reach out to our Manager Greenspace Operations on 02 6801 4722 to make an enquiry.

If this role sounds like you, we would love to hear from you, simply click Apply Now!

This position requires a pre-employment health assessment. Please refer to the Job Demands document for the physical requirements of the position.

Applications close 9:00am, Tuesday 5 November 2024.

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Why Dubbo Regional Council?

At Dubbo Regional Council, you’ll find a great combination. Here’s what you can expect in your career with us:

  • Find purpose and impact

Everything you do at Dubbo Regional Council makes a difference for so many people, in so many ways. It’ll always be that way. But right here, right now, we’re at the heart of some big change - and this is your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help us shape the future for communities here and beyond.

  • Find personal and professional growth

You’ll find so much variety here. We’re doing diverse, high-impact work at scale. For you, that means plenty of opportunity to develop your skills and future career.

  • Find people you can count on and a lifestyle you love

Your career matters, but so does your life outside of work. You don’t have to sacrifice one for the other. Here, you’ll achieve and grow in a great place to live and work, with people who truly care.

You’ll also enjoy a range of other benefits:

  • Find a better balance - enjoy a 38-hour work week embracing a 9-day fortnight, plus generous leave allowances.
  • Make your pay go further with a variety of salary-packaging options, including Rainbow Cottage Childcare, novated vehicle leasing, self-education expenses, disability/income protection insurance, and so much more.
  • Be rewarded for your impact with our annual Staff Excellence Awards and find real connection with our supportive team environment and active social club.
  • Prioritise your health and wellbeing with our Fitness Passport, comprehensive Wellbeing Program, annual flu vaccination, and Employee Assistance Program for you and your family.


Dubbo Regional Council is part of Wiradjuri Country and we acknowledge all clan groups that reside within the Dubbo and Wellington Wiradjuri Nation. We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion, and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.

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