Unit Manager Environmental Compliance Services

Exciting opportunity for an experienced leader to join our team and lead compliance across health, compliance and regulations for the Central Coast region.

• Senior leadership role.
• Drive the delivery of environmental, land, health and building protection, compliance and regulation, including business systems and ranger services to the community.
• Drive strategy and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance community health and safety.
• Collaborate with diverse stakeholders to resolve complex compliance matters.
• Competitive remuneration package including a leaseback vehicle.
  
  

About The Role

The Unit Manager Environmental Compliance Services plays a pivotal role in ensuring the Central Coast meets requirements of legislation relating to health, compliance and regulation. In addition, it will lead the provision of support and systems required to execute legislative and compliance activities that focus on continuous improvement and community expectations.

Reporting directly to the Director of Environment and Planning, you will provide leadership to a team of professionals responsible for the delivery of activities such as building regulation compliance, public health and environmental compliance, community safety and ranger services, community contracts and business support services across Council.

As a key leader in our organisation, you will develop systems to support compliance activities, and foster a culture of customer-first service while ensuring rigorous adherence to legislative requirements.

The position is responsible for a diverse range of environmental compliance challenges in NSW, as well as playing a lead role in emergency management in a high risk location for natural disasters.

This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

To Be Successful In This Role, You Will Have

• a degree qualification in Environmental Health and/ or Building, OR Environmental Management, Compliance, Regulatory Enforcement, Law or Business Management, combined with extensive solid contemporary experience in a similar role combined with ongoing professional development
• extensive experience in a similar role working in a large organisation
• proven success as a leader with the ability to grow and develop teams focused on quality outcomes and a customer focus
• extensive experience in dealing with complex legislation and practice in a compliance, governance or regulatory framework
• extensive experience operating at a senior level in working with customers to resolve high priority, sensitive and complex matters, striking the balance between customer service and environmental compliance
• significant experience working in a highly political environment
• extensive experience in implementing and developing technologies and systems to improve business processes.
  
  

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Other Important Information

• This is a permanent full time position.
• We are able to offer hybrid and flexible working conditions for this role.
• This role is located at the Wyong Administration Building.
  
  

Council may create an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.

Extra Benefits

At Central Coast Council we provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check-ups. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.

Other Extras Include

• Long service leave after 5 years of continuous service
• Free flu vaccination program
• Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, Breast screen and blood donations
• Access to professional development with career development and learning programs through various platforms
• We reward and recognise our staff with our Cheers program
• Novated leasing partnerships.
  
  

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

Want to know more?

The contact person for this role is Donna Bringolf, Section Manager Strategic Business Partnering. You can contact Donna on 0438 212 476.

This position will close for applications at midnight on Sunday, 24 August 2025.

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Location

Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia.

How To Apply

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• Answer the on-line questions shown below.
• Attach your resume
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