Manager Community Health And Safety

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About The Role

Are you a passionate and progressive people leader, excited to shape statutory and the strategic approaches to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our community? We are looking for an experienced leader to join our Engaged Community Division, leading our Community Safety and Environmental Health teams.

About The Role

Are you a passionate and progressive people leader, excited to shape statutory and the strategic approaches to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our community? We are looking for an experienced leader to join our Engaged Community Division, leading our Community Safety and Environmental Health teams.

About You

You are a confident and experienced senior leader with a proven track record of leading people, driving strategic and regulatory outcomes, and operating effectively in complex stakeholder environments. You bring energy and purpose to your leadership, along with sound judgement, political acumen, and a strong understanding of community safety (Australian Road Rules, Dog and Cat Management, relevant Acts and By-Laws), Environmental Health (Public Health, Food and relevant Acts and By-Laws) or transferrable skills and knowledge aligned to these functions.

You are motivated by the opportunity to deliver contemporary regulatory functions in an environment that values high performance and customer experience excellence and is embracing transformational change. You thrive on shaping culture, empowering, teams and are passionate about delivering operational excellence and meaningful outcomes for our community.

To Be Successful In This Role, You Will Demonstrate

• A flexible, innovative and dynamic mindset with the ability to adapt and thrive in a changing environment.
• A passion for collaborative leadership, and the capability to coach, develop and grow people at all levels.
• A strong focus on delivering exceptional customer experience and positive outcomes for our community.
• Comprehensive knowledge of legislative framework and political processes in a Local Government environment.
• Sound knowledge of community safety, environmental health and immunisation legislation and contemporary practices.
• The ability to build and maintain relationships with elected members, executives, external agencies, and internal stakeholders.
• Strategic thinking skills, including the ability to plan for long-term outcomes aligned to public health and animal management priorities.
  
  

About Our Organisation

The City of Charles Sturt is a vibrant community home to around 130,000 people across 105 different cultures. We champion unity in diversity and strive to reflect our community within our workforce - wherever you are from, you are home in the City of Charles Sturt.

We prioritise customer and employee experience and a supportive environment where everyone belongs. With over 500 employees, our people and our community "Means the World" to us which highlights the importance of our places, our people and our service to the community.

We work flexibly and support one another. Visit our careers page to explore the benefits of joining our team and talk to us about what flexibility works for you.

About Our Team

Our Community Health and Safety Portfolio is made up of our Community Safety Team and our Environmental Health Team, focused on meeting our statutory obligations that protect the safety and wellbeing of our community. This Portfolio is responsible for developing and maintaining systems, policies, procedures and strategic plans that support effective delivery of key functions including animal management, parking, by-laws, public health and food safety. We advocate to Government and industry for best practice community health and safety outcomes and funding to support service delivery for our community. Our team also coordinates legislative enforcement processes to meet statutory requirements and represents the organisation in formal proceedings as appropriate.

The team is currently configured as just over 33 FTE.

Reporting to the General Manager, Engaged Community, this senior position will provide the strategic direction and lead the Community Health and Safety portfolio to ensure all related functions support the delivery of our Community Vision.

The Detail

The position is offered on a full-time, 5-year, fixed term basis.

A current unprohibited Working with Children Check and a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (Police check) must be maintained for the duration of the employment period in this prescribed position.

Click 'Apply for this job' to submit your application for this vacancy by 9.00am, 21 July 2025.

For further information about this vacancy, please view the attached position description.

Enquiries about this position may be made to the followingSeniority level

• Seniority levelDirector

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• Job functionMarketing and Sales
• IndustriesAdvertising Services

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