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Senior Manager City Strategy

4 weeks ago

Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia Careers at Council Full time
Overview

Senior Manager City Strategy at Wollongong City Council. Location: Wollongong, New South Wales. Employment type: Full-time.


The Opportunity

This is a unique opportunity to lead the City Strategy Division, shaping the future of Wollongong through innovative urban and environmental planning. As a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, you'll provide strategic advice to Councillors and Executive Management, manage a $4.5 million operating budget, and lead transformational initiatives including climate change policy, urban release planning, and sustainable growth strategies.


Salary and Benefits

Salary: Circa $250,000 per annum with the option of a motor vehicle equalisation allowance OR a lease for private use of a motor vehicle. The salary package will be assessed based on skills, experience and qualifications.


About You

You're an energetic and visionary leader with a passion for shaping sustainable, inclusive, and future-ready communities. You bring a strategic mindset and a collaborative approach to leading transformational planning initiatives that deliver high-quality, on-time and on-budget outcomes for Council. You'll translate strategic direction into operational goals, build a shared sense of purpose, clarify priorities, and inspire your team. You'll foster a high-performance, customer-focused culture aligned with Council's values and strategic objectives. You'll use curiosity and experience to lead complex urban and environmental planning programs, optimise organisational outcomes, and drive sustained cultural change. You welcome new challenges, tackle emerging issues with confidence, and encourage diverse perspectives to inform policy and strategy development.


Key Responsibilities
  • Drive leading practice in the development and delivery of strategic planning initiatives that support the growth and sustainability of the city.
  • Provide strategic and operational advice to Council and Executive Management.
  • Work collaboratively as an active and dynamic member of the Senior Leadership Team focused on enhancing organisational outcomes.
  • Develop external networks and represent Council as a regional leader.
  • Lead a high-performance, customer- and team-focused culture aligned to the values of the organisation.
  • Apply sound management of financial and budgetary compliance and governance responsibilities.
  • Champion and drive organisational change and reform aligned to the organisation's purpose.

Why you'll love working at Wollongong City Council

In this senior leadership role within one of the largest and most forward-thinking local governments in NSW, you'll gain access to the scale, complexity, and resources of a major city with the lifestyle of coastal living.


Additional benefits
  • Executive-level support to deliver bold initiatives
  • Strategic leadership opportunities across multidisciplinary teams
  • Access to regional and national networks, industry forums, and sector-leading peers
  • A progressive, values-driven culture that supports transformation
  • Outstanding lifestyle balance with coastal living

Applications and How to Apply

Applications close 11:59 pm Sunday, 31 August 2025. For more information, click 'Apply' to be redirected to Wollongong City Council's job vacancy page.


Equal Opportunity and Screening

We invite everyone to apply regardless of identity. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people who are culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD), people with disability and veterans.


Wollongong Council adheres to the principles of a child-safe organisation and is committed to the care and protection of all children and young people in the community.


Applicants are required to undergo a rigorous employment screening process including references, identity and medical history checks, and may include a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and Working with Children Check. Employment is subject to clearance of all these checks.


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