Sports Development and Participation Officer

3 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia Whitehorse City Council Full time

**Salary from $100,112 - $111,313 per annum + Superannuation (dependent on experience)**:

- **Full-time, Fixed-term until January 2025**:

- **Hybrid role**

At Whitehorse City Council, community is at the heart of everything we do. To stay ahead of the evolving changes and needs of the community, the organisation is undertaking an exciting transformation journey that will transform ways of working and will empower employees to be innovative and constantly striving towards providing excellent customer experience at all times. The five pillars of our transformation focus on:

- Excellent Customer Experience and Service Delivery
- Great Organisational Culture
- Innovation and Continuous Improvement
- Good Governance and Integrity
- Long Term Financial Sustainability

**The role**:
The position is responsible for:
- Proactively planning for and managing sport and recreation facility utilization
- Development of policies and procedures for equitable access to sporting facilities, particularly in relation to the implementation of Whitehorse's approach to delivering against the MER Fair Access Policy
- Securing partnerships with not-for-profit providers to support club development opportunities
- Provision of specialised advice for community sport and recreation projects across a number of teams of Council and the region

This is a high-profile and visible role within Council and will involve significant interaction with sport and recreation stakeholder representatives, Councillors, management, and other relevant staff throughout the Council, as well as a focus on undertaking research, promotion and policy development.

**About you**:
We are looking for someone with:
- A strong interest in physical activity across various contexts and importantly, a passion for community health and wellbeing.
- Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Project management experience with a focus on timely delivery
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal A track record of successfully driving multiple complex projects requiring collaboration**In return, we will offer**:
**The ability to make a difference - **Working at Whitehorse City Council you contribute to making a real difference in the lives of the community and those that live, learn, work or visit Whitehorse. Every day you really will see how the work you're involved in benefits the diverse community.

**Great working conditions **- a professional environment, friendly and supportive teams and a flexibility program that promotes employee work life balance.

**An extensive Health and Wellbeing offering **- Employee assistance program, private health insurance benefits, health checks (skin, hearing and vaccinations), discounted gym membership and facilities (e.g. Theatre, Arts, Leisure) and an active health and wellness program (e.g. stretching, healthy eating demonstrations and health challenges.

**Transformation**:

- We are in a time of transformation to stay ahead of the evolving changes and needs of our community. Together, we are on an exciting journey to empower all of our employees to be innovative, and constantly strive towards continuous improvement.

**Further Information
- Further information is available from Kyle Chandler, Coordinator Active Communities on 0418 507 913. To apply, please provide your CV outlining both your secular and sporting experience (as a player, volunteer etc) and a one page statement addressing the key selection criteria of the role as below. Applications close 29 April 2024. _
- Tertiary qualifications in Recreation, Sport, Leisure Studies, Planning, Project Management or a related discipline combined with experience in project management and the development of policy and strategy in a community/sport/recreation/leisure-based setting, preferably within a Local Government context.
- Thorough understanding of community consultation, project management techniques and principles and the demonstrated capacity to deliver quality projects on time and within budget.
- Highly developed interpersonal, facilitation, consultation, negotiation and engagement skills, and the ability to negotiate and problem solve. This includes experience working with engaged stakeholders (e.g.sports clubs, community groups and local residents)
- Extensive knowledge of community / society health and wellbeing trends, sport and recreation club development, governance, participation, growth, industry trends and challenges.

Ability to build productive stakeholder relationships to work in partnership with, influence, educate and manage expectations of state, regional and local sports associations and sports clubs in the provision of sport and recreational facilities and activities**Come and join the transformation
**_Download the Position Description: _**

Sports Development and Participation Officer
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