Team Leader Open Space Planning and Design

2 weeks ago

Ballarat, Australia City of Ballarat Full time

**Permanent, full-time leadership role**:

- **Flexible work arrangements avaliable****:

- **Dynamic City Design team in this newly created leadership role***

**The Role**:
City of Ballarat is seeking an experienced open space planning and design professional to lead the newly created Open Space Planning and Design group within the City Design Unit. The role reports directly to the Executive Manager City Design and acts as the advocate for relevant open space planning and design matters. The role requires an organised and adaptive leader who can demonstrate strong landscape design capabilities, clear and ambitious leadership on relevant open space matters and has a solid understanding of the planning and development process for private reserves that are created through the planning and subdivision process.

City Design is a unit within the Development and Growth Division responsible for delivering quality design projects in streetscapes and the public realm, open spaces, new links for walking, cycling and recreational trails, upgrades to major urban renewal sites and other urban and landscape design projects.

This is a terrific opportunity for an landscape design leader experienced across the full life-cycle of open space projects to bring that expertise to a team of dedicated Landscape Architects and Project Managers.

**About You**:
We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced people and design leader with a passion for the design and planning of high-quality open spaces, parks and reserves.

Qualifications and Experience:

- Demonstrated leadership experience related to the design of open spaces, parks and reserves.
- Demonstrated people management experience including the ability to inspire a diverse team, collaborate, encourage innovation and reform, and create a positive team culture.
- Demonstrated high level of leadership, interpersonal, communication, consultation and negotiation skills, as well as the ability to articulate issues and influence outcomes.
- Tertiary qualifications in an appropriate design discipline or approved equivalent professional qualification (e.g. Landscape Architecture) and several years’ experience managing, designing and delivering relevant projects within or with Local Government.
- Senior and middle-management experience highly regarded

**To Apply**:
**Contact**:
**Job Ref**:

- LP000043

**Submitted**:

- 18-10-2024

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