Blcs Service And Training Officer

**Job No**:BC3030***

**Location**:Blacktown, NSW***

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Blacktown City is a growing and thriving city, located halfway between Sydney City and the Blue Mountains. With 435,000 residents, we are the largest and most diverse city in NSW, spread across 54 suburbs. Blacktown City is vibrant, dynamic and multicultural, home to a large First Nations community, and more than 180 different birthplaces and languages.

With $22.6 billion regional economy, Blacktown City is also home to 30,000 businesses. Working at Blacktown City Council provides widespread, exciting professional opportunities. Our Council is leading the transformation of Blacktown City and Western Sydney. We are implementing a vision for a modern city, full of opportunity for our residents and businesses.

Our Council is led by highly skilled and experienced professionals, working with talented and passionate teams across a diverse range of business units. We are delivering high quality, customer-focused services, experiences, and facilities, and leading a program of strategic planning, activity and investment.

**About the opportunity**

Our Key Venues section oversees all of our aquatic and leisure centres. We deliver first-class activity and program choice, we promote Blacktown City as the leader in sport, recreation and leisure and we give every visitor and customer a safe and memorable experience. Our values are teamwork, customer focus, innovation and commitment to safety.

Blacktown Leisure Centre Stanhope (BLCS) and Blacktown Tennis Centre Stanhope are award winning multi-purpose facilities, and offers high quality programs and services. The leisure centre opened its doors in 2003 and the tennis centre in 2016 and attracts more than 800,000 visitors per year. We offer the community an exciting range of health, aquatic, leisure, sport and tennis programs and services, which includes an indoor aquatic centre with 25 metre 10 lane lap pool, wave pool, program pool, a 4 court stadium and 16 plexicushion tennis courts, as well as a health and fitness centre, crèche and function room facilities.

We have an exciting permanent, full-time opportunity for an experienced, organised and highly motivated individual to lead our front desk and catering teams, and to drive a training and development environment across the venue. This position reports to the Aquatic and Leisure Centres Coordinator (Stanhope), and will work closely with the Key Venues Coordinator Customer Experience.

**Position purpose**:

- To directly organise, lead and coordinate the front desk and catering teams as well as coordinating and delivering the function of training and development for all BLCS personnel
- Monitoring of pre-requisite qualifications, ensuring re-qualification is coordinated and delivered and ensuring that all personnel maintain the essential qualifications and training required for a busy multifunctional facility
- The position will assist the Coordinator Customer Experience in organising, facilitating and delivering training to Key Venues personnel.

**Qualifications and experience**

**Essential**:

- Certificate III in a related field
- Solid experience
- Current class C driver's licence
- Current Working With Children Check.

**Desirable**:

- Relevant experience in accordance with requirements outlined in the position description
- Certificate III in Workplace Training and Assessment
- Knowledge of applicable legislation/regulations
- Knowledge of and/or experience of training and development programs
- Excellent organiser
- Logical with excellent 'attention to detail'
- Cash handling experience and cash management skills
- Experience working both within a team environment and as a 'self-starter'
- Demonstrated commitment to customer service
- Availability to work flexible working hours.

**Remuneration and benefits**

The salary and conditions of employment are in accordance with Blacktown City Council's Enterprise Agreement.
- Entry level for this position starts at $1,451.97
- 35-hours working week
- Rostered Day Off (RDO) every fortnight
- Employee benefits such as leave entitlements (where applicable), 11.5% employer contribution payable to your nominated superannuation fund, Fitness Passport, gym membership discounts, and social clubs.

**Our commitment to safety**

Blacktown City Council is committed to safety. We have introduced alcohol and other drug testing at the pre-employment phase, and via a series of random and cause testing.

We are a child safe organisation that supports and promotes the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of children.
- Have your resume and any other relevant documentation ready to attach.

Best of luck.

**Closing date: Friday 22 November 2024, 11.59 pm**

**Contact officer: Bek Davis on 9421 2600**

**Internal ref: BCC820