Senior Parks Site Officer

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Why work with us?

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At Council, we’re proud of our region. We collaborate with community to achieve truly sustainable outcomes, enhance our enviable lifestyle, and create award-winning places and spaces that are uniquely Sunshine Coast. So, if you love it here as much as we do, and you want to shape our region for the future – you’ll want to join our team!

With the vision to be Australia’s most sustainable region -Connected. Liveable. Thriving, our region is a model of sustainability, where caring for our environment, creating vibrant communities and growing our local economy is a way of life.

**About the Role

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Our Major Sport Facilities Sports Turf Team develop a diverse range of quality Regional & Community sport, events and recreations facilities that contribute to the social cohesion, economic viability and health and wellbeing of our community.

We are seeking a Senior Parks Site Officer to deliver a high standard of sports turf maintenance and field presentation across our Sunshine Coast Stadium, Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex and other venues within the Major Sports Facilities portfolio.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Supervise, lead, resource, educate, and motivate the Major Sport Facilities Sports Turf team.
• Provide assistance to the Sport Turf Curator to plan and organise the efficient, effective and timely delivery of the Sports precincts playing turf and surrounds maintenance services within approved budget and schedules.
• Lead horticulture, landscaping, arboriculture and Sports Turf management functions to meet operational plans and schedules, ensuring high quality and safe playing surfaces.
• Coordinate sports turf and horticulture projects, operational site activities, including on-the-job supervision, training, and completion of daily documentation.
• Participate in the development of a healthy and safe workplace, ensuring compliance with Workplace Health and Safety Act, Environmental Protection Act, and Council procedure

**About you
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As someone passionate about Sports Turf management, sport, events, who brings a high level of energy. You will posses a Certificate IV in Horticulture, Sports Turf Management or equivalent trade and have relevant experience in the turf management. A requirement of the position is to hold a Work Safely in the Construction Industry White Card.

You are a natural leader who can educate and motivate a high-performing and innovative team, you have demonstrated strong problem-solving skills, initiative and can complete tasks within set timeframes.

Essential to your success is physical agility and the level of fitness, strength and dexterity to carry out labouring and frequent heavy lifting & bending. As such, appointment to this position is subject to completion of a pre-employment medical assessment.

Candidates possessing the following will be highly regarded for the role:

• Ability to coordinate and manage staff, deliver high quaitly Sport Turf playing fields and  operational outputs to support events in a busy multi sport and events precinct without direct supervisio

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Our Culture & Employee Benefits

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Council is committed to creating an inclusive, culturally diverse, healthy, skilled and dedicated workplace culture. As an employee you will enjoy a range of benefits which include but are not limited to:

• 9-day fortnight - to support your enjoyment of the lifestyle benefits Sunshine Coast has to offer.
• Development opportunities through corporate learning and development programs
• Discounted health related memberships and other wellbeing initiatives

How to apply

Your written application should include:

• A 1-2 page cover letter demonstrating your ability to fulfil the mandatory and desirable requirements on the Position Profile. Keep the key responsibilities in mind when addressing this criteria; and
• A current resume or curriculum vitae.

Once you have these two documents ready, click ‘Apply Now’ and follow the prompts to complete your application.

Further Information

Helpful information to assist you in completing your application is available on the Sunshine Coast Council website.

To learn more about Council’s vision and projects, you can view the Corporate Plan 2025-2030.

For specific enquiries contact Simon Ball during business hours on 0406 094 007.

We're working hard to create an inclusive workplace that reflects the diverse community we serve. If you require adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out to the Recruitment Team [email protected].

_At Sunshine Coast Council, we embrace differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background including First Nations, disability, religion and sexual orientation. To deliver the best service to our region we want a workforce that reflects the diverse community that we serve. Sunshine Coast Council strongly encourages all suitable applicants to apply for this role.

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