Location: Head Office - Civic Building, Torquay
Job Category: Community Services & Development, Other
* Permanent Full Time
* $111,811 – $123,329 pa (plus 12% super and annual pay increases)
* Flexible working arrangements available including flexitime, WFH and RDOs
Job Description
Your new career Join one of Victoria’s leading Waste and Circular Economy Teams at Surf Coast Shire, where innovation, sustainability, and community impact are at the heart of everything we do.
In this hands‑on leadership role, you will:
* Lead and support a high-performing team delivering waste collection, inspection, litter prevention, and administrative services.
* Manage contractor and subcontractor performance to ensure an ongoing quality of service delivery.
* Develop, monitor, and manage operational budgets and reporting requirements.
* Undertake procurement activities and apply sound forecasting practices.
* Set clear priorities and provide guidance that enables staff to continue to perform at a high standard and develop in their roles.
You’ll play a key role in shaping sustainable outcomes across the Surf Coast.
What you will bring to the role
You are a proactive and community‑minded leader who thrives in an operational environment and is passionate about delivering high‑quality waste and circular economy services.
To thrive in this role you will have:
* Proven experience coordinating operational services, ideally within waste management, resource recovery, or a related field.
* Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate, support, and develop a small but high performing and passionate team.
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills to build positive relationships with contractors, stakeholders, and the community.
* Well‑developed analytical and problem‑solving skills, including experience collecting and reporting operational data.
* The ability to manage competing priorities, contracts, and projects in a fast‑paced operational environment.
Key Selection Criteria
Mandatory qualifications, experience and requirements
* Tertiary qualification relevant to waste management, environmental management, sustainability, natural resource management or equivalent experience (Qualification check conducted).
* Demonstrated experience in all facets of waste collection operations, staff management and contract management over a minimum of 5 years.
* Demonstrated ability to engage, negotiate and build strong relationships with contractors, staff, clients, members of the public, other employees, Council and representatives of other organisations.
* Experience developing and managing budgets.
* Experience reviewing and updating policies, procedures and other documentation.
* Experience in Local Government.
* Current Victorian Driver’s Licence
* A current Working With Children Check
* You have the permanent right to live and work in Australia
* Police Check results that are suitable for this position (will be arranged by Surf Coast Shire Council). A complete international criminal history check is required if the person has worked or lived overseas for any period of time OR a complete national criminal history check is required if the person has only ever worked in Australia.
What you’ll love working with us
Council embraces diversity and social inclusion and encourages applications from skilled people from all walks of life.
We recognise that our employees play a vital role in creating an innovative, safe, respectful and supportive workplace, living our values and delivering exceptional services to our thriving community. Council is committed to providing a workplace culture of equity, inclusion and diversity that eliminates all forms of discrimination, harassment and bullying.
* Flexible working arrangements including working from home, RDOs and flexi time options.
* Employee Assistance Program and award‑winning staff wellbeing program
* Career development and learning opportunities, we help our people grow
* Purchase of additional annual leave
* Free onsite parking
* Leave loading.
Surf Coast Shire Council is an equal opportunity and child safe employer.
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