Liverpool City Council

Coordinator Urban Trees Management

Coordinator Urban Trees Management

1 X Permanent Full-Time role 35 hours, 5 days per week

Salary: $108609.01 to $119.007.71 + 11.5% super

Location: 99 Rose Street Liverpool NSW

About Us:

Liverpool City Council is committed to enhancing the quality of life for our community through sustainable urban planning and environmental stewardship. Our Urban Forestry team plays a vital role in maintaining and expanding our urban forest, ensuring it thrives for future generations.

About the Role:

As an Urban Forest Management Coordinator, you will provide leadership to a team of specialists and provide high-level expertise in urban forestry and arboriculture to urban development issues, including development applications, planning control development, strategic plans and policy responses for the Liverpool City council Local Government Area.

You will also prepare submissions in response to a wide range of urban forest and arboriculturally related issues, devising and implementing procedures concerning policy development and policy implementation, liaising with other divisions of the organisation and providing planning advice to the Council.

Provide specialist strategic and technical advice relating to urban renewal and capital projects managed by the Liverpool City Council and external stakeholders. Consultant management, stakeholder management, risk management and high level of community contact. Achieve the best arboricultural and urban forest outcomes to maximize the environmental, social and economic value it provides the community

About You:

To be successful in this role, you will have tertiary qualifications in Arboriculture at level 5 of the Australian Qualification Framework (AQF Level 5). You will also have:

• Current NSW Drivers Licence (Class C)
• Extensive experience in the assessment of trees, and resolution of complex arboriculture issues associated with urban tree management and development applications
• Extensive experience in managing resources including technical staff and budgets
• Experience in providing direction and positive feedback to team members to achieve business and operational objectives

Benefits of working with us:

• Be rewarded with an attractive annual salary package (Salary will be dependent upon the relevant skills, experience, and competencies of the successful applicant.)
• Ability to accrue up to 2 days of flexitime leave per month, which equates to up to 24 days per year (Note: this is in addition to 4 weeks of annual leave per year)
• Health and wellbeing benefits including 2 Health and Wellbeing Leave and access to our Employee Assistance Program.
• Access to a Fitness Passport membership
• Learning and development opportunities, including ongoing support and mentoring from senior members that are invested in your personal and professional success.

For further information about the position please contact Samata Billa, Talent Acquisition Partner at 87117765 

How to Apply: Please click the 'Apply' button above. Applicants must submit a covering letter, current resume and response to the selection criteria questions which will be shown once you commence your application.

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Liverpool City Council is committed to providing a working environment that supports all employees to reach their full potential.

To be eligible to apply for permanent positions at Liverpool City Council, you need to be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident. For Temporary positions, you need a visa that gives you permission to work in Australia.