Warrumbungle Shire Council

Team Leader Urban Services

Department: Urban Services and Facilities

Reports to: Manager Urban Services and Facilities

Salary Range: $1,207 - $1,378 per 38 hour week + superannuation

Are you passionate about maintaining beautiful, functional, and welcoming public spaces? Do you enjoy leading a team and taking pride in the presentation of your town’s parks, gardens, and recreational areas? Warrumbungle Shire Council is seeking a hands-on, community-focused Team Leader Urban Services, based at Mendooran, to coordinate and deliver a wide range of town maintenance activities. This is a rewarding role for someone who wants to contribute directly to the liveability of Mendooran and the wellbeing of its residents and visitors.

In this varied and active role, you’ll be responsible for leading a small team to maintain Mendooran’s urban landscapes, including sporting grounds, cemeteries, footpaths, gardens, and street trees. You’ll prepare weekly work schedules, coordinate contractors when required, operate and maintain machinery and equipment, particularly ride-on mowers, and tractor with attachments, and work within budgets and timelines. A crucial aspect of this role involves ensuring the cleanliness and hygiene of public toilets and change rooms, so we want to be clear – this task is essential, ongoing, and equally important as all other urban services responsibilities.

To be successful in this role, you’ll bring a strong background in horticulture, landscaping, or turf management, along with practical skills in operating small plant and irrigation equipment. Your leadership will be key to motivating the team, maintaining high safety standards, and responding to community needs with professionalism and care. A Certificate III in Horticulture (or equivalent experience), an LR driver’s licence, White Card, and Traffic Controller ticket are essential, with additional tickets like a chainsaw licence, chemical handling certification, or First Aid seen as highly desirable.

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This position is located in the quiet rural village of Mendooran. Known as a mural town, the main street is painted with colourful murals reflecting country life and Mendooran's history. There is a great country pub and loads of local personalities to entertain you. Less than an hour to Coonabarabran and Dubbo, everything is at your fingertips.

Selection criteria include:

• Certificate III in Horticulture or similar relevant field and /or several years’ relevant experience in general gardening, parks and sporting fields maintenance.
• Class “LR” Drivers Licence
• Ability to operate and maintain machinery and equipment, particularly ride-on mowers, and tractor with attachments,
• OHS Construction Induction Certificate (“white card”)
• Traffic Controller tickets
• Ability to coordinate a small team to achieve outcomes
• Communication skills to enable the jobholder to:
  • provide and obtain information
  • participate in meetings/group discussions
  • complete standard forms
  • deliver effective customer service

It's a plus if you have a verification of competency for tractor and attachment operation, level 2 chainsaw ticket, chemical handing and first aid certificates.

Benefits of working for Council

Council is committed to creating a positive working environment and offer a range of benefits for staff, including

• Great leave opportunities 
  • Long service leave after 5 years
  • 1 RDO every 2 weeks
  • Paid parental and concurrent parental leave
  • Carer’s leave
  • 3 weeks sick leave per year including up to 2 days health and wellbeing leave each year
  • Purchase additional leave or cash out leave
  • Deferred leave scheme – eg work three years at 75% of your pay and have the following year off at 75% of your pay! 
• Support for training and professional development
  • Formal training opportunities
  • Access to thousands of free online training courses
• Weekly pay cycle
• Mobile phone allowance available if you bring your own device
• Salary Packaging options to maximise your take-home pay
• Hybrid work and flexible hours by agreement and subject to role requirements
• Wellness – we want you to be at your best self so you and your immediate family members have access to our employee assistance program with TELUS Health One
• Free annual flu vaccinations and bi-annual skin cancer checks available
• PPE provided

About Warrumbungle Shire Council

Warrumbungle Shire is strategically positioned on the Newell Highway, a short drive from Tamworth, Mudgee and Dubbo, and just over 3 hours from Newcastle, making Warrumbungle Shire a great place to live and work. Covering an area of more than 12,000km², and with a population of nearly 10,000, Warrumbungle Shire Council is one of the larger Local Government Areas in Central West NSW, home to the townships of Coonabarabran, Coolah, Dunedoo, Binnaway, Baradine and Mendooran. 

With a rich history and stunning landscapes including spectacular mountain ranges, waterfalls, ancient sandstone caves, gorges, and beautiful plains, our scenic location amongst friendly country communities provides an ideal setting for those looking to balance a country lifestyle and career.

At Warrumbungle Shire Council we offer a broad variety of jobs with a range of benefits and career development opportunities within Local Government. The guiding principles of honesty, integrity, fairness and compassion form the spirit of the team along with respect, transparency, passion, trust and opportunity is how Warrumbungle Shire Council strengthens its working environment to deliver on the aspirations of our community. Council is proud to be an equal opportunity and child safe employer with a commitment to our staff and our vision is Excellence in Local Government. 

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Applications close at 11.00 pm Sunday 4 May 2025.

For enquiries, please contact Human Resources on 6849 2000.

Applicants should note that Criminal History Checks, as well as alcohol and drug testing, are conditions of employment.