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Form of workAbout the Role
Based at Dalby, you will be responsible for leading the Ranger team to deliver effective and positive Animal Management and local law services that protects and enhances community standards in the WDRC area.
Reporting to the Environmental Health Coordinator, you will be:
- Diligently and effectively leading Council's Rangers
- Developing and maintaining a high performing team that is results orientated, customer experience focused,
- Taking the lead for the recruitment and onboarding of new team members, and delivering effective performance reviews
- Promoting a culture of continuous improvement and taking carriage of change and improvement programs. This includes leading projects that result in ways that allocated tasks and responsibilities can be carried out more effectively and efficiently
- Developing, coordinating and overseeing education and work programs and projects in response to community concerns, regulatory requirements and Council's strategic direction;
- Task management, including rostering, the assigning of tasks and customer requests and the review of work to ensure high standards
- Undertaking of Ranger's field based duties
About you
The successful applicant will have:
- previous supervisory skills, knowledge and experience, preferably in a Local Government or other regulatory authority;
- a relevant Certificate IV or Diploma in an investigatory, animal management, legal, regulatory, or public health discipline or the ability to obtain; and
- highly developed interpersonal skills to build capacity, consult, partner, collaborate, negotiate, persuade, resolve conflict, and interact effectively at all levels (internal and external).
What we offer:
- Access to Corporate Health Plan
- Access to free Employee Assistance Program & confidential counselling
- Health & Wellbeing program
- Salary Packaging available - Motor Vehicles, Superannuation, Remote Area Housing (Rent), Fuel, Gas and Electricity
- Locality allowance
- Job security in a local government position
- Living & Working in the Western Downs
If you enjoy working both autonomously as well as collaboratively with employees, this role is for you. TOGETHER WE MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE.
Applications close at 5.00pm AEST on Thursday 7 March 2024.
Additional Information
The recruitment process may include candidates completing a pre-employment health declaration and you may be required to undergo a pre-employment medical including drug and alcohol testing.
WDRC reserves the right to close or withdraw vacancies before the advertised closing date, or extend the closing date, without prior notice.
