The City of Casey is one of Victoria’s largest, fastest growing and most diverse cities. The Council plans and delivers quality services and infrastructure for the more than 400,000 residents and over 36,000 businesses who call Casey home.

Our workspace is located within Bunjil Place, a must-visit destination nestled within Narre Warren in Melbourne’s southeast. Bunjil Place reflects and enhances the city’s rich diversity by providing an energetic and cosmopolitan atmosphere through a lively community meeting place.

Our Benefits:

Benefits | City of Casey

• Experience a flexible, supportive work environment with a strong culture of collaboration and growth.
• Access to diverse professional development opportunities.
• Conveniently located near Westfield shopping centre, with an adjacent gym/pool offering Free Workout Wednesdays, discounted memberships, and an onsite café.
• Work in a multi-award-winning, architecturally designed office with fully equipped kitchens, free coffee, community library on-site, free parking, and more.

VIBE (Casey Works Centre) is home to the Open Space & City Greening business unit and offers modern, smart, and functional workspaces which support the service and operational needs of the Infrastructure & Open Space Department.

We live our values of dreaming big, empowering each other, and making our community proud.

A bit about the role

Help shape vibrant open spaces across the City of Casey by coordinating maintenance and enhancement works, managing contractors for safe and efficient service delivery, and using data insights to drive quality outcome, all while ensuring responsive customer service aligned with Council standards.

What you’ll deliver

• Provide supervision for infrastructure crew staff.
• Provide advice to the Open Space Coordinators and Team Leader Sportsgrounds and Open Space on issues relating to the work tasks.
• Supervise and monitor contractors’ compliance with specifications for contractual works.
• Assist the Open Space Coordinators in planning open space renewal across City of Casey.
• Investigate and advise on actions for community requests, responding to Open Space Coordinators and ratepayers and members of the public in an effective, efficient, and timely manner.
• Collect and input data into proactive asset renewal programs.

What you’ll bring

• Proven experience in supervision of parks and gardens staff and/or contractors.
• Proven experience in the maintenance of open space within Parks and Reserves.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and coordinate to meet deliverables in required timelines.
• Experience working collaboratively to achieve outcomes.
• Intermediate information technology skills to compose clear information into emails, data entry, Microsoft Office programs, GIS maps and ‘TechnologyONE’.
• Willingness to undergo pre-employment background checks including National Criminal History Check, Working with Children Check, Eligibility to Work check and Functional Assessment (Medical/physio)
• A curious, collaborative, and inclusive community mindset.

What’s next?

If you think this role might be for you, we would love to hear from you.

Please apply by following the links and attaching a cover letter and resume. We do not require any selection criteria to be addressed.

Position Description: Open Space Officer - PD

To find out more about the role, please contact, Sean Arnott, Coordinator Open Space, on 9792 7253 and [email protected]

Applications will be accepted until 11.55pm on Sunday 20th July 2025.

Please Note: Applications will not be accepted via email. Please apply by following the links only.

We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

At the City of Casey, we are proud to be an inclusive, child safe, and equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, cultures, backgrounds, and abilities, including those with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTIQA+ communities, multicultural communities, and refugee or migrant backgrounds.

We are committed to providing a diverse, safe, and inclusive environment where everyone can grow and succeed. We promote gender equity and actively address barriers to employment, ensuring participation without discrimination and supporting workplace adjustments.

For any reasonable adjustments or access needs during the application or interview process, please contact the Talent Team at 9709 9633 or [email protected].

The City of Casey reserves the right not to make any appointments for this position.

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