Job Description

• Exciting Fulltime Opportunity, Leadership role
• $97,099.24-$104,941.87 Plus Superannuation
• Join the Waste Operations team

We warmly welcome applications from leaders of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, as we value and celebrate diversity in our workplace. Step into a leadership role where you can make a real difference—join a forward-thinking local council dedicated to delivering excellence for the community. Use your strategic insight, leadership strengths, and program delivery expertise to drive impactful outcomes.

About us

Hume City Council is one of Australia’s fastest growing and culturally diverse councils. We put the customer and our community at the centre of all that we do, ensuring our services are efficient and accessible.

Hume City Council is one of Australia’s fastest growing and culturally diverse communities. With a total area spanning 504 square kilometres, its forecast that by 2041 approximately 389,000 people will call Hume home.

Your supervisory skills, alongside your ability to manage resources, develop and implement programs, strategies and policies, capability to effectively manage competing priorities, and commitment to exceeding customer expectations, will be crucial to your success in this role.

What you’ll be doing:

• Provide effective leadership and supervision to Litter and Dumped Rubbish group employees, to engage and inspire employees to demonstrate organisational values aligned behaviour, and to optimally achieve service standards.
• Supervise, lead and maximise the performance of the Litter and Dumped Rubbish group by participating in in the induction, recruitment, performance management and training (internal and external) of employees.
• Aid in the development of and mentor direct reports, maximising the contribution of team leaders.
• Encourage a safety-centric culture across the Litter and Dumped Rubbish group, ensuring employees are aware of and comply with all relevant Occupational Health and Safety legislation, policies and procedures.
• Ensure all staff with the Litter and Dumped Rubbish group are regularly provided with performance feedback and that active and ongoing performance and development plans are in place and are regularly monitored and updated.
• Undertake activities to monitor performance and ensure staff compliance with Council’s values, policies and procedures, escalating and taking action to address and resolve issues as required.
• Supervise the services delivered by the Litter and Dumped Rubbish group, including, the waste response program, and removal of litter and illegally dumped waste (including hazards materials), ensuring service continuity, achievement of service standards, and the provision of quality customer service is maintained.
• Contribute to the ongoing process of plant and equipment assessment and replacement in consultation with teams, Coordinator Waste Operations, and Fleet Services.

The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role:

The following knowledge and skills are required to be utilised:

• Experience and working knowledge of waste management and operations.
• Strong understanding of Occupational Health and Safety and experience in applying this within operational environments.
• Understanding of investigation processes and enforcement powers of authorised officers in relation to illegally dumped waste within Victoria.
• Understanding of long-term unit goals and policies of unit and wider organisation.
• Knowledge of and ability to implement Health, Safety and Risk policies and procedures relating to areas of supervision.

• Ability to work unsupervised and show high levels of initiative.
• Ability to efficiently implement daily, weekly and longer-term workloads.
• An understanding and demonstrated ability to implement personnel practices including those related to equal employment opportunity and supervise and develop others.

Required Certifications & Qualifications (If required)

• Tertiary qualifications in operations, safety, business, management or a related discipline with relevant experience working in the field.
• Demonstrated supervisory and leadership skills and ability to manage and guide a diverse team of multi-disciplinary staff, preferably in an operational context within a Local Government environment.
• Demonstrated experience complying with and working to Occupational Health and Safety regulations, policies and procedures.
• Sound knowledge of relevant contemporary resource recovery and waste management practice and legislation, including ensuring environmental compliance.
• Proven analytical and decision-making ability with the capacity to assist in the development of strategies, policies, plans, systems and projects to achieve long and short-term Council strategies, objectives and goals.
• Current driver’s licence (Medium Rigid licence highly regarded).

Why Hume City Council?

A leader in local government, we’re committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment that is guided by our values:

We’re better, every day: We give things a go and value progress over perfection. We have permission to go for it and are expected to reflect and learn.

We’re in it together: At Hume, everyone matters. We Welcome and include all. Respect and safety are expected.

We show up: We empower and trust others and own our work. We rise to the challenges and are expected to do what we say we will.

All for Hume: We strive to achieve our best for the Hume Community. We are proud and passionate about working towards better outcomes and expect they are at the centre of everything we do.

We offer a competitive salary package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

A child safe organisation and an equal opportunity employer. Council encourages people of all ages, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

All candidates will be required to undertake background and probity checks including Reference Checks, Working with Children Check, and a Criminal Record Check.