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Lester Blades is delighted to assist the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder (CKB) with the appointment of an outstanding candidate to this fantastic career opportunity. CKB has been a great success story over recent years with significant improvements to infrastructure and services. The City is delivering on its promise to be a dynamic regional City, proud of its history and heritage, where its residents can enjoy a high quality of life. This Director position plays a key role in delivering the best possible services to the community.
Great leadership from the Council, CEO and Executive team over the past 3 years, together with an increasingly engaged workforce, has seen the organisation transform into one with a positive, supportive and values-based culture. There has been a real renaissance and the City is now proudly delivering in so many ways for its community.
The position of Director City & Community Development reports to the CEO and is a member of the City's executive leadership team. We are seeking a strategically focused leader to effectively manage this exciting portfolio of accountabilities:
Community DevelopmentCommunity Health and ComplianceCommunity SafetyDevelopment ServicesEconomic Development SupportPolicy and ResearchOn behalf of the City, we are interested in people with comprehensive experience and qualifications aligned with at least one of the portfolios above. This may be in the town planning profession, equally it could be in community development, building, business or economic development. Ideally you are an experienced Executive Manager or Director aiming to advance your career in a Local Government that plays an important role right across the community; urban, commercial, industrial and the region's very important mining industry.
Naturally we expect to appoint someone with outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, excellent judgement and decision-making capability and well-developed relationship development/stakeholder engagement skills. You should be capable of contributing as a member of the executive leadership team and regularly engaging with and advising Council.
Confidential applications should be made in Word format to [emailprotected] quoting Reference LB 303189.
Applications close on Friday 31 January 2025 at 4.00pm.
Only candidates with valid work rights in Australia can be considered.
ABOUT LESTER BLADES Lester Blades is a Western Australian owned executive search firm with local specialisation and international reach. We focus on uncompromising excellence in service to clients in the identification of Non-Executive Directors, CEO's and a range of other senior executive and functional leadership roles.
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