Ready to shape vibrant places and thriving communities? Join us as Team Leader Placemaking and help rewrite the future of the Central Coast.
- Lead a dynamic team to enhance town centres and placemaking initiatives
- Work/Life Balance - 9 day fortnight with flexible/hybrid working arrangements available
- Permanent Full time role with Vehicle Allowance
About the role
The role of Team Leader Placemaking is to oversee the day-to-day work and functioning of a multi-skilled team to enable the successful planning and implementation of projects, placemaking, contract management and maintenance works for the section. This will be achieved through community engagement and partnerships and provision of best value services for the community and businesses.
This role will see you lead Council's Place Coordinators who manage the identified Town Centres across the Central Coast to ensure effective asset and contract management, leasing and licensing, marketing and promotion and business and economic development outcomes are achieved.
This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community and local businesses.
Key activities of this role include:
- Contribute to and develop appropriate work plans for a large team that meet identified community needs, contribute to economic prosperity and improved social outcomes for the community
- Build and maintain strong and productive working relationships with community stakeholders to facilitate innovative initiatives, partnerships and programs based on identified needs of the community
- Co-ordinate, monitor and prioritise teams workloads so that all work is delivered in an effective and efficient manner within agreed timeframes and budgets
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Tertiary qualifications in Asset Management or Project Management or related field OR demonstrated solid contemporary experience in a similar role, combined with ongoing professional development
- Current Class C Drivers Licence
- Extensive experience within a similar role, directly managing a medium to large multi-disciplinary team including experience in asset planning, project and contract management
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of placemaking and activation processes and practices
- Extensive experience in project management, with a proven track record in the successful completion of projects on time and within budget
- Proven success as a leader with the ability to grow and develop teams focused on quality outcomes and a customer focus
- Well-developed performance improvement and consultation skills
- Demonstrated leadership behaviours, including active communication with the team in regard to performance, business strategy, diversity, coaching and mentoring and change management
- Demonstrated ability to build strong, credible relationships and influence, persuade or negotiate outcomes that are of benefit or add value, to all or part of the organisation
- Proven ability to assess, interpret and judge information or situations, and formulate recommendations, provide specialist advice or deliver a service, based on the findings.
Our position description provides more information for you to learn more about this role.
Other important information
- The commencing salary for this position is up to $106k. Central Coast Council also provides progression opportunities for employees to progress up to the maximum salary of $123k on completion of assessment of skills and performance plus 12% superannuation
- We have a permanent full-time role available
- This role will be able to access a 9 day fortnight
- We are able to offer hybrid and flexible working conditions for this role
- This role is located at the Wyong Administration Building
A leaseback vehicle is provided in this role for official duties and private use and your choice of vehicle will be provided when one becomes available in accordance with Council’s Vehicle Policy. In the meantime, either an alternate pre-used vehicle or a vehicle allowance of $207.31 per week is temporarily applied for this position due to ongoing issues with supply for new vehicles.
Council may create an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.
Extra benefits
At Central Coast Council we provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check-ups. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.
Other extras include:
- Long service leave after 5 years of continuous service
- Free flu vaccination program
- Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, Breast screen and blood donations
- Access to professional development with career development and learning programs through various platforms
- We reward and recognise our staff with our Cheers program
- Novated leasing partnerships.
Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.
Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.
Want to know more?
The contact person for this role is Sue Ledingham, Unit Manager Customer Marketing and Economic Development. You can contact Sue on 0408 409 810.
This position will close for applications at midnight on Sunday, 28 June 2026.
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Location
Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia.
How to apply
We have put together some additional resources to help you apply for a role at Central Coast Council.
By completing and submitting this online application you confirm that any information that you provide in this application is true and correct and acknowledge that any offer of employment may be withdrawn should the information that you have provided in support of your application be shown to be false.
You also consent to employment screening checks being conducted where appropriate. This may include associated checks including reference checks, Working with Children Check, Entitlement to Work in Australia, employment history and an Australian Federal Police Check, as well as substantiation of educational qualifications, industry memberships, previous Central Coast Council employment history and association with professional bodies.
You also acknowledge that you will be required to provide proof of eligibility (including photo identification) to work in Australia if selected for an interview.
To lodge your application, please follow these steps:
- Answer the on-line questions shown below.
- Attach your resume
- Attach your qualifications and licences.
Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.
If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing recruit@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au to discuss what reasonable adjustments you may need. If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727.
Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail.
You will have the ability to save your application as you go using the 'Save Application' button. You can start an application and return to it later via the automatic follow-up email once you have the time and required information at hand to finalise your application.
If you don't have access to a computer or electronic device, you can lodge your application at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1-hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest library https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries/our-branches or ask at the enquiry counter.
We will not accept unsolicited resumes or applications being presented by recruitment agencies.
