**Unique and Exciting Career Move**
If you are looking for a broad role that you can make your own, this may be the opportunity you have been waiting for.
Key Highlights:
* Extensive opportunities to drive and enhance community wellbeing.
* A varied and rewarding role with an unrivalled opportunity to use your initiative and grow with the business.
**About the Organisation**
Hopeto find out more about our organisation by reading on...
Hopeto is located 370 km north of Cairns and 46 km Northwest of Cooktown on the Cape York Peninsula. Our shire incorporates 110,000 hectares of land comprising various landscapes, including significant wetlands, freshwater springs, rivers, and beaches. The township of Hopeto is surrounded by ranges, coastal dunes, coloured sands, and beaches. The township is a 60-minute drive from Elim Beach (home of the famous-coloured sands) and Cape Bedford. The road is now sealed between Hopeto and Cooktown which has improved connectivity to the township, particularly during the wet season.
Our land in the shire is made up of parcels that are Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT) tenure under the trusteeship of the Council for the town designated DOGIT, land under the trusteeship of the Hope Vale Congress Corporation and large block of freehold. Part of this freehold block has been subdivided to provide a subdivision for freehold residential allotments.
The Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council consists of the mayor and four councillors, and the Executive Management Team is made up of the Chief Executive Officer and senior managers in the following areas:
* Finance and Corporate Services
* Social Services
* Operations
We pride ourselves on our governance and financial management practices. In this regard, we have been able to achieve a low risk financial sustainability rating for the past 12 years in a row and have been able to finalise annual financial statements signed off by the Queensland Audit office in late July or early August for the past 12 years as well.
We have been able to establish good business practices in our operational areas and maintain Principal Contractor status for all building construction works and civil construction works undertaken by us in Hopeto.
Other services provided by us from a social perspective include an Aged Care Facility, a Commonwealth Home Support Program, an Indigenous Knowledge Centre, a radio station, a Youth Service, a Child Care/Day Care Centre, and a Kindergarten.
**About the Role**
This is a unique opportunity to take ownership of a portfolio and drive a range of projects across all facets of our community service activities. You will be involved in engaging the community to participate in activities and programs you design that are age appropriate and that ensure their ongoing wellbeing.
You will contribute to the ongoing development of the variety of community services available and bring a passion for all things people and importantly, focus on developing the performance of the workforce enabling staff to bring out the best in themselves.
This role presents an opportunity to join a progressive council but to also work alongside people who genuinely want you to succeed and grow professionally.
**About You**
We are seeking a proactive individual with a strong work ethic who takes pride and ownership in their contribution and wants to be part of a growing, innovative organisation. Your history of making a difference within a community, and ability to think on your feet and provide advice whilst striving for continuous improvement will underpin your passion to improve the lives and wellbeing of the Hopeto community.
We are looking for someone with strong leadership, critical thinking, and time management skills who is genuinely enthusiastic about improving the wellbeing of people and enjoy working at both a strategic and operational level to deliver high quality services.
You will ideally have:
* Be degree qualified in a relevant discipline and/or have a minimum of 5 years' experience in a community services management capacity.
* Have a sound working knowledge of community services development principles and practices or the ability to pick up knowledge quickly.
* Have expertise in research, presentations, and writing, particularly reports to Council.
* Demonstrated ability to manage programmes within budgets and to contract parameters.
* Be able to demonstrate a high level of innovation, communication, negotiation and people skills and a proven ability to manage and interface with both public and/or private sector partners.
* Be an enthusiastic individual focused on helping to set the team up for success.
* Be accountable, approachable and customer focused and someone who is naturally curious and uses their initiative to further develop both their skills and knowledge.
**Why this Role?**
We have sound governance structures in place and you will be guided and supported around any legislative requirements of the role. With Cooktown 30 minutes away and Cairns a 4.5 hours' drive you can enjoy all the attractions of Far North Queensland and have access to the hospital, medical clinic, restaurants, and various activities in the region.
We are offering relocation assistance, an executive level salary dependent on experience, 12% Super, fully maintained vehicle, house, laptop and mobile phone and 5 weeks annual leave.
To Apply
Please click apply to submit your application. Applications will close on Monday 5th May at 10pm. For an initial confidential conversation, please call Rona Horsfall on 0438 943 854 at Peak Recruitment Services.