Shape your future.
Serve your community.
Belong to something bigger.
At Lismore City Council, we are delivering one of the most significant regional reconstruction efforts in Australia.
Our Flood Restoration Portfolio (FRP) is a multi‑year, once‑in‑a‑career program rebuilding the community's essential infrastructure following the 2022 natural disaster events.
With a capital value exceeding $1 B, this is an opportunity to shape the future resilience of a regional city while contributing to work that genuinely matters.
Lismore's Northern Rivers location fosters an ideal work‑life balance.
It offers lush farmland, beautiful parks, a World Heritage‑listed rainforest to explore, great restaurants, a diverse arts and cultural scene, and more—all just a stone's throw from the Gold Coast, Ballina, and Byron Bay.
Today, Lismore is flourishing, and it's the perfect time to embrace and celebrate everything that makes the regional city so unique, while also being directly involved in shaping its future.
The Opportunity
We are looking for a forward‑thinking professional who thrives in dynamic environments and brings strong judgement to complex decisions.
Your leadership will shape how infrastructure is restored across the Lismore LGA—improving resilience, strengthening transparency, and supporting the communities rebuild.
Some of the key activities include responsibility and oversight of:
Manage a team of technical experts to ensure the successful delivery and governance of significant infrastructure projects within the portfolio by proactively ensuring the sustainability of the projects during the significant investment in the restoration of the Lismore and the local government area.
Work with leaders to develop and implement commercial and project control initiatives, ensuring alignment across work streams with Council, Portfolio goals, and stakeholder needs in mind.
Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of communication and project management strategies and adjust approaches as needed to maximise impact.
Provide guidance and support to leaders and employees on best practices.
Facilitate feedback mechanisms to gauge stakeholder sentiment and address concerns proactively.
Identify, understand, monitor, and assess the key interface and integration issues associated with major projects, various programs, and initiatives.
Use decision support making frameworks and tools to ensure the best portfolio outcomes are achieved by balancing customer needs, program/projects and operations.
Using data and reporting, proactively understand key threshold levels of critical resources to reprioritise and/or maximise the programs of
Provide specialist expertise and professional advice to the Executive Director on all relevant aspects of the portfolio, by preparing comprehensive options papers, information briefs and artefacts to support decision‑making and ensure the successful transition, integration, and implementation of major projects.
Ensure systems and processes are in place that support efficient and effective internal and external customer service delivery.
Recruit, mentor, and lead team members to focus on customer service and experience excellence.
About you Passionate about driving positive brand best practice in project controls and commercial management.
Hold relevant tertiary qualifications and have proven success in a similar senior leadership role.
Contemporary and dynamic in approach, able to influence, build, and maintain trust‑based, solid stakeholder relationships.
Your success will affirm your ability to lead and empower complex teams by drawing on your high‑level focus and business acumen.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to #J-18808-Ljbffr