Job Description

Personnel Area:  Community & the Arts Services

Branch: Sport and Recreation

Salary Range: (Band 4) AUD $89,207.00 - $95,764.00 plus superannuation

Work Type: permanent full-time

Location: Brisbane Square, Brisbane CBD

Are you passionate about ensuring Brisbane residents have access to inclusive health and wellbeing initiatives to aid them in leading an active and healthy life? This is the role for you!

Our Business

Brisbane City Council is one of the largest local governments in the Asia-Pacific region and one of the biggest employers in Queensland. We have more than 300 job types across a broad range of service areas, with roles that serve our community. We employ an inclusive and diverse workforce, with great benefits and flexible work options. A job with us offers skill development, career mobility and access to benefits that matter.

Our Branch

The Sport and Recreation Programs Team encourages Brisbane residents to be active and healthy by delivering accessible, inclusive and engaging physical activity programs across the city. It aims to increase participation, promote physical, mental and social wellbeing, and foster community connection by providing free and low-cost programs that remove barriers and cater to diverse community needs.

The Role

The Program Coordinator is primarily responsible for assisting the team in scheduling Active and Healthy activities across Council venues such as parks, pools and halls. In this role, you will develop, promote and monitor the delivery of all program sessions. This will include daily tasks such as scheduling activities within budget, managing contracts, uploading corporate website content, raising purchase orders, processing invoices and conducting activity checks throughout the program. You will be required to liaise with multiple stakeholders, such as providers, to build and maintain relationships to achieve effective outcomes for Brisbane.

To be successful you will have:

• experience in identifying community and social priorities, and developing responses to address these
• experience developing, delivering and evaluating community based participation programs and projects
• experience in project or program management including managing and monitoring contracts, budgets, timeframes and resources
• well-developed written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to negotiate with others and resolve matters with a range of stakeholders
• proven ability to collaborate with your team and proactively provide input and solutions to a range of complex scenarios,
• high level administration skills, including experience using Excel, Word, Records Manager, Sharepoint, SAP, Ariba and Trumba
• experience in raising purchase orders, processing supplier invoices and managing supplier information using Council systems
• proven ability to efficiently manage conflicting priorities and maintain a high standard of work under pressure.

This role requires a Criminal History Check and ‘C’ Class driver’s licence for the preferred candidate.

Benefits of working for Council include:

• flexible working hours
• working from home arrangements
• free gym and wellness centre
• generous leave provisions
• competitive salary.

For more on the benefits of working for Council:  CLICK HERE

How to apply:  Click on the 'I’m interested' button to complete your online application. Please upload your tailored resume and covering letter (of no more than one page) demonstrating your suitability to the position.

Working in Council means delivering excellent customer service to the people of Brisbane.

For more information: Please call Mina Manning, Talent Consultant on (07) 3178 0989

People from diverse backgrounds, including those living with a disability and/or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who may have questions about the recruitment process or working at Council, are encouraged to reach out to the contact above, who can connect you with a member of Council’s Diversity and Inclusion team.

Application Closing Date: Tuesday 2 June 2026 at 11:59pm AEST

Brisbane City Council is a multi-award winning accessible and inclusive workplace where our people represent the diverse communities we serve, are supported, and can feel safe. Council has been awarded Employer of the Year at the National Disability Awards and has been recognised multiple times with ‘Gold Employer’ status from the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTI inclusion.

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