Job Description

Personnel Area: Community and the Arts Services

Branch: Community Facilities

Salary Range: Band 4 $89,207 - $95,764 per annum + Superannuation

(Remuneration stated is for the full-time positions)

Work type: Temporary Full-time

Duration: Up to 6th October 2028 (Extension/s thereafter but not guaranteed)

Location: City Hall

Our Business

Brisbane is a great place to live, work and visit. It is a vibrant, green, prosperous, and safe city that nurtures innovation, values sustainability and supports strong economic growth. As Australia’s largest local government, Council is dedicated to ensuring the Brisbane of tomorrow to be even better than the Brisbane of today.

Our Branch

The Sport and Recreation Branch plays a key role in supporting community facilities and venues across Brisbane. The Branch works across planning, partnerships, and service delivery to enable inclusive access to sport, recreation, and community facilities for people of all ages and abilities.

The Role

The Operations Officer is an integral member of the Community Facilities team. This role is responsible for supporting operational activities to ensure the effective and efficient operations of the City Hall and King George Square Precinct. Within this role, you will collaborate with a range of stakeholders to resolve complex issues through evidenced-based decisions under minimal direction. Working closely with the City Hall Operations Manager, you will provide timely and effective advice and support.

Day to day in this role will see you undertake a variety of tasks to ensure City Hall and King George Square meets the needs to Council, tenants, and the public. You will assist and support a range of daily functions including but not limited to peaceful assembly bookings, overseeing contractors, security operations, administration, preparing correspondence, and finance procurement activities.

This role will suit someone who is highly organised and demonstrates the ability to work in a busy operational work unit. You will have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to develop and maintain rapport with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

City Hall is open during normal business hours, however, as part of this role you will also need to be available occasionally outside of normal business hours and on the weekend as per business needs.

To be successful in the role, you will:

• be an excellent team player who is able to contribute positively to the team in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• have excellent verbal and written communication skills
• be able think on your feet to solve complex problems with minimal direction
• demonstrate the ability to develop and maintain strong stakeholder relationships
• have excellent attention to detail.

Benefits of working for Council include:

• flexible working hours, and flexible arrangements
• free gym and wellness centre
• award winning superannuation fund
• generous leave provisions
• competitive salary.

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.  

This role will require a Criminal History Check.

For more information: Please call Andrew Mead on 07 3403 0002.

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: Wednesday 3 June at 11:55pm 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.