RICHARD LAMB

• Develop and implement annual business plans for the Parks, Gardens and Natural Resources, Roads, Roadsides and Cleansing and Resource Recovery teams, ensuring delivery on time and to budget.
• Develop and deliver operating budgets for all teams in the portfolio.
• Motivate, lead and encourage staff to achieve their full potential and provide opportunities for staff to develop a broad range of skills and knowledge.
• Actively participate in risk management practices and ensure that a strong safety culture is created within each business area.
• Fulfill the role and responsibilities of the Municipal Emergency Resource officer (MERO) or any other such position as determined by the council’s Municipal Emergency Management Plan and undertakes all duties assigned to the role as set out in the Emergency Management Manual Victoria (EMMV).
• Prepare, evaluate, recommend and report on quotations and tenders for the provision of goods and services.
• Prepare reports for executive, councillor briefings and Council as required.
• Prepare, monitor and review current and forward capital works and maintenance activities and resources for each business area to ensure that assets are developed, managed and maintained to support the operations and strategic needs of the Wodonga City Council.
• Assist in the assessment of development and building applications to ensure compliance with Council’s development guidelines and standards and regularly undertake site visits and inspections to ensure public open space works are carried out which adhere to accepted standards.
• Attend or be represented at practical and final completion Inspection site visits to ensure that acceptable work standards have been met.
• Manage quality outcomes, cost effectiveness and performance efficiencies of each of the City Services teams.
• Ensure that policies, procedures and levels of services are developed, reviewed and implemented.
• Ensure that the City Services teams human and financial resources are managed taking into account the requirements of the: o Fire Management Plan; o Parks & Gardens Management Plan; o Community Land Management Plans; o WREN Management Plan; o Environmental Lands Management Plan; o Road Management Plan, and o Municipal Emergency Management Plan. o Other strategies and plans as relevant.
• Manage and maintain infrastructure assets to an optimum standard and at the lowest life-cycle costs.
• Ensure that all business area team leaders and coordinators operate in a safe, polite and professional manner at all times and that advice to all internal and external customers is delivered in a timely and effective manner.
• Advise on organisational strategy and develop and implement plans and solutions for the delivery of services having regard to best practice and available resources.
• Be politically aware; give advice and make decisions having regard to the context and consequences.
• Foresee and recognise problems; use initiative to identify and implement lasting solutions.
• Consider and review practices; identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Understand when and how to implement effective change management strategies.
• Prepare and manage a budget, ensuring effective and responsible use of available funds.
• Be accountable to the Director for delivery of relevant parts of the council plan, and for the good stewardship of the people, financial, physical and other resources within the sphere of responsibility.
• Provide a high level of responsiveness to customer action requests to ensure that target deadlines are met as specified.
• Comply with Council’s policies and operating guidelines.

· Develop and implement annual business plans for the Parks, Gardens and Natural Resources teams and Roads, Roadsides and Cleansing teams.

· Ensure that all Parks, Gardens and Natural Resources teams and Roads, Roadsides and Cleansing team’s council action plan activities are completed by the due date.

· Develop, submit and implement annual operations budgets for the Parks, Gardens and Natural Resources teams and Roads, Roadsides and Cleansing teams.

· Develop, submit and deliver Parks, Gardens and Natural Resources teams and Roads, Roadsides and Cleansing team’s capital and operating budget projects.

· Prepare and submit budget variations for the Director of Planning and infrastructure’s approval as required.

· Provide a quarterly Parks, Gardens and Natural Resources team and Roads, Roadsides and Cleansing team report for the Director of Planning and infrastructure.

· Provide a high level or responsiveness to customer action requests to ensure that target deadlines are met as specified.

· Comply with Council’s policies and operating guidelines.

· Motivate, lead and encourage staff to achieve their full potential and provide opportunities for staff to develop a broad range of skills and knowledge.

· Actively participate in risk management practices and ensure that a strong safety culture is created within the Parks, Gardens and Natural Resources teams and Roads, Roadsides and Cleansing teams.

· Fulfils the roles and responsibilities of the Municipal Emergency Resource officer (MERO) or any other such position as determined by the council’s Municipal Emergency Management Plan and undertakes all duties assigned to the role as set out in the Emergency Management Manual Victoria (EMMV).

· Prepare, evaluate, recommend and report on quotations and tenders for the provision of goods and services.

· Prepare reports for executive, councillor briefings and Council as directed.

· Prepare, monitor and review current and forward capital works and maintenance activities and resources for the Parks, Gardens and Natural Resources teams and Roads, Roadsides and Cleansing teams to ensure that the teams assets are developed managed and maintained to support the operations and strategic needs of the Wodonga City Council.

· Provide and coordinate expert advice to Council on all aspects of the role.

· Assist in the assessment of development and building applications to ensure compliance with Council’s development guidelines and standards and regularly undertake site visits and inspections to ensure public open space works are carried out which adhere to accepted standards.

· Attend or be represented at practical and final completion Inspection site visits to ensure that acceptable work standards have been met.

• Responsibilities include:
• Actively participate in leadership forum
• Participate and deliver business and council plan actions
• Report on the quality and quantity of work delivered by parks teams
• Prepare reports and present to council and executive team for direction and or information
• Prepare monthly performance activity reports for the parks team
• Prepare, develop and review program of works for the parks team
• This includes identifying
• Inefficiencies, asset growth and team structures to ensure effective delivery of services to
• The city’s parks and gardens
• Continually assess and review service levels and efficiencies within the parks teams
• Prepare, present, monitor and control parks budgets to ensure service levels are met
• Including reporting, invoicing and preparing budget variations
• Prepare capital projects and their budgets and deliver on the approved projects
• Deliver and assist in landscaping projects
• Prepare documentation for tendering and procurement of goods and services used within
• The parks team
• Provide leadership and management to all depot staff members
• Including conducting
• Annual reviews for Parks coordinators and assisting coordinators to carry out annual
• Reviews on parks staff
• Organisation of staff mandatory and self-development training across the parks team
• Liaise and work with stakeholders, including internal council departments to achieve set
• Goals, deliver service levels and specific projects
• Monitor and asses parks plant and equipment to ensure service delivery can be achieved
• This includes liaising with the fleet and plant manager to identify new plant and equipment
• Requirements
• Monitor maintenance and cleanliness of plant and equipment
• Customer service
• Communicate effectively with all stakeholders
• OH&S ensure all Depot staff, contractors and stakeholders work safely
• Includes developing
• And reviewing JSA's, risk assessments, policies and directives

• Responsibilities as above

• Assist with the above responsibilities

• Responsibilities include:
• Ongoing grounds and garden maintenance
• Construct new gardens and lawns, including retaining walls, paving and irrigation
• Installation
• Repair and construct park furniture
• Supervise staff members, including an apprentice
• Develop and implement OH&S procedures including JSA's, risk assessments policies and
• Procedures
• Provide Horticultural advice to the residents of the nursing home and hostel
• Assist residents of the nursing home and hostel with personal garden maintenance

• Responsibilities include:
• Working as part of a larger team to prepare two golf courses, two lawn tennis courts and
• Two lawn bowls rinks for daily play
• Tasks included mowing whipper snipping, spraying of
• Chemicals, irrigation maintenance and installation, garden maintenance, renovation, pin
• Placement, bunker maintenance
• Assist in development of JSA's, risk assessments and safety procedures
• Assist customers with any inquiries and or issues
• Work in a seven-day roster
• Including supervising staff on weekend shifts