The Details:
- Full Time Contract | 4 years
TRP from $198,699pa (base from $174,731pa)
- Mon - Fri | 38 hour week
- 5 weeks annual leave
- Hybrid, flexible working environment, including some work from home days.
- Location: Strathpine
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Join City of Moreton Bay as our Sport and Recreation Manager, and help shape and enhance our communities for today and tomorrow.
And what an exciting time to be in a key leadership role in the sporting industry in South East Queensland, with high population growth and the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games on the horizon.
Our Sport and Recreation team is focused on delivering strategies and programs that really make a positive impact for our community, sport, and recreation sectors for our diverse city. In this role you'll drive:
- Leadership... to a team of approximately 20, leading and growing capacity to deliver.
- Strategy... that is backed by quality data, advocates for our city, connects the right partnership initiatives that deliver, contributes to infrastructure projects that enhance the lifestyle of our community.
- Stakeholder engagement... actively building those integral relationships both internally and externally, eliciting the right conversations and collaborating to ensure we are delivering quality programs that hit the mark and get value for money.
- Continuous improvement... through fostering a culture that thinks bigger, bringing fresh ideas to better support our growing community.
This is your chance to make a positive impact on our local community, driving healthier and more active lifestyles in Moreton Bay.
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About you
You are an experienced people leader who brings a strong foundation in strategic planning and the operational delivery of community, sport, and recreation programs within complex environments.
With a keen understanding of navigating multiple stakeholder priorities in a political landscape, you excel at building trusted relationships and negotiating effective, balanced outcomes.
You are strategic, analytical and outcome‑driven - with the flexibility and intuition to adapt to shifting needs and opportunities.
Kick‑start 2026 by taking the next step in your career with this pivotal and impactful role!
Why City of Moreton Bay?
What you do with your life matters. It’s the same with your career.
We’re the third-largest council in Australia and one of the fastest-growing areas. As Australia’s newest city, we’re building something that’s never been done before: a new kind of city, inspired and empowered by a new kind of council.
This is your opportunity to develop skills and experience in a truly unique place, at a truly unique point in time.
At City of Moreton Bay, we’re focused on the vital work we do today. But we’re also focused on the future. On what can be – for our city, our Council and your career.
Here’s what you’ll love about a career with us:
- See it. To build a city of the future, first, you have to see it. The polycentric city we’re building will bring greater prosperity, sustainability and affordability to our city. This is your chance to contribute to something that’s never been done before.
- Shape it. You’ll get hands-on in a rewarding career, serving and strengthening our communities for today and tomorrow. Our work is diverse, interesting and it matters – and it’s yours to shape and own.
- Live it. Contribute to the city you and your family want to live in and enjoy the lifestyle you deserve. And if you don’t live here, you’ll still find pride and connection in so many ways with our successful, resilient team.
You’ll also enjoy a range of other benefits:
- Advance your skills and career through our Study, Training And Research Scheme (STARS).
- Make your pay go further with salary packaging options on novated leases, superannuation payments, smartphones and devices.
- Prioritise your health and wellbeing with discounted health insurance, free annual flu vaccinations and our Fitness Passport Program.
- Get support when you and your family need it most with our 24/7 confidential counselling service and leader support hotline.
- Our Strathpine office has local parking on site and is close to public transport networks, making for an easy commute.
Ready for a career that matters?
Join City of Moreton Bay, and help shape our city of the future.
Click on the 'Apply Now' button below to complete your online application. Please upload a current resume that demonstrates how you meet the requirements for this role. You will also have the option to add a cover letter should you wish.
As part of the recruitment process, applicants will be required to undergo a National Criminal History Check.
To obtain further details please contact our Careers team at careers@moretonbay.qld.gov.au.
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Your Future City.
See it. Shape it. Live It.
City of Moreton Bay extends across the traditional lands of the Jinibara, Kabi Kabi, and Turrbal peoples, and we acknowledge and pay respects to Traditional Custodians. We believe diversity of thought, background and experience creates better outcomes for our people and communities, and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all ages, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.
