Bayside Council

Development Manager

Development Manager

• Our Property Business Unit is responsible for fostering community, economic and environmental opportunities for Bayside Council
• Lead preparation, implementation and management developing Bayside property assets
• Full time role, 35hrs per week, salary from $151,010 - $169,132 pa

At Bayside Council, we are committed to a positive, flexible and supportive workplace culture, where our people and customers feel respected and valued. We are proud to serve our community through operating with transparency, integrity and in the best interests of the Bayside community to deliver exceptional service.

The City Futures directorate focuses on developing our strategy to ensure sustainable and responsible planning and development for all aspects of our City.

About the role

Leadership opportunity for an organised and effective communicator, to lead the preparation, implementation and management of tasks associated with redeveloping Council’s property assets. This is vital to the Council’s aspirations for future capital works, the improvement of key centres and ongoing service delivery.

You can also expect to:

• Identify and advise on opportunities to add value to and transform existing property assets via redevelopment;
• Exercising sound business judgement, identify, investigate and analyse development opportunities, including innovative solutions
• Prepare property development business cases and funding proposals, including all aspects of feasibility investigations (including acquisitions, constructions & consultancies)
• Coordinate the preparation, implementation and management of tasks associated with redeveloping Council’s property assets;
• Identify and secure relationships to support the redevelopment of Council’s assets including joint venture partners;
• Contribute to strategy, management, decision making and capacity building
• Sustain project tracking, budgets and evaluation practices; and
• Maintain compliance with relevant legislation and contractual obligations
• Provision of quality and timely advice, information and actions delivered between key stakeholders and Council.
• Promote a positive and collaborative culture and values within the organisation through open, fair and transparent decision making and ethical, professional behaviour.
• Work in collaboration with and assist the team, manager and other key stakeholders to achieve business unit goals, work requests, demands and Council priorities.

About you

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with the following:

• Degree qualifications in a relevant field
• Strong commercial acumen with private sector experience in the development industry.
• Current Class C Driver’s Licence
• Experience through identifying and resolving service delivery issues to maintain a positive customer experience and quality level of service given competing user priorities.
• Ability to mitigate community expectations, staffing and resources and government requirements in a politically sensitive environment.

Our benefits and culture

As an organisation, we pride ourselves in offering a flexible working environment centred on delivering great outcomes for our customers, whether internal or external. Bayside Council has a strong culture of collaboration and delivering exciting new initiatives for our community.

• 3 extra days off during Christmas each year
• 15 days sick leave each year
• 2 days health and wellbeing leave each year
• Gym membership discounts
• Additional parental leave entitlements for both parents

Apply now

Before submitting your application, please take the time to read the Position Description by clicking the paperclip button located in the top right section of this page. Please use MS Edge or Google Chrome to submit your application. If you have any issues opening the link, please contact us at  support.erecruit@bayside.nsw.gov.au

Deadline: Monday 19 May, 2025

Applicants may be required to satisfactorily undertake a Criminal History Check, Medical and/or Working with Children check in accordance with the position.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable, diverse and socially inclusive work environment.