Aquatic & Recreation Centre Manager
Job No:
131879
Location:
Halls Creek, WA - The Heart of the Kimberley!
- Attractive negotiable salary up to $82,000 plus super plus salary sacrifice
- Relocation assistance, subsidised housing inc electricity, water and more!
- Work and live in one of the fastest growing towns in the Kimberley region!
- Enjoy a quiet winter season, 5 weeks annual leave PLUS a flight allowance!
- Couples encouraged to apply!
About the Organisation and the Region
The Shire of Halls Creek, located in northern Western Australia, boasts a progressive Council that is proactively facing the challenges and opportunities that come with being an outback Council.
Halls Creek, a boom town at the heart of the Kimberley region is a busy service town for surrounding pastoralists, Aboriginal communities and travellers exploring northern Western Australia. Halls Creek is also the fourth fastest growing shire within Western Australia and is the only sizeable town along the entire Great Northern Highway. It has two medical centres, a golf course, rodeo grounds, a civic centre and two schools. Located 1,200km from Darwin, 700km from Broome and 1,050km from Alice Springs, it serves as a central hub for travel throughout the gorgeous Kimberley region.
Halls Creek boasts a number of wonderful attractions within its surrounds that simply must be explored. The second largest meteor crater on Earth is nearby, and with a diameter of 850 meters! The amazing Bungle Bungle ranges are also nearby in the Purnululu National Park. It is also a cultural epicentre, being rich in Aboriginal and European history, and 6 art centres just a stone’s throw away.
This community is the epitome of relaxed, rural living, and provides the perfect opportunity to make your own adventure in the real Australian Outback.
About the Opportunity
The Shire of Halls Creek has an opportunity for an energetic and vibrant Aquatic and Recreation Centre Manager to join their team on a full time basis. Reporting to the Director of Youth and Community Development, you will be responsible for the management of day to day operations of the aquatic and recreational centre, as well as maintaining an impeccable standard of customer service and safety within the centre.
More specifically, your duties will include, but are not limited to;
- Planning, managing and promoting the development of the Halls Creek Aquatic and Recreation Centre;
- To ensure the recreation centre is a safe, healthy and pleasant environment for customers and staff;
- To ensure that the standards of the water, the pool and the centre meet all Health Department Standards, including managing the monitoring and upkeep of the pool;
- Managing daily cash takings, financial operations, stock management and preparing and managing the annual budget;
- To ensure the centre is well kept and maintained to the highest standards;
- Assist in staff recruiting, as well as provide day-to-day training and mentoring, and;
- To lead and manage the staff of the aquatic centre.
About You
The successful applicant will have experience in a similar role, with demonstrated experience in staff supervision and centre management. They will have sound knowledge of relevant legislation regarding the operation and maintenance of water treatment plants and water chemistry tests as well as the safety procedures in regards to handling hazardous chemicals that relate to these processes, emergency procedures, workplace safety and an understanding of First Aid and Rescue techniques.
They will also be well equipped to communicate and work with Aboriginal people, ensuring culturally sound practice is carried out to the highest standard. They will possess a Pool Manager’s Competency Certificate, a current Pool Lifeguard Certificate, a current Bronze Medallion Certificate, a current Senior First Aid Certificate, a current Oxygen Resuscitation Certificate and a current SCBA Certificate.
About the Benefits
The Shire of Halls Creek values its employees and the contributions they make to the Shire, and as such, they wish to reward your dedication and hard work with a generous remuneration of up to $82,000 based on experience PLUS a number of amazing benefits! These include:
- Furnished housing with generous subsidised rent including internet PLUS water and electricity allowance
- Matching additional superannuation of 5%
- Halls Creek yearly flight allowance to take a break in a fresh location
- 5 weeks annual leave!
Couples are encouraged to apply, with assistance provided in procuring the successful candidates partner with local employment.
The Shire of Halls Creek prides itself on encouraging their team to flourish, providing constant training and support and opportunities for career development, as well as salary sacrifice options for a laptop, gym membership and rental bond. Working within the Hall Creek community will not only be rewarding, but an exciting, new adventure that you can undertake. Imagine what stories you could tell after exploring the awe-inspiring Kimberley region with your generous annual leave!
The Shire is looking for someone vibrant, active and forward-thinking to lead and enhance their team in order to make the Recreation Centre all that it possibly can be and more. This is certainly not an opportunity to be missed! Apply Now!