Urban Forest Administrator

Blacktown City is a growing and thriving city, located halfway between Sydney City and the Blue Mountains. With 435,000 residents, we are the largest and most diverse city in NSW, spread across 54 suburbs. Blacktown City is vibrant, dynamic and multicultural, home to a large First Nations community, and more than 180 different birthplaces and languages.

With $22.6 billion regional economy, Blacktown City is also home to 30,000 businesses. Working at Blacktown City Council provides widespread, exciting professional opportunities. Our Council is leading the transformation of Blacktown City and Western Sydney. We are implementing a vision for a modern city, full of opportunity for our residents and businesses.

Our Council is led by highly skilled and experienced professionals, working with talented and passionate teams across a diverse range of business units. We are delivering high quality, customer-focused services, experiences, and facilities, and leading a program of strategic planning, activity and investment.

Blacktown City Council strives to be an inclusive workplace for all people. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, the LGBTIQ+ community, veterans and people with disabilities.

About the opportunity

Here at Blacktown City Council, we are dedicated to preserving and enhancing our urban forest. Our Tree Team plays a crucial role in maintaining the health and beauty of our community's trees.

We are looking for a motivated and organised individual to join our team as an Urban Forest Administrator on a term contract, full-time basis for up to 12 months.

This is an exciting opportunity for an Administrator with extensive relevant work experience in administrative roles, preferably in environmental or arboricultural fields, who is interested in working with a busy team to provide administrative support and provide exceptional customer experience. The preferred candidate will need an excellent level of communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to process and prioritise so that the business unit can run smoothly and efficiently. 

Some of the duties include:

• Coordinating the department’s VIPs and correspondence
• Ensuring deadlines are met for typing reports to Council, VIP correspondence, processing of applications and service requests
• Providing high quality and accurate customer service when handling written or oral correspondence to enquiries
• Filtering incoming telephone calls in a professional and courteous manner. 

This is a great opportunity to work in one of the biggest business units of Council! 

Qualifications and experience

Essential:

• A minimum Certificate III in Business Administration or related field
• Suitable experience in an administrative function or similar role.

Desirable:

• Local government experience
• Experience working within a tree management environment.

Remuneration and benefits

The salary and conditions of employment are in accordance with Blacktown City Council’s Enterprise Agreement.

• Entry level for this position starts at $1,361.20 per week
• 35-hour working week 
• Opportunity to participate in Council's flextime arrangement
• Employee benefits such as leave entitlements (where applicable), 11.5% employer contribution payable to your nominated superannuation fund, Fitness Passport, gym membership discounts, and social clubs.

Our commitment to safety

Blacktown City Council is committed to safety. We have introduced alcohol and other drug testing at the pre-employment phase, and via a series of random and cause testing.

We are a child safe organisation that supports and promotes the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of children.

Position description 

Click here to view or download the position description.

  Apply now using our fast and easy-to-use online application process:

1. Have your resume and any other relevant documentation ready to attach. 
2. Have a personal email address ready to use and complete your application without 'logging out' of the system.
3. Review the questions and decide on your responses before commencing your application.
   
   Best of luck.

Closing date:           Friday 28 March 2025, 11.59 pm    

Contact officer:       Dali Pavlek on 9839 6172

Internal ref:              Term contract, full-time (12 months)