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ABOUT THE ROLE We are excited to welcome a passionate and collaborative AAMI Park & Sports field Coordinator to the MOPT team. As the AAMI Park & Sports field Coordinator you will play a crucial role in driving the delivery of horticulture and sports turf services, ensuring that M&OP has the world-class grounds and facilities it needs to deliver events and activate our Precinct. With a focus on our annual horticulture and sports turf program, team leadership, and collaboration you will work with key stakeholders to deliver outstanding outcomes that have a lasting impact. The Melbourne & Olympic Parks precinct is home to six of Melbourne’s premier venues; Rod Laver Arena, Margaret Court Arena, John Cain Arena, AAMI Park, Kia Arena and CENTREPIECE at Melbourne Park, an array of other professional sporting and administrative facilities, as well as recreational spaces, including the National Tennis Centre, two show courts, 35 outdoor tennis courts, six indoor tennis courts, Tennis HQ, Olympic Park Oval, Gosch’s Paddock and the AIA Centre (Collingwood Football and Netball Club) - all of which form the scope of the Horticulture & Sports Ground team’s remit. You will work hand in hand with tenant, venue and infrastructure teams to manage and enhance the sports facilities and surrounding greenspaces. Here are some of the things you’ll have the opportunity to be involved in: Sports Turf Management • Lead sports turf management program across all venue playing surfaces • Lead the turf replacement program to ensure it is consistently at a high standard Operational Planning • Prepare and plan the annual site maintenance programs • Participate in turf replacement planning and programming to ensure AAMI Park is presented in the best possible condition year round. • Management of service providers to ensure best practices are maintained with a constant focus on improvements and adjusting to industry trends. • Drive best practices around sustainability and environmental standards • Delivery of world class precinct for all events by driving the sports turf program through collaboration with the sports turf managers. Set high standards when delivering the maintenance program, providing high quality training surfaces for NRL, ARU,FFA and AFL users. Best Practice Leadership • Drive operational excellence, identifying opportunities for improvement for M&OP to be leaders both in what we do and how we do it. • Lead a high performing team (day to day management by providing leadership and coaching). • Ensuring that safety is at the forefront • Provide direction and support to direct reports to ensure outcomes are in line with business plan and are executed. • Ensure achievement and development plans are in place for all team members. • Support and contribute to department budgetary process including planning and forecasting for the Financial Year ahead. • Engages leaders and staff from across the organisation in continuous improvement, building a culture of shared endeavor to a common goal. Strategic Planning • Support in developing a long-term strategy as it relates to Horticulture & Sports Turf management at M&OP • Contribute to the broad M&OP strategic planning in the Horticulture and Sports Turf management area of expertise to ensure the business delivers on its purpose and commitments • Ensuring that safety is at the forefront, assisting in the implementation and ongoing improvement of all OHS requirements within the precinct WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE ROLE A passion for the finer details With a keen eye for detail, you bring creative and innovative thinking when setting a high performance and delivery standards. You love nothing more than seeing how each small detail adds up to make a huge impact on site presentation. You can balance competing demands like a pro You’re detail orientated and equally appreciate the importance of keeping your eye on the bigger picture. A fast pace, ‘lots of balls in the air’ kind of environment is one you thrive on. It’s your quick thinking, tenacious and innate solutions orientation spirit that keeps you on track. You are an influential, impactful leader Through your highly collaborative and supportive leadership style, your steely focus on both what you and your team deliver (outcomes) and how it is done (experience) sees you to be highly effective. You demonstrate passion and lead the way in precinct presentation, sustainability and are a true advocate for the growth and development of your people. Couple this with your deep functional expertise in horticulture and sports turf, you’re ready to make a lasting impact on one of the best sport and entertainment precincts in the world. The Customer is at the Heart of Everything You Do You care deeply about the customer experience. Whether it is a client on the implementation of a game-changing venue upgrade, longer term visioning of a master plan design or a guest coming to see their favourite artist at one of our venues - you consider their experience at every aspect of your role. Prerequisites • Diploma in Horticulture (Sports turf) • At least 5 years’ experience in managing elite sports fields surfaces. • Sports turf Stadium experience • Experience in managing staff. Key Relationships • Reporting to Head of Horticulture & Sports grounds • Horticulture Coordinators and departmental staff • All relevant tenants, stakeholders and venue hirers • All MOPT external contractors A BIT ABOUT US Melbourne & Olympic Park (M&OP) is an iconic, multi-venue precinct with few parallels globally. We showcase Melbourne to the world during the Australian Open and deliver hundreds of entertainment, sporting and community events each year across our world class venues. At M&OP we are passionate about delivering world class customer experiences every person, every event, every time. How do we do this? By seeking out the best talent to build a high performance, integrated team who are passionate about creating exceptional experiences for our guests. If you’d like to know a little bit more before applying reach out to Candace via email at peopleandculture@mopt.vic.gov.au Melbourne & Olympic Parks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. For further information on Melbourne & Olympic Parks visit our careers page at www.mopt.com.au/careers/employment-opportunities/ Please note successful applicants will be required to undertake a pre-employment screening. This includes but not limited to a national police check and working with children check. M&OP may withdraw an employment offer in the event of an unsatisfactory screening result. Please note M&OP operates a direct sourcing model so we ask that agencies do not get in touch regarding this vacancy. M&OP values the privacy of every individual’s personal information and is committed to the protection of personal information. Your personal information is handled in accordance with the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic.). Please refer to the M&OP Careers Page at http://www.mopt.com.au/careers/employment-opportunities/ for more information.