City Operations Specialist

City of Playford; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 111,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary from $123,386+ Super

Competitive pay with superannuation

Income protection & journey insurance

Job summary

City of Playford is seeking a City Operations Specialist to help shape and lead service planning and maintenance across parks, facilities, biodiversity, and assets. You’ll analyse data to identify trends, risks and opportunities to support decision-making and sustainable growth.

You will translate complex data into practical recommendations, work with senior stakeholders, and contribute to continuous improvements that align with community expectations and organisational goals.

Qualifications

• Experience in service planning, operational planning, maintenance planning, asset management or continuous improvement.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret data and identify meaningful insights.
• Experience preparing reports, business cases and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Sound understanding of budgeting, forecasting and resource planning.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic advice on service planning and maintenance programs.
• Analyse operational, financial, asset and customer data to identify trends and opportunities.
• Develop maintenance strategies and growth planning aligned with council priorities.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across City Operations.

Skills

Service planning

Operations management

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Operations Management degree

Business Management degree

Tools

Reporting tools

Budgeting & forecasting

Job description

Full Time / Ongoing

Salary: Starting from $123,386 + Superannuation

Help shape the future of City Operations in one of South Australia’s fastest‑growing councils.

At the City of Playford, we’re experiencing significant growth and transformation – and City Operations plays a critical role in how our community experiences and enjoys our city every day.

This newly created specialist role will work across a broad operational portfolio including parks and gardens, verges and reserves, sporting facilities, biodiversity, civil infrastructure, trees and City amenity & response, helping drive service planning, maintenance strategies and continuous improvement initiatives across City Operations.

About the Role

Reporting to the Senior Manager City Operations, the City Operations Specialist provides strategic advice and support on service planning, maintenance programs, operational performance and future growth.

Working closely with City Operations leaders and key stakeholders across Council, you'll analyse operational, financial, asset and customer data to identify trends, risks and opportunities that support informed decision-making and service improvement.

You'll play a key role in reviewing services, developing maintenance strategies, planning for new assets and growth areas, and ensuring operational services are aligned with community expectations, organisational priorities and long-term sustainability objectives.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys turning information into action, influencing outcomes through collaboration, and helping organisations continuously improve how they work.

About You

You are naturally curious, analytical and solutions focused. You enjoy understanding how services operate identifying opportunities for improvement and working with stakeholders to develop practical solutions.

You’re comfortable working across operational, financial and asset-related information, you're able to transform complex data into meaningful insights and recommendations. You build strong relationships, communicate clearly, and bring a solutions‑focused mindset to improving how services are planned and delivered.

You will ideally bring:

• Experience in service planning, operational planning, maintenance planning, asset management or continuous improvement
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret data and identify meaningful insights
• Experience preparing reports, business cases and recommendations for senior stakeholders
• Sound understanding of budgeting, forecasting and resource planning
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• A collaborative approach and the ability to influence positive change across teams
• The ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a complex environment

Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or significant experience in a related discipline such as Operations Management, Business Management, Asset Management or similar will be highly regarded.

What We Offer

• An opportunity to influence how key community services are planned, delivered and improved
• The opportunity to contribute to a growing, evolving city and make a visible community impact
• Opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills over time
• Competitive pay with superannuation and employee benefits, including free income protection and journey insurance

Supportive team environment where your work genuinely makes a difference to the local community

For further information, please refer to the attached Position Description.

For a confidential conversation about the role, contact Glen Carter, Senior Manager – City Operations, on 0483 194 505.

The City of Playford values diversity and work life balance. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made to support you in submitting your application including alternative vacancy formats and application options, please refer to the Manager's contact details above. Any information provided will be kept confidential and will only be used to support your access to fully participate in the recruitment process.