City of Casey

🚀 Ready to shape the future of recreation and open spaces? 🌳 We're on the lookout for a strategic leader to join our team at the City of Casey as Head of Recreation and Open Space Planning as we plan and deliver high-quality recreation and open space infrastructure for our fast-growing community. 👀 Key skills we’re after: A knack for recreation planning that transforms spaces into thriving community hubs 🌿 Project management skills to bring big ideas to life, from planning to completion 🎯 Expertise in capital works development—delivering impactful projects that benefit the community 🏗️ Strategic thinking to develop and implement game-changing initiatives 💡 passion for community engagement, ensuring our public spaces meet local needs and inspire connection 🤝 ⭐ Why join us? Here’s what you can look forward to: ✅Permanent full-time with WFH options + flexible arrangements + monthly RDO ✅Professional development support—courses, networks, certifications… we’ve got you covered ✅☕ Award-winning office space with an onsite Café, Library, gym/pool discounts, and free coffee ✅Super convenient location, 2 minutes’ walk to Westfield! We live by our values—dream big, empower each other, and make our community proud 💪. Sound like a fit for you? Apply now or click here to view more details! https://lnkd.in/gbmh8Rnf 📅 Applications close 06 November 2024. #RecreationPlanning #Leadership #CommunityImpact #FlexibleWork #CityofCasey #JoinUs #OpenSpace

Yesterday's presentation by Travis Bell - The Bucket List Guy was a powerful reminder of living with purpose and having no regrets. His message to "Dream Big" challenged City of Casey employees to make meaningful choices for themselves, both personally and professionally. Travis’s words, “When the WHY is strong enough, the HOW will work itself out,” really resonated with me. It is easy in the busy-ness of managing our work life balance to not always get that right. I was reminded of this when my daughter, in prep, and she told me I was the only mum who hadn’t volunteered to help with reading in her class. That moment became my catalyst for better work-life balance, proving that when your WHY is strong enough, the HOW will work itself out and the benefits of that. Today was a timely reminder of the importance of self-care, gratitude, and taking action in the present. #RUOKDay #Wellbeing #MentalHealthMatters #CaseyLife #TakeActionNow

I recently had a conversation with friends about how much attitudes to emotional openness have changed since our parents generation. We reflected on the ‘unsaid’ topics that used to be so common (there were quite a few!). Mental health was definitely one of those.  R U OK Day is an important reminder that openness does not equal weakness - it equals strength. Strength to recognise when you, or someone you care about, needs help. And strength to lean in and offer support and just be there. Life is distracting but being present to those around you is such a great first step. I'm not going to wait until RU OK Day tomorrow to start - I'm committing to starting today. #RUOK? #cityofcasey

Join us in making a difference!   We're thrilled to partner with Sport4All to bring inclusive sporting opportunities to our community. This initiative is a game-changer, empowering people with disabilities to take part in mainstream sports on their terms – when, where, and how they choose.   As part of this partnership, we're seeking passionate individuals with lived experience of disability to join us as an Inclusion Coach. In this role, you'll work directly with local clubs and schools to build their confidence, support inclusive practices, and make sport accessible for everyone. 🌍⚽   This is a unique chance to make a real impact and help shape the future of sport and community connections at the City of Casey. Join us in creating a more inclusive, connected community where everyone can thrive.   Learn more and apply today 👉 https://lnkd.in/gAwEHfsd   #Inclusion #Community #SportForAll #Accessibility #CityofCasey [Image description: Female wheelchair user playing tennis on outdoor court]

A wholesome Wear it Purple day for staff at the City of Casey this week, proudly wearing our colours and sharing ways we can support LGBTIQA+ youth through our Rainbow Action Plan.

Recognising our common goal of managing increasingly complex waste management challenges and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Casey along with eight other councils in Melbourne’s South East banded together in a large joint procurement/shared service to form South East Metropolitan Advanced Waste Processing (SEMAWP). This oversees a proposed new Waste Supply Agreement with Maryvale EfW Project Co Pty Ltd, to send waste to an advanced waste processing facility in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. This initiative provides an alternative to landfill that makes better use of household waste - reducing emissions, creating employment and preserving land for higher uses. At least 95% of the waste will be diverted from landfill and used to create a valuable energy source – reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 270,000 tonnes annually, equivalent to removing 50,000 cars from the road per year. With household waste in Melbourne’s southeast projected to increase by 40 per cent by 2046, alternatives to landfill needed to be found. The last remaining landfill in the south east of Melbourne will close in the next few years. Bayside City Council, Cardinia Shire Council, City of Casey, City of Greater Dandenong, Frankston City Council, Kingston City Council, Knox City Council, Whitehorse City Council, Yarra Ranges Council

We are now accepting applications for the Climate Action Living Lab! Read the media release here: https://lnkd.in/gwdBKWx7 Applications are open until 22 September.

At the City of Casey our Customer Service team handles 1000s of contacts daily, across such a broad range of issues that I am not sure too many other industries would handle such diversity. Despite this complexity our team never waivers from its commitment to serving our community with pride and helping our customers get what they need done quickly and efficiently. As a growing municipality with over 400,000 residents the last few years have highlighted that our customer service operating model needed to change. So as part of our Transformation Program we have lifted the lid and thought deeply about how our customer service operations can be sustainable and effective into the future. I am proud to announce that after months of impressive collaborative effort our new Customer Service Delivery Model kicked off last week! The team addressing our initial cohort of enquiries and request types could not wait to get started, and our waste, city and asset planning, and infrastructure and open space service teams have been right there beside them making our new approach a success. The hard work that has gone into ensuring the team are well prepared with refreshed processes, contemporary technology, and an awesome leadership and project team to support them is most definitely paying off. Go team! None of this would have been possible without the perseverance of some key people, so thank you to everyone who has been involved – with a special shout out to Donna R., Owen Gwynne, Katie Fitzgerald, Verity Peterson, Deb Divers and the whole Transformation Team. I cannot wait to see this new model come to life and lead the way in local government customer service operations.

Meet Keri New, City of Casey’s Manager of City and Asset Planning! Kerri is on the Connected Libraries Board, which determines policy and monitors performance of the library service. We asked Keri some questions about herself and her role. Can you explain your role as the Manager City and Asset Planning?   I lead the department responsible for the strategic infrastructure planning for Casey. This cuts across parks, sports reserves, roads, drains, community facilities, kindergartens and much more. We prepare strategy plans for this infrastructure, program projects into our capital works program, apply for grants and ensure we are allocating enough funds to renew infrastructure when it needs it.   It is a balancing act between the needs of Casey’s 400,000 (and growing) residents, the funding we have to maintain and renew an existing $4.1 billion worth of assets, as well as building new infrastructure for new communities.   There is lots of financial accounting, recording, reporting and consultation needed to ensure we have a reasonable balance. We also respond to many customer queries about Casey infrastructure.    What are your interests outside of work?   I have two children who generally take up most of my time, especially in football season. Camping, walking in nature or with our dog, gardening and of course I love to read… What’s your go to recommendation of a good read, good watch or good listen?   I use my tablet to download all kinds of books, mainly fiction, using the Borrowbox app (shameless plug for online library resources). A fabulous audiobook is Love Stories by Trent Dalton. The stories he captured were so moving. Meet the rest of the board here- https://lnkd.in/eDhd5tNT #connectedlibraries #cityofcasey