Team Manager Creative Communities

• Fixed Term Full Time (4 Year contract)
• Senior leadership role reporting to the General Manager Community & Lifestyle
• Lead transformation, strategy, and service delivery across galleries, venues, events and performing arts.
• Attractive salary package and employee benefits

About the Role

Townsville City Council is seeking an experienced and contemporary leader to guide the evolution of our Creative Communities portfolio, encompassing galleries, performing arts, events, and venue management. This is a pivotal leadership role responsible for modernising services, uplifting capability, and strengthening governance and systems across a diverse and high profile portfolio. You will lead a period of organisational change, ensuring services operate with contemporary local government standards while delivering strong community outcomes.

A key focus will be the development and implementation of Council's Arts and Culture Strategy, embedding it into operational planning and decision making to guide investment, priorities and service delivery.

Key Responsibilities

You are a contemporary senior leader with the ability to lead complex services and deliver strong community outcomes. You bring experience driving organisational improvement, strengthening governance and uplifting team capability, with a track record of leading through change while maintaining service performance. You are a collaborative and influential leader who builds trusted relationships across stakeholders and works effectively in a complex, public facing environment. You bring sound financial and commercial acumen, along with a strong commitment to safety, compliance and accountability. You are motivated by delivering sustainable, community focused services and contributing to a vibrant and livable city.

Qualifications

Experience in senior leadership roles, proven track record of organisational change, ability to embed strategies into operational planning, strong governance and financial management skills, commitment to inclusivity and safety standards.

Benefits

• 4 weeks annual leave
• 10 days Personal/Carers Leave
• 14 weeks paid Parental Leave
• Domestic and Family Violence Leave
• Natural Disaster Leave
• Long Service Leave available pro rata after seven years
• Salary Sacrifice opportunities
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Fitness Passport programme offering discounted membership to selected gym, pool, and yoga facilities
• Employee Loyalty Programme offering discounts at selected local businesses
• Employee Assistance Programme

The Council contribution to employees' superannuation for contributing employees shall be 13.5% of the employees' ordinary time earnings subject to the employee contributing a minimum of 6% of their ordinary time earnings.

All successful candidates are required to undergo drug and alcohol testing as part of the recruitment process. Please be aware Townsville City Council has a 'zero tolerance' policy to drugs and alcohol in the workplace.

We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace where diverse styles, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, encouraged, and respected. People from diverse backgrounds (including but not limited to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, people with diverse gender identities and sexualities, people from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability, and veterans) are encouraged to apply.

Closing Date: 11:45pm, Wednesday 22 July 2026