Toowoomba City Council CEO - position vacant ...

The ad for the CEO position:

Job Title: Chief Executive Officer

Industry: Local Government

Organisation: Toowoomba City Council

Job Description:

- Excellent leadership opportunity

- Envied location in South East Queensland

- Outstanding lifestyle options

The City of Toowoomba, a part of South East Queensland and the focal point of the Darling Downs region, is Australia’s largest inland regional city. With a population of over 94,000, Toowoomba offers outstanding lifestyle options and opportunities.

Located just over an hour’s easy drive from Brisbane at the top of the Great Dividing Range, Toowoomba enjoys an excellent climate, free from excess humidity, and is amazingly well serviced, including excellent education facilities (boasting some of Queensland’s finest private schools, the University of Southern Queensland and TAFE), highly regarded health services and a growing reputation for restaurants, coffee shops and wineries. Diverse and affordable housing options are also a feature.

The role requires a visionary and strategic thinker, with a strong outcomes focus and outstanding leadership skills.

In particular, the successful applicant will be able to demonstrate well-developed leadership abilities and a history of achievement in building organisational culture around service excellence and high levels of employee job satisfaction.

Additionally, the successful applicant will be able to adopt a balanced approach to contributing to the building of a sustainable future for Toowoomba and its surrounding region.

Executive management experience in Local Government will be well regarded.

The Council has a current budget of over $150 million, employs over 850 staff and provides a diverse range of Local Government Services.

To attract an outstanding candidate, Council will negotiate an attractive performance based remuneration package.

An information pack, including a Position Description, can be obtained by contacting here. To apply please forward your written application, in the strictest confidence, via email to here or to the address here no later than 15th February 2006.

Is this really truth in advertising?

Chris Rose is due to depart on 3 February (see - departure press release) and applications for the CEO role close on 15 February.

It should take at least one month to select a candidate and any worthwhile candidate will then need to give notice with his existing position. That could add another 3 months (unless the notice period is shortened).

Looks like the Council may be without a CEO for some time.

See - Please send a new CEO.