Tenure Permanent full-time 70 hour 9-day fortnight position.
Salary from : $86.858 up to $94,572 per annum, plus superannuation
(Salary will be assessed based on skills and experience)

At Wollongong City Council, we continuously strive to create an Extraordinary Wollongong for our community. We focus on the delivery of exceptional services, infrastructure and facilities for our community. Our aim is to work toward the community’s goals in the Our Wollongong Our Future Community Strategic Plan 2035.

Wollongong is a great place to work, live and play! Together, our responsibility is to create an inclusive community where everyone is welcome, valued and belongs. Our strength is the diversity of our people.

We lead with courage, openness and curiosity and believe our employees are the key to our success. Learn more about us here.

The opportunity

Join our City Cleansing team and help keep our streets, public spaces and community facilities clean, safe and welcoming. We have two Waste Compactor Foreperson opportunities, each leading an established frontline crew responsible for public bin collection, street cleansing and responding to customer service requests across the city. The roles perform similar functions but support different teams.

In these hands-on leadership roles, you will coordinate daily operations, allocate resources and manage changing priorities to deliver safe, efficient, high-quality services. You will develop team members, manage performance matters when required, promote a solid safety culture and identify opportunities to improve service delivery.

Working closely with other City Cleansing crews, you will respond to community requests and complete operational records, reports and administrative tasks. You will also need flexibility to work rostered overtime, weekends and public holidays when required.

About you

You are an experienced, hands-on leader who enjoys developing people and building a positive team culture.



You provide clear direction and create accountability, supporting your team to perform at their best. You motivate and guide people through change, building engagement and a shared commitment to continuous improvement and service excellence. Your people leadership is as important as your operational experience, and you bring sound judgement when solving problems and making decisions in a dynamic work environment.

You will bring:

- Experience leading and coordinating operational or outdoor work teams, including motivating staff and supporting positive change
• Strong communication and customer service skills, with confidence engaging respectfully with community members, customers and stakeholders from diverse backgrounds
• A commitment to workplace health and safety
• Good organisational and administrative skills, including the use of technology
• The ability to meet deadlines and adapt to changing priorities
• Physical capability to perform the duties of the role

Most importantly, you will lead by example and demonstrate Council's values of Respect, Integrity, OneTeam, Sustainability and Courage while delivering services that make a real difference to the community.

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Why you’ll love working at Wollongong City Council!

- True work-life balance
We know you work hard, and we make sure that effort is rewarded with real flexibility. Our hybrid work options, flex-time, and rostered days off mean you can maintain balance while delivering great outcomes.
- Great working conditions




Enjoy a 35-hour work week or a 9-day fortnight with a regular rostered day off (RDO).
- Career growth and recognition

We are committed to supporting your personal and professional development. Our initiatives include a reward and recognition program, corporate learning opportunities, study assistance, and leadership development programs to help you grow and succeed.

- Generous leave provisions
Benefit from five weeks of annual leave per year (pro rata) and access long service leave after just five years.
- Health, safety, and wellbeing
We prioritise a safe workplace for everyone, every day, everywhere. Our wellbeing programs support mental, physical and social wellbeing of our people to be at their best and include an Employee Assistance Program, skin and hearing checks and discounted gym memberships.
- A vibrant social culture
Join our Social Club for monthly activities, an annual trivia night, and fantastic Christmas events!

Participate and engage in meaningful work, and contribute to our extraordinary community, where together we make a difference.

For more information, click on ‘Apply’ to be redirected to Wollongong City Council's job vacancy page.

Applications close 11:59pm Sunday 15 November 2026

We invite everyone to apply no matter your identity, you’ll be welcome. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people who are culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD), people with disability and veterans.

Wollongong Council adheres to the principles of a child safe organisation and is committed to the care and protection of all children and young people in the community.

Applicants are required to undergo a rigorous employment screening process which will include Reference, Identity and Medical History Checks, and may also include a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and Working with Children Check. Employment is subject to clearance of all these checks.

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