Manager Commercial and Property Services
Job No:
LCC2004
Location:
Lismore
About Us:
Our vision is powered by a deep commitment to enhancing the quality of services we offer to our community. Today, Lismore is flourishing, and it’s the perfect time for those who live, work, and play here to embrace and celebrate everything that makes Lismore so special.
We warmly welcome individuals who bring fresh perspectives and unique skills, helping to enrich our collective vision for a vibrant and thriving community.
About this Position:
The Manager Commercial and Property Services provides strategic leadership and operational oversight of Council’s commercial and property portfolio. Reporting to the Director Corporate Sustainability, this role drives commercial insight, portfolio optimisation and revenue‑generating initiatives that support Council’s long‑term financial sustainability and community outcomes.
You will lead Council’s approach to property strategy, commercial development and business optimisation, including leases, acquisitions and disposals, commercial partnerships, and investment propositions. A key focus is applying a strong commercial lens to Council activities - identifying opportunities to improve returns, enhance asset utilisation, and deliver value‑for‑community outcomes while ensuring compliance with legislative, governance, and ethical requirements.
This role leads a specialist team and works closely with the Executive Leadership Team, Councillors, internal service areas and external stakeholders. Success requires sophisticated negotiation skills, sound financial and market judgement, and the ability to balance complex, and sometimes competing, commercial, regulatory and community priorities.
What we can offer you:
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Flexible work options
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Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs
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Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
What we trust you to deliver:
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Lead commercialisation initiatives, property strategy, leasing, acquisitions and disposals.
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Assess business opportunities, partnerships and investment propositions.
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Manage compliance, governance and commercial negotiations.
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Lead the Commercial & Property Services team to deliver strong customer‑focused outcomes.
What you will need to be successful:
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Tertiary qualifications in Business/Commercial/Property.
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Extensive leadership experience in commercial and property management.
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Strong financial, analytical and governance capability.
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Proven negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
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Full Time: 35-hour week.
Salary: A competitive salary will be offered to the successful applicant commensurate with their relevant skills and experience.
Contact: If you require further information, please contact Kulwant Singh-Pangly, Director Corporate Sustainability at dcs@lismore.nsw.gov.au.
Closing Date: 17 July 2026 at 9:00am
Conditions of Employment: Conditions of employment are set out in the Local Government (State) Award and relevant Council policies, procedures and agreements.
Pre-employment Screening: Before employment, there will be a series of pre-employment checks, which may include health assessments, validation of the right to work in Australia, validation of qualifications and licences, criminal history checks, psychometric assessments, and referee checks.
We care about people as individuals and are committed to diversity, inclusion, and new ways of working. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender, ethnicity, cultural background, faith, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.
