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Manager Community Development, Facilities and Recreation at City of Greater Dandenong Council
Location: Greater Melbourne Area, Australia 9 work roles 10 schools
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Lynette While is listed as Manager Community Development, Facilities and Recreation at City of Greater Dandenong Council, a with 462 employees, based in Greater Melbourne Area, Australia. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Lynette While.

Lynette While previously worked as Manager Community Facilities, Sport and Recreation at City Of Greater Dandenong and Manager Sport and Recreation at City Of Greater Dandenong. Lynette While studied at Lgpro Xlp.

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Lynette is a Local Government professional with over 14 years senior management experience at six metropolitan councils including the Cities of Camberwell, Caulfield, Glen Eira, Boroondara, Maroondah, Greater Dandenong. Over this period Lynette has been responsible for extremely diverse portfolios including contract management for leisure and aquatic centres and stadiums, community and commercial property , community development, community facilities, sport and leisure planning, volunteer programs, open space and park planning, urban design, arts and cultural planning, interpreter services, social policy, community grants, sponsorship and donations and preventative health.Lynette is a dedicated and perceptive professional with an unusual combination of talents and formal qualifications. She holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Law, a Diploma in Management, a Bachelor of Applied Science and a Diploma of Horticultural Science. This background has enabled her to achieve in strategic planning and policy formulation and in program and project planning and implementation alike. Lynnette’s career success is built upon her commitment to continuous improvement and best practice; her excellent interpersonal and written communication skills; political acumen; and strong networks across all levels of government, the community and business sectors. In recognition of her skills and outstanding results she has received a number of formal awards for projects she has led including the planning and construction of the Noble Park Aquatic Centre that was a finalist in the World Architecture Awards.Lynette has extensive experience in contract management with a focus on occupational health and safety, finance and human resource management, strategy and policy development, industrial relations and asset management. She is an energetic, ethical and people oriented practitioner with a genuine commitment to community consultation and engagement.

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City of Greater Dandenong Council
City Of Greater Dandenong Council
Manager Community Development, Facilities and Recreation
dandenong, victoria, australia
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462
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9 roles · 38 years

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Manager Community Development, Facilities And Recreation

Current

Dandenong

Greater Dandenong is the most culturally diverse municipality in Victoria and is referred to as the “City of Opportunity”. Located 35km from the Melbourne CBD and with an area of 129 sq km, a population of 156,000 with 2/3 born overseas, Greater Dandenong has a vibrant economy with retail, commercial and regional manufacturing sectors, government sector investment in residential and CBD revitalisation and large areas of rural business.Lynette currently manages the Community Development, Facilities and Recreation portfolio. This department comprises 35 EFT staff employed by Council together with 200 contractors, $6.5 million net operating budget, $3.5million capital and $6 million contracts. It is also responsible for the management and planning of over 1/3 of Council infrastructure assets.

2014 - Present ~12 yrs 6 mos

Manager Community Facilities, Sport And Recreation

Dandenong

Leadership role in transitioning nine facilities from across three separate departments into one community facilities team which then amalgamated with the community property, leisure and aquatic stadiums and the sport and recreation teams. A high performing team of 15 EFT delivering 46 buildings for hire and a multiplicity of programs to the Greater Dandenong community.

2012 - 2014 ~2 yrs

Manager Sport And Recreation

Springvale

A role responsible for driving change, leading significant infrastructure redevelopment and setting new standards for shared multipurpose facilities and building stakeholder partnerships. Of note is the reconstruction and operational management of the Warner Reserve $2.1million community sport pavilion, the commencement of the $22million Noble Park ‘more than just a pool’ project, resolution of long term disputes and return to Council of long term lease buildings with subsequent community support and goodwill and facilitating mergers of sporting clubs for improved success and longevity.

2007 - 2012 ~5 yrs

Manager Property, Leisure And Accessibility

Dandenong

Leading a team of 11 staff comprising disability planning, leisure planning and sport development, commercial and community property assets, leasing and administration, and contract management of major leisure centres and the Dandenong market, Lynette reviewed all contracts and programs. This included the successful preparation and tendering of the major leisure centres and the Dandenong market with smooth seamless transition between management organisations and resulting in net benefit to the City of $2 million.

2005 - 2007 ~2 yrs

Manager Urban And Environmental Planning

Springvale

Lynette’s first role at Greater Dandenong Council, developing a team of ten people comprising leisure planning and sport development, open space planning, urban design, environmental planning, arts and cultural planning.She successfully restructured the team with no industrial relations issues resulting in a renewed focus on developing the Leisure Strategy and Arts Strategy, delivery of $1.5 million of capital projects and improved financial performance (with doubling of grant income).

2002 - 2005 ~3 yrs

Service Contract Co Ordinator

Ringwood

Maroondah is an eastern metropolitan activity centre boasting a substantially developed peri-urban residential municipality of population around 112,000 enjoying extensive ribbons of bushland reserve and one of the largest regional shopping centres in Melbourne. This role was responsible for review and monitoring of the contract administration of the City Parks and Works Contract valued at $6 million annually together with review and approval of $1million provisional expenditure. Other key responsibilities were the preparation and implementation of master plans including full design, consultation, tendering, contract management and construction supervision ($1.9 million annually).Of particular note, are a range of pedestrian bridge constructions in very sensitive parklands including the ornamental pedestrian bridge over the major tourist destination of Ringwood Lake.

1998 - 2002 ~4 yrs

Project Manager Teacher - Evenings

Swinburne University

Wantirna

Responsible for program development and delivery for diploma and certificate students in the horticulture and landscape faculties at Swinburne University. This work was most rewarding in being able to positively influence the growth and development of the minds and skill level of young adults and the transformation of mature age students.

2002 - 2004 ~2 yrs

Senior Landscape Architect

Camberwell

An inner eastern metropolitan suburb with a population of 165,000, Boroondara is considered one of the more affluent communities of Melbourne, although still boasting significant light industry and unique local strip shopping centre characters. A municipality seeking to balance significant urban redevelopment with historic neighbourhood character and treed avenues and a commitment to genuine community consultation.Key highlights of this role include successful liaison and negotiation with Vic Roads to reduce impacts to residents and parkland resulting from Eastern Freeway construction; active representation to the Chief Electrical Inspector Office for the management and retention of historic tree avenues; and the project management of the award winning design of the Integrated Playground at Kew, Hays Paddock.

1995 - 1998 ~3 yrs

Urban Designer

City Of Glen Eira

Caulfield

This was a significant period in local government history with compulsory amalgamation of municipalities resulting in Caulfield becoming the larger Glen Eira. An inner south east metropolitan council predominantly residential with a mix of houses from the 1800s with contemporary housing set amidst leafy suburbs. The population of around 140,000 were seeking improvements to ageing community facilities, busy strip shopping centres dissected by main roads and local and regional parklands such as Caulfield Park. As urban designer, Lynette held a key leadership role in developing a five year rolling capital works program, project management for design and construction of new parklands and revitalisation of urban strip shopping centres with a sense of unique character. Key to the success of this role was the development of strong professional relationships across Council, particularly with outdoor based staff and indoor professional engineers and planners.

1989 - 1995 ~6 yrs
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Lgpro Xlp

Certificate In Emvironmental Change Management

Connect Training

Diploma Of Horticultural Science

Burnley Horticultural College

Hsc Physics, Chem, Math, English, French

Camberwell High School
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Lynette While is listed as Manager Community Development, Facilities and Recreation at City of Greater Dandenong Council.

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Lynette While is based in Greater Melbourne Area, Australia while working with City of Greater Dandenong Council.

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Lynette While has worked for City Of Greater Dandenong Council, City Of Greater Dandenong, City Of Maroondah, Swinburne University, and City Of Boroondara.

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