Manager – Property, Facilities & Fleet

• Lead a diverse asset portfolio
• Transform facilities and property performance
• Build a genuine service culture

Lead the assets that help a city work

Invercargill City Council (ICC) manages a diverse portfolio of property, facilities and fleet assets that support Council services and the wider community every day.

ICC is now looking for an experienced Manager – Property, Facilities & Fleet to bring these activities together as a cohesive, high-performing function – strengthening asset performance, lifting facilities management practice and building a culture focused on service, collaboration and partnership.

This is an opportunity to influence not only how ICC looks after its assets today, but how they are planned, invested in and positioned for the future. Sound like you?

About the Role

Reporting to the Group Manager – Corporate Services, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across ICC’s property, facilities and fleet portfolio, leading a team spanning facilities management, property and fleet operations and property asset management.

The portfolio is broad. It includes corporate and community facilities, investment property and surplus land, commercial and leasing arrangements, community housing and Council’s vehicle fleet.Your focus will be on creating an integrated and commercially astute function – ensuring assets are safe, compliant, fit for purpose and financially sustainable while balancing Council’s service, financial and community objectives.

You will lead improvements in facilities management and maintenance planning; strengthen asset management and lifecycle planning; oversee property and investment decisions; improve fleet management capability; and provide trusted advice to senior leadership on priorities, risk and investment.

Just as importantly, you will lead a cultural shift within the function – creating a team that sees itself as an enabler and partner to the wider organisation and delivers responsive, practical and customer-focused support.

About you

We are looking for an experienced property or facilities leader with the breadth, judgement and people leadership capability to bring several interconnected functions together.

Your background is likely to include substantial facilities management experience alongside exposure to property, asset management, maintenance programmes and contractor management. You may currently be leading a function within a larger organisation or operating at manager level within a smaller, asset-intensive environment.

You will bring:

• Significant experience across facilities, property or asset-intensive environments.
• Strong facilities management capability, including maintenance, compliance and contractor performance.
• Proven people leadership and the ability to build an engaged, collaborative and service-focused team.
• Commercial judgement and an understanding of lifecycle planning, investment and asset performance.
• The ability to manage a diverse property portfolio and balance commercial, community and service outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder management, influencing and problem-solving capability.
• A relevant tertiary qualification in property, facilities management, engineering, asset management or a related discipline.
  

Experience in the wider public sector would be advantageous but is not essential. Above all, you will be someone who can bring people with you – setting clear expectations, challenging established ways of working and creating a function that the wider organisation values and trusts.

Why Invercargill City Council?

Invercargill is changing, investing and looking to the future. As the commercial hub of Southland, the city offers meaningful professional opportunities alongside an enviable lifestyle, affordable living and easy access to some of New Zealand’s most spectacular landscapes.

For someone who enjoys seeing the tangible impact of their work, this is a rare opportunity to lead a significant and varied asset portfolio while helping shape how Council delivers for its community.

Flexible working arrangements and relocation support are available for the right candidate.

How to apply

For a copy of the position description and to apply, visit the Decipher Group website on Manager - Property, Facilities and Fleet - Decipher Group.

To discover more about Southland and Invercargill City Council www.southlandnz.com and www.icc.govt.nz.

For a confidential discussion about the role; contact Leanne Crozier on 021 245 2224 or by email to leanne@deciphergroup.co.nz.

Applications close: Monday 21^st September 2026.