About

Robert Jen­nings — Chief Exec­u­tive Officer

Robert is the CEO of Alice Springs Town Coun­cil and pri­or to this was the CEO of Kather­ine Town Coun­cil for four and a half years. He has served as an exec­u­tive offi­cer in local gov­ern­ment across three states and ter­ri­to­ries and is a mem­ber of the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry Plan­ning Com­mis­sion. Pri­or to this time, Robert worked in the pri­vate sec­tor for a nation­al sus­tain­able devel­op­ment com­pa­ny and as a Reg­is­tered Archi­tect. Robert is also a mem­ber of Region­al Devel­op­ment Aus­tralia NT, is edu­cat­ed as an archi­tect and econ­o­mist and has an exten­sive inter­na­tion­al back­ground. He has a per­son­al com­mit­ment to integri­ty, excel­lence, inno­va­tion and ser­vice to the Coun­cil and to the Alice Springs com­mu­ni­ty and its region.Robert has over twen­ty two years’ expe­ri­ence across a wide range of fields includ­ing gov­ern­ment, infra­struc­ture, project man­age­ment, sus­tain­abil­i­ty and alter­na­tive ener­gy, emer­gency man­age­ment, land devel­op­ment, urban plan­ning and archi­tec­ture, con­struc­tion and com­mu­ni­ty and eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment. Robert spe­cialis­es in the devel­op­ment and imple­men­ta­tion of shared strate­gic plans, enrich­ing rela­tion­ships and the deliv­ery of diverse and com­plex projects.

[posi­tion vacant] — Direc­tor Cor­po­rate and Com­mu­ni­ty Services

Scott Allen — Direc­tor Tech­ni­cal Services

Scott was born in Toowoom­ba and grew up in Oakey, Queens­land, also spend­ing time liv­ing in Eng­land on a num­ber of occa­sions whilst play­ing cricket.

Scott is a green­keep­er by trade. He has under­tak­en fur­ther stud­ies, most recent­ly achiev­ing a Grad­u­ate Cer­tifi­cate in Local Gov­ern­ment Lead­er­ship. Scott also has sev­er­al diplo­mas in turf-relat­ed areas.

Scott start­ed his local gov­ern­ment career at the Toowoom­ba City Coun­cil. He com­menced work with Alice Springs Town Coun­cil in Octo­ber 2007 as the Super­vi­sor Parks and Gar­dens. Scott was the Man­ag­er Works for a num­ber of years before being appoint­ed as Direc­tor Tech­ni­cal Services.

Scott and his wife Michelle have two daugh­ters and a son. Hav­ing worked in local gov­ern­ment for a sig­nif­i­cant peri­od, Scott enjoys the abil­i­ty to make a dif­fer­ence in his and his family’s community.

Scott enjoys all sports, espe­cial­ly crick­et and rug­by league, and a pas­sion­ate sup­port­er of Queens­land in every sport­ing arena.

[posi­tion vacant] — Direc­tor Finance