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Form of workFull Time Permanent Position
Band 4 - Salary Range $70,018 to $74,233 per annum + 11% Super + RDO
Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.
About Melton City Council
The City of Melton is a community where everyone belongs. Ours is a vibrant and diverse municipality—one of the fastest developing in Australia. Our organisation strives to provide our community with state-of-the-art amenity and facilities, engaging health and wellbeing options, and support to become active members of our Lifelong Learning City.
We invest in innovation, offering professional and personal development, and generous leave and flexibility to staff, while also fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. You’ll be able to work close to home in a dynamic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces.
The Opportunity
Our Child, Family and Youth Services team deliver a variety of service and programs to improve the health, development and wellbeing outcomes for the community. The team are seeking a highly motivated self-starter who has strong administrative, project and people skills and experience to support a fast-paced high-performance team.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the Child, Family and Youth Services team through the provision of administrative support in the areas of compliance, bookings and payments, planning, reporting and project delivery.
- Maintain a high level of confidentiality and meet privacy standards while delivering a wide range of information, projects and reports.
- Ensure compliance requirements are met in relation to emergency planning, safety and security.
To view the Position Description, click here.
About you
To be successful in this role you will have the following:
- Post-secondary qualification in administration or related and/or some experience in a project role.
- Experience in Harmony and City Manager programs preferable.
- Highly developed computer skills and experience with the operation of a variety of Windows based applications and databases.
- Current valid Victorian Driver’s Licence.
- Must hold or be able to obtain an Employee Working with Children Check.
Culture and Values
Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.
We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:
- Motivate
- Empower
- Lead
- Trust
- Open
- Nurture
Benefits
There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:
Staff Benefits | Melton City Council
- 19 Day Month
- 4 weeks and 2 days annual leave (As of 1st of July 2024 will increase to 5 weeks)
- Flexible Working Hours
- Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
- 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave)
- 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave
- Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association)
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Subsidised Uniforms
How To Apply
If you require further information about the position, please contact Brendan Ball, Manager Child Families & Youth on 9747 7317.
Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise.
To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.
All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any COVID-19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees and Council’s COVID-19 vaccination policy which require employees to provide documentary evidence of their vaccination status before attending the workplace.
We strongly encourage job applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. If selected for an interview and you require any additional support or adjustments regarding interview arrangements, please advise the contact listed above in advance.
Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.
Applications close 11:59pm Wednesday 31 January 2024
