Coordinator Sport and Recreation Development

Full Time Permanent Position

Band 8 - Salary Range $120,224 - $134,591 per annum + 11% Super + ADO

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

This is a rare opportunity to support the development and delivery of a large and diverse pipeline of Sport and Recreation infrastructure projects, which includes the provision of new sporting reserves, aquatic centres and indoor stadiums for the Melton community.

The Coordinator Sport and Recreation Development leads the team responsible for managing Sport and Recreation facilities and delivering services that support participation opportunities to enhance the health and well-being of residents in the City of Melton. Reporting to the Manager Recreation and Facility Activation, we are looking for someone who will work collaboratively with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders, is an excellent communicator and can lead and adapt to change. 

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and support to the Sport and Recreation Development team and work collaboratively across Council departments to help achieve Council’s objectives and drive a culture of continuous improvement. 
• Oversee the management of Sport and Recreation facility leases and licences including management and operations contracts for aquatic centres.
• Coordinate the delivery of strategies, plans, policies and the provision of strategic advice that supports Sport and Recreation infrastructure development, facility management and facility activation.
• Provide leadership to prepare business cases and manage stakeholder relationships during the planning and delivery of sport, recreation and leisure related capital works projects.

To view the Position Description, click here.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have the following:

• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant area such as recreation management, community development or a related discipline with significant experience in Sport and Recreation and an ability to work collaboratively, lead and drive change. 
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills, with an ability to present to diverse groups of stakeholders. 
• Experience in the management and operation of community sport, recreation and aquatic facilities.
• Experience in developing, implementing and reviewing strategies, master plans and policies.
• Highly developed project management skills including the ability to lead the development of business cases and stakeholder engagement plans to support project delivery.
• A current valid Victorian driver’s licence

• 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

• 13 ADO's (Accrued Day Off) per year
• 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 Aaron Biscan, Manager Recreation and Facility Activation on 9747 5785.

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 28 February 2024