AddressFull Time Permanent Position
Band 4 - Salary Range $$70,018 to $74,233 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
An exciting opportunity has come in the role of Customer Liaison – Parks & Open Space. This exciting opportunity comes as the Parks Team looks to continue to expand and grow and for the right candidate be a part of a fun and energetic team in an area of Council that is growing at a rapid rate.
The role will work alongside the Administration Support Officer in administering customer requests received as well as assisting the wider team whilst reporting to the Parks & Open Space Coordinator.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist the Parks & Open Space Officers with receipt and provision of desktop triage for routine and simple fault reports, assign work orders and purchase requisitions as directed to either the in-house services team or specialist trade contractors.
- Escalate non routine and/or complex fault reports and requests to Parks & Open Space Officer to further investigate.
- Assist with the Administration of service contracts relating to reactive and proactive maintenance activity.
- Provide professional customer service by actively answering phones, responding to emails, attending counter enquiries, taking massages and greeting customers.
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 relevant office administration experience.
- Excellent knowledge of Windows based applications and databases to produce a wide range of documents.
- Well-developed customer service skills for face to face, telephone and email interactions.
- Experience working in a multi-disciplined team to achieve set objectives, specifically in the field of maintenance.
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 Wayne Kratsis, Parks and Open Space Coordinator 9747 7174.
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 15 April 2024
