Recreation Projects Officer

Full Time Permanent Position

Salary Range $86,169 to $93,835 per annum + 10.5% Super + RDO

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 arisen for an experienced and motivated individual to join the Recreation and Youth Department as the Recreation Projects Officer. We are looking for someone who has well established project management and communication skills, is hard working and thrives in a busy environment.

• The position reports to the Recreation Development Coordinator.
• Stakeholders include community groups, contractors, funding bodies and residents.
• The position will plan, support and deliver recreation and leisure-based capital projects for the Melton community.

Key Responsibilities

This position is responsible for providing input into the development of the capital program for recreation and leisure and ensuring that projects are ready for delivery. The position directly manages small to medium scale capital projects and is responsible for providing support to deliver larger capital projects in accordance with Council’s Project Management Framework.

About you

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

• Qualifications in building, project management and/or experience in managing recreation related projects and contracts.
• Experience in both project management and working closely with community sport and recreation clubs.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills and an ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

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:

• 19 Day Month
• Flexible Working Hours
• Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
• 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave
• 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave
• Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association)
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Subsidised Uniforms

To read more about our benefits visit https://meltoncity-staff-benef...

To Apply

If you require further information about the position, please contact Nicole Willis, Acting Recreation Development Coordinator on 9747 5785.

To view the Position Description, click here.

Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role.

We encourage you to use the STAR approach when writing your responses to the selection criteria.

Situation (Task) – provide a brief outline of the situation or task?

Action – what did you do in response to the situation or task?

Result – what was the result of your action?

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.

Applications submitted via email, after the closing date and/or that do not address the Key Selection Criteria will not be considered.

Successful applicants must comply with 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.

Applications close 5.00pm Friday 2 December 2022