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Part Time Permanent Position - 19 hours per week

Salary Range $92,401 to $96,725 per annum pro rata + 10.5% Super

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

We are seeking a vibrant, positive Lactation Consultant to join the ever-growing Maternal and Child Health team to support families within Melton City Council with their decision to breastfeed.

Must be enthusiastic, adaptable and able to work independently and in a team environment.

The position requires persons with highly developed interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills and a capacity to relate effectively to a diverse range of families, communities and professionals in a constantly changing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide support to breastfeeding mothers in the City of Melton working towards reducing complications and increasing the rate of successful longterm breastfeeding.
• Work with the Maternal and Child Health Team in promoting breastfeeding within Melton City Council.

About you

• Minimum qualifications, current Registration with AHPRA as both a Registered Division 1 nurse and a Registered Midwife, current IBCLC qualified Lactation Consultant.
• Post Graduate qualifications as Maternal and Child health Nurse highly desirable.
• Current valid Victorian Driver's Licence.
• Current valid 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:

• 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

How To Apply
If you require further information about the position, please contact Amy Walker, Acting Team Leader MCH Programs on

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.

• Successful applicants must comply with COVID19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees and Council's COVID19 vaccination policy which require employees to provide documentary evidence of their vaccination status before attending the workplace._

Applications close 11:59pm Wednesday 12 April 2023

To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident of Australia or be legally entitled to work in Australia.
**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.

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