Land Management Officer

2 weeks ago

Melton, Australia Melton City Council Full time

Part Time Fixed Term Position - December 2023

Salary Range $71,280 to $82,081 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


Melton City Council's Environmental Enhancement Program is a leader in effective engagement and behaviour change for sustainable private land management.


Predominantly a post-agricultural and equine landscape experiencing rapidly growing urban development, much of the municipality will be retained for Green Wedge and Rural Conservation purposes.

The area is affected by some highly invasive weeds that have potential to impact the high value remnants of Volcanic Plains Grasslands and Grassy Woodlands.

This landscape is where you will make your mark.

Key Responsibilities

  • Reporting to the Senior Land Management Officer, you will assist to build positive relationships with land owners and managers, provide information and advice, facilitate behaviour change and negotiate land management outcomes. You will have a passion for engaging and working with people from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
  • Increase capacity of landholders to satisfactorily participate in the Environmental Enhancement Program with the primary aim of improving weed management and biodiversity outcomes on private land
  • Visit properties, liaise with landholders, encourage them to undertake further works where required.
  • Assess landholder compliance with agreed works

About you

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

  • Tertiary qualifications in Land Management, Conservation or Agriculture with some experience or other qualifications with relevant experience in weed management, native vegetation management and rural landholder liaison
  • High level interpersonal skills
  • Experience in organising projects within timetable and budgetary constraints.
  • Demonstrated high level of verbal and written communication skills.
  • Capacity to drive for up to 6 hours a day is required.

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
  • 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 Lawrie Conole, Coordinator Environment & Sustainability 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 22 March 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.

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