Recreation Planning and Projects Officer

Recreation Planning and Projects Officer

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Recreation Planning and Projects Officer

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Band 6 - Salary Range $97,926 to $106,637 per annum + 12% Super + ADO

Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.

Why join Melton City Council?

Melton City Council is proud to serve one of Australia's fastest-growing and most diverse communities. We are a forward-thinking local government committed to creating a city where everyone feels welcome, supported, and empowered.

As a Council, we are driven by innovation, inclusion, and excellence. We deliver high-quality services and infrastructure, promote lifelong learning, and champion health and wellbeing across our municipality. Our team plays a vital role in shaping a vibrant, sustainable future for our residents.

Working with us means being part of a collaborative and inclusive culture that values your growth. We offer:

• Professional and personal development opportunities
• Generous leave entitlements and flexible work arrangements
• A dynamic workplace close to home, surrounded by heritage charm, green spaces, and modern amenities

Join us and help build a city that thrives—where your work makes a real difference every day.

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated individual to join the Recreation and Facility Activation Department as the Recreation Planning and Projects Officer. The City of Melton is the fastest growing municipality in Australia and home to a vibrant and diverse community. This position plays an important role in helping to deliver sport and recreation infrastructure and services to enhance the health and wellbeing of residents in the City of Melton.

The Recreation Planning and Projects Officer is responsible for managing and supporting the development plans relating to sport and recreation infrastructure and service provision for the City of Melton. The position will support the delivery of the capital works program for sport and recreation, ensuring projects are well planned, ready for delivery and that a high level of support is provided to ensure project objectives are achieved.

We are looking for someone who has well developed planning, project management and communication skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the preparation of sport specific plans and reserve master plans.
• Manage the preparation of business cases, project briefs, feasibility studies, concept designs and cost plans for sport, recreation and leisure projects, ensuring projects are ready for delivery.
• Engage with a range of internal and external stakeholders including sporting clubs and associations, funding partners, consultants and residents.
• Work collaboratively across Council departments to help achieve Council's objectives and support the delivery of Council's capital works program and priorities

To view the Position Description, click here.

About you

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

• Tertiary qualification in Recreation Planning, Open Space Planning, Sports Management, Community Development or a related discipline with some relevant experience or lesser formal qualifications with substantial relevant experience.
• Excellent written and oral communication and internal and external stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to prepare and present effective plans and reports.
• Well-developed project management skills including task and time management, setting priorities, planning and managing workloads to complete projects within prescribed timeframes and on budget.
• Hold a current Victorian driver's licence.

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

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
• 5 weeks annual leave
• Flexible Working Hours
• 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave)
• 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave
• Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities - Australian Breastfeeding Association
• Subsidised Uniforms

How To Apply

If you require further information about the position, please contact Chris Saliba, Senior Recreation Planning and Projects Officer on 0477 293 552.

Applicationsmust 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 public health orders applicable to local government.

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 respondingto child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.

Applications close11:59pm Tuesday 26 August 2025

Seniority level

• Seniority levelMid-Senior level

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• Employment typeFull-time

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• Job functionManagement and Manufacturing
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