City Development Support Officer

1 month ago


Coburg, Australia Merri-bek City Council Full time

**Hybrid Working **#LI-Hybrid**:

- **Full time permanent role (based on 35 hours per week)**:

- **Fortnightly RDO**:

- **Exciting change agenda and fantastic new team**:

- **Salary: $77k - $82k + Super**:

- **Ability to transfer or take LSL (Long Service Leave) within Local Government**

**About Merri-bek City Council**:
Merri-bek City Council is a progressive council of 175,000 residents: one community, proudly diverse. Our council area sits within the banks of the Merri Creek and the Moonee Ponds Creek, and includes Brunswick, Coburg, Fawkner, Glenroy, Gowanbrae, Hadfield, Oak Park and Pascoe Vale. Our city is vibrant and energetic, known for its active community, cultural diversity, creative industries and the arts. Our long-term vision has ambitious goals for environmental sustainability, social justice, community wellbeing, and creating great places. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food and cafés right at the doorstep.

Merri-bek Council strives to be a contemporary, innovative and collaborative organisation with a deep commitment to engaging and supporting the Merri-bek community. Our organisational vision is to be one team, brave and diverse, making a difference.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and welcoming workplace. We offer flexible and hybrid work options and genuinely care about providing our staff work/life balance. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food, cafés, parks and a cinema right at the doorstep. Merri-bek is a great place to live, work and play.

**About the role**:
City Development Branch Administration team (The “A” team) plays a vital role supporting Council’s, Building, Environmental Health, and Planning Services to help our diverse community to plan, build and maintain inspiring spaces and places to live, work and play in, safely**. We are seeking a dynamic, customer focused, administrative professional** to join our high-performance team.

The position is required to work at a fast pace and involves a range of administrative tasks including maintaining computer records, dealing with correspondence, preparing documentation for external stakeholders, dealing with general enquiries and customer service.

**Skills and experience require to perform the role**:

- A passion for Customer Service
- Knowledge of planning development and building approvals, and/or environmental health process in Victoria
- Experience using the computer database Pathway will be highly regarded.
- Experience using the records management system Content Manager will be highly regarded.
- Strong organisational skills
- Attention to detail.
- Requires excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively and flexibly in a team environment.
- Initiative is the key to success

**What the role can offer**:

- Fortnightly RDO
- Extensive opportunities for training & career development
- Salary sacrifice options
- A real sense of work-life balance & flexible work options
- Employer-supported study assistance schemes
- Wellness programs

**Further support offered for our staff**:

- Up to 20 weeks primary & up to 5 weeks secondary parental leave
- Purchase leave
- Ceremonial leave
- Gender affirmation leave
- Family violence leave

**For further information about this position please contact Carla Redl on 03 9240 2242.**

**Applications close: 11:30pm, Wednesday, 20 November 2024.**

**How to apply**:

- Please note that some documents relating to this position may reference Moreland City Council. We are in the process of updating the councils new name of Merri-bek City Council.

Merri-bek is focused on diverse representation of the community we serve. With this we value lived experience that could contribute to the shaping of this role and in turn will continue to provide representation and growth of safe and inclusive work culture.

**Our Commitment**:
In May 2021, Merri-bek Council adopted a revised Statement of Commitment to Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung People and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of the municipality. The statement recognises the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as the traditional owners of the lands and waterways of our municipality.

Merri-bek City Council is committed to being a Child Safe Organisation and has zero tolerance for child abuse. We believe children and young people have the right to be and feel safe and that their safety and wellbeing is the responsibility of everyone. You can read more about our Child Safety Commitment Statement on our website.



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