Place Engagement and Activation Officer

1 week ago


Melton, Australia Melton City Council Full time

**Full Time Fixed Term Position - 12 Month Contract**

**Band 6 - Salary Range $92,304 to $100,516per annum + 11% 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**

Council is seeking a motivated and versatile practitioner to assume the role of Place Engagement and Activation Officer. This is an exciting, ongoing, hands-on opportunity to help make a meaningful difference for the ongoing growth and prosperity of business precincts in one of Australia’s fastest growing communities.

Working within the Economic Development and Tourism team, the Place Engagement and Activation Officer will be responsible for the delivery of place-based initiatives to help support the activation, functionality and revitalisation of retail, commercial and industrial precincts across the municipality.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Implementing and delivering quality, timely and coordinated place-making and place activation initiatives as part of Council’s economic development strategy.
- Engaging and collaborating with key stakeholders and build relationships to support growth in local capacity, and offer advice and guidance on Council-led and State Government projects.
- Planning and delivering projects that activate public spaces within the City of Melton to develop safe, vibrant, and welcoming spaces that contribute to a positive experience.
- Being a champion for the revitalisation of the city centre and neighbourhood precincts and the Place Activation Program in general.

**About you**

**_ To be successful in this role you will have the following:_**
- Tertiary qualifications in planning, business, marketing or a related discipline, or lesser formal qualification with substantial experience.
- A sound knowledge and understanding of place management, stakeholder engagement, economic development, visitation patterns and urban planning principles and processes within a local government context.
- Proven ability to develop, implement and monitor place making programs and projects.
- Demonstrated skills in working collaboratively through networks and partnerships to develop and facilitate creative and innovative solutions.
- Excellent facilitation, presentation, and communication skills.
- Current valid 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

**Benefits**

There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:
Staff Benefits | Melton City Council
- 19 Day Month
- 4 weeks and 2 days annual leave **(As of 1st of July 2024 will increase to 5 weeks)**:

- Flexible Working Hours
- Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
- 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave **(Super is paid during parental leave)**:

- 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave*
- Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association)
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Subsidised Uniforms
- Eligible after 12 months of employment.

**How To Apply**

If you require further information about the position, please contact **Rachael Altair**, Acting Coordinator, Economic Development and Tourism on **9747 4626**.

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 c



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