Shared Mobility Officer

**Hybrid and flexible working arrangements available **#LI-Hybrid**:

- **Full time fixed term role (based on 38 hours per week)**:

- **Fixed term role to 30 June 2025**:

- **Monthly RDO**:

- **Salary: $99k - $109k + 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**:
This is an important role in our Transport Planning team that will lead the development of a future shared mobility scheme to operate in Merri-bek. You will be critical to supporting shared mobility services such as e-scooters and e-bike in Merri-bek’s streets while balancing the needs of all other road users. An important part of this role will be to manage and lead Council policy development and programs related to shared mobility.

The Shared Mobility Officer will lead working groups and committees that will assist in shaping the shared mobility policy. You will consult a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including other Councils, State Government agencies and shared mobility operators. We are looking for an enthusiastic and supportive team member to help us offer more transport options to our community with care and professionalism.

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

- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in transport, with a strong interest in shared mobility services
- An ability to develop Council policy and to lead various stakeholder groups
- Sound written and verbal communication skills
- A commitment to work collaboratively with others to resolve complex issues

**What the role can offer**:

- Monthly 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 Vaughn Allan, Strategic Transport Lead on (03) 9384 9290.**

**Applications close: 11:30pm, Wednesday, 30 September 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.