Manager Transport

Key leader in Council’s Senior Management Team
- Lead innovative thinking and delivery of key transport strategies
- Join an inclusive, welcoming and fun workplace

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.

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. Utilising your depth of knowledge and experience in transport, you will enhance safety and mobility within the municipality with strategies, plans, infrastructure and advocacy programs that help Council towards the 2031 Community Vision for Moving and living safely in Merri-bek: Our streets are safe for pedestrians and cyclists, day and night.

To succeed in delivering on a strategic transport agenda, your strong community and stakeholder engagement and capital project delivery skills will allow you to understand the community’s transport needs and both advocate for them and provide local infrastructure improvements that address them. With an appreciation and understanding of the broader political landscape, you will quickly build deep and trusted relationships with a broad range of networks and complex key stakeholders utilising your strong communication and engagement skills.

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.

To apply, please upload your CV and cover letter. For any questions not outlined in the PD, please contact Ashley Wilkes on 0401 298 395