Corporate Planning

**Full Time Permanent Position**

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

**Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.**

**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**

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated individual to join the Organisational Performance Department as a Corporate Planning and Performance Officer.

This position plays an important role in managing corporate and service planning activities, ensuring strict adherence to the Local Government Act 2020 and relevant regulations, while also participating in the development and review of Council policies and the Council and Wellbeing Plan for the City of Melton.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Assist in the delivery of corporate and service planning, in compliance with the Local Government Act 2020 and subsequent Regulations/Guidelines within Council.
- Provide input to, and support in the development and review of the Council and Wellbeing Plan.
- Support Council’s Business planning, monitoring, and reporting processes.
- Support the production of high quality annual and quarterly reports and review Council Plans within both legislated reporting periods and timeframes as provided by Council, its Committees and Executive.

To view the **Position Description**, click **here**.

**About you**

**_ To be successful in this role you will have the following:_**
- Tertiary qualification in Business, Management with some relevant experience, lesser formal qualifications, and substantial relevant experience, or through substantial relevant experience in the field of specialist expertise.
- Experience and knowledge relating to corporate, business and service planning as it applies to Local Government, and the _Local Government Act 2020._
- Demonstrated understanding of corporate and service planning activities, reporting on performance outcomes within a Council, and process improvement approaches and activities.
- 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
- 13 ADO's (Accrued Day Off) per year
- 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

**How To Apply**

If you require further information about the position, please contact **Bob Baker**, Coordinator Corporate Planning & Performance on **0419 789 164**.

Applications must 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 COVID-19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees and Council’s COVID-19 vaccination policy which require employees to provide documentary evidence of their vaccination status before attending the workplace.

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