
Recreation Projects and Planning Officer
1 week ago
**Full Time Permanent Position**
**Band 6 - Salary Range $95,073 to $103,531 per annum + 11.5% 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 Recreation and Facility Activation Department as the Recreation Projects and Planning Officer. The City of Melton is the fastest growing municipality in Australia and home to a vibrant and diverse community. This position plays an important role in helping to deliver sport and recreation infrastructure and services to enhance the health and wellbeing of residents in the City of Melton.
The Recreation Projects and Planning Officer is responsible for managing and supporting the development plans relating to sport and recreation infrastructure and service provision for the City of Melton. The position will support the delivery of the capital works program for sport and recreation, ensuring projects are well planned, ready for delivery and that a high level of support is provided to ensure project objectives are achieved.
We are looking for someone who has well developed planning, project management and communication skills.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Contribute to the preparation of sport specific plans and reserve master plans.
- Support the development of business cases, project briefs, feasibility studies, concept designs and cost plans for sport and recreation projects, ensuring projects are ready for delivery.
- Engage with a range of internal and external stakeholders including sporting clubs and associations, funding partners, consultants and residents.
- Work collaboratively across Council departments to help achieve Council’s objectives and support the delivery of Council’s capital works program and priorities.
To view the **Position Description**, click **here**.
**About you**
**_ To be successful in this role you will have the following:_**
- Tertiary qualification in Recreation Planning, Sports Management, Community Development or a related discipline with some relevant experience or lesser formal qualifications and substantial relevant experience.
- Demonstrated experience implementing sport and recreation strategies and master plans and strong passion for sport and recreation.
- Excellent communication and internal and external stakeholder engagement skills.
- Well-developed project management skills including the ability to develop business cases, concept designs, cost plans and stakeholder engagement plans to support project delivery.
- 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
- 5 weeks annual leave
- 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 **Laine Delahunty**, Coordinator Sport and Recreation Development on **0459 334 241.**
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.
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