Residential Noise Management Officer

**Permanent full time role (based on 35 hours per week)**:

- **$84K- $95K + Super and f**ortnightly RDO**:

- **Flexible work from home arrangements**:

- **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**:
Merri-bek City Council is offering a fantastic opportunity for a Residential Noise Management Officer to contribute to the safety and amenity of the municipality through sensitive enforcement of Acts and Regulations and to provide information, assistance and advice to the community.

The Residential Noise Management Officer will support and assist Authorised Officers perform duties and responsibilities under the provisions of the Public Health & Wellbeing Act 2008, Environment Protection Act 2017, Local Government Act 2020 and other relevant legislation.

The incumbent in this position will build upon knowledge and experience and training under close supervision of the Team Leader Environmental Health and with support also provided by Environmental Health Officers.

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

- Relevant experience in Environmental Health or a related discipline, or relevant experience/work skills in a related field commensurate with the responsibilities of a Residential Noise Management Officer
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise work within a set timetable and in an environment of change and conflicting demands to achieve specific and set objectives
- Demonstrated computer proficiency, including experience in Microsoft Office products
- Ability to gain timely legislative compliance through a range of strategies including education and cooperation
- Demonstrated ability to communicate in a professional manner with people from a wide range of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds
- Well-developed oral and written communication skills and the ability to prepare reports and external correspondence
- Current Victorian Drivers Licence.

**What the role can offer**:

- Fortnightly 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

**Applications close: 11:30pm, Thursday, 20 March 2025.**

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**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.

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**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