Internal Review Officer

**Full Time Permanent Position**

**Band 5 - Salary Range $81,006 to $93,280 per annum + 12% Super + ADO**

**(Rate of pay and super effective 1 July 2025)**

**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**

The Internal Review Officer position is an exciting opportunity to assist Melton City Council in meeting its regulatory obligations for internal review pursuant to the _Infringements Act 2016_ and provide the community Melton City Council serves with an independent internal review service for Council decisions.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Provide end to end administrative processing of infringement reviews and reviews of Council decisions within applicable statutory timeframes.
- Ensure that the principles of natural justice, procedural fairness, confidentiality, and impartiality are applied in all circumstances.
- Provide technical advice and draft written responses to queries explaining review outcomes and addressing any customer concerns.
- Provide input into policy development and process improvements relevant to the Council’s Integrity function.

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

**About you**

**_ To be successful in this role you will have the following:_**
- Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline or substantial experience in local government administrations, local laws, prosecutions, integrity, or substantial experience in a similar role.
- Knowledge of legislation governing local government enforcement activities, including but not limited to the _Infringements Act 2016_, _Victorian Road Safety Rules 2017, Domestic Animals Act 1994,_ and Council’s General Local Law.
- Knowledge of administrative law principles and administrative decision making.
- Demonstrated ability to exercise judgment, initiative, and innovation, including appropriate prioritising of tasks in the face of competing demands and statutory timeframes.
- Demonstrated ability to manage time and high-volume repetitive tasks, in accordance with specified deadlines and statutory timeframes.
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, including the ability to communicate effectively and politely with customers, internal and external stakeholders and be politely assertive when necessary.
- 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 - Australian Breastfeeding Association
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Subsidised Uniforms

**How To Apply**

If you require further information about the position, please contact **Kathy Peterson,** Senior Integrity Advisor on **9216 9200**.

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 public health orders applicable to local government.

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