Coordinator Building Services

**Full Time Permanent Position**

**Remuneration Negotiable + 11.5% Super**

**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**

Melton City Council seeks a full time Coordinator to coordinate the Building Services Unit.

You will provide functional and strategic leadership and mentorship to staff, fostering continuous improvement, while coordinating and optimizing Building Services to achieve positive outcomes for customers and the community, and monitoring performance against key indicators. This role reports directly to the Manager Community Safety.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Ensure the duties and functions of the Municipal Building Surveyor are carried out in accordance with the Building Act and Building Regulations.
- Ensure Council’s statutory building obligations are met.
- Coordinate delivery of Building Services to provide a positive outcome for all customers and community members.
- Review all new legislation relevant to the Building Services Unit function and keep up to date with these changes.
- Lead, coach, supervise and mentor staff to create an environment that fosters Council’s values, including continuous improvement.

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

**About you**

**_ To be successful in this role you will have the following:_**
- Degree and extensive experience in a relevant field. Alternatively, demonstrate exceptional professional capabilities through a combination of lesser formal qualifications.
- Registered Building Surveyor (Unlimited) and Building Inspector with the Victorian Building Authority.
- Demonstrated leadership skills in team building, coaching and mentoring staff.
- 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 **Phil Lovelace**, Manager Community Safety on **9747 7120**.

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.

**Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.**

Applications close **11:59pm** Thursday **21 November 2024