Business Support Lead

**Full Time Permanent Position**

**Band 5 - Salary Range $78,646 - $90,563 per annum + 11.5 % Super + ADO**

**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**

We have an exciting opportunity for a Business support Lead to join the City of Melton, one of the fastest growing municipalities in Australia to work with the Head Major Project Delivery to support the delivery of major capital projects, including the Cobblebank Community Services Hub and Plumpton Aquatic Centre.

This is a dynamic role where you will be part of a team who are delivering some really exciting projects. You will be highly organised, self-motivated, solutions oriented and enjoy working within a varied and fast paced environment and a dynamic team.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Undertake all administrative tasks necessary for the successful program and project management of assigned large scale major projects.
- Assist with the preparation of documents including letters, memos, and service specifications agreements.
- Comply with Council’s policies and procedures as they relate to the project management of large scale projects.
- Maintain and develop project and contract records for reporting purposes and referencing within the team.

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

**About you**

**_ To be successful in this role you will have the following:_**
- Post-secondary qualification in administration, project management or relevant experience with little relevant work experience, alternatively lesser formal qualifications with relevant work skills.
- Experience in project and administration support in the delivery of major capital projects in a local government or community services context.
- Communication skills to effectively build relationships with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders and be able to gain their co-operation with the ability to adapt communications to meet different needs.
- Experience in identifying and initiating opportunities to develop new processes and procedures to improve the management of projects and engagement of stakeholders.
- 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 **Caterina Ciciulla, Head Major Project Delivery **on **0499 112 583**.

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 maintain