Parks Infrastructure Officer

Permanent, Full-time (35-hour week, 9-day fortnight)
- Salary $70,144.36 plus super
- Location - Reservoir Operations Centre

**About Darebin City Council**
Located in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, Darebin City Council is home to one of the largest, most diverse communities in terms of culture, language, religion, socio-economic background, occupation, and housing needs. The city has one of the largest populations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents in metropolitan Melbourne. Our Vision is for a community that works together to advance community life.

**About the Role**
This role has responsibility of directly assisting the Team Leader Parks Infrastructure and supporting team members in delivering Council objectives in a way that harnesses the cooperation of staff to drive service improvements constructively, fostering a performance and safety-oriented culture.
- Achieving efficient and effective maintenance, improvement and reporting of parks and open space areas and related services.
- Respond effectively to customer service requests.
- Work with Infrastructure Teams and other Parks Teams to achieve Council objectives
- Actively and positively contribute to the health and wellbeing of the team
- Ensure safe working practices are adhered to
- Contribute to improved awareness, understanding and support of modern infrastructure and parks maintenance practices

**Skills & Experience**
- Qualification and/or experience in a variety of parks and open space infrastructure management operations or similar.
- A current Victorian Driver’s Licence
- A current Working with Children Card
- Medium rigid licence desirable

**Culture**
As a progressive leader in Local Government, Darebin City Council is passionate about social inclusion, sustainability, engagement and service excellence. We are proud of the diversity of our workforce and recognise the strength this provides in meeting the needs of the community we serve. We are committed to upholding a positive and supportive work environment that values the contribution of all employees and treats all employees with dignity and respect.

**Benefits**
We offer a range of benefits to our employees including opportunities for personal and professional development, flexible work practices, Employee Assistance Program, recognition and reward program - Appreciate Great and a variety of generous paid and unpaid leave options.

**How to Apply**

Contact Tony Edwards, Team Leader - Parks Infrastructure on 0499 802 415 for a confidential discussion.

**Applications close on 11 April at 11.30pm.**
- The Darebin City Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices. _
- Darebin is committed to providing a safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, and thorough ‘Safety Screening’ processes apply. _
- To work at Darebin City Council, you will be required to supply proof of work rights, a Victorian Employee Working with Children Check and comply with Child Safety standards. All employees are required to undertake an Australian Criminal History Check and may be required to complete a Functional Health Assessment._