Arts & Events Administration Officer

**Full Time**Permanent**Position**

**Band 4 - Salary Range $74,283 to $78,754 per annum + 12% Super + ADO**

**Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.**

**Why join Melton City Council?**

Melton City Council is proud to serve one of Australia’s fastest-growing and most diverse communities. We are a forward-thinking local government committed to creating a city where everyone feels welcome, supported, and empowered.

As a Council, we are driven by innovation, inclusion, and excellence. We deliver high-quality services and infrastructure, promote lifelong learning, and champion health and wellbeing across our municipality. Our team plays a vital role in shaping a vibrant, sustainable future for our residents.

Working with us means being part of a collaborative and inclusive culture that values your growth. We offer:

- Professional and personal development opportunities
- Generous leave entitlements and flexible work arrangements
- A dynamic workplace close to home, surrounded by heritage charm, green spaces, and modern amenities

Join us and help build a city that thrives—where your work makes a real difference every day.

**The Opportunity**

The Arts and Events Administration Officer provides administrative support to the City Events and Arts Team whilst liaising with artists, program providers, event organisers and stakeholders.

Reporting directly to the Coordinator City Event and Arts, the role also includes assisting the team with planning and delivery of a diverse range of festivals and events, from small to large scale, in-line with community needs and objectives as outlined in Council’s Health and Wellbeing plan.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Provide general administrative support for the City Events and Arts Team.
- Provide day-to-day timely and accurate customer service for external enquiries.
- Assist with the implementation and support the delivery of Council’s suite of arts programs, festivals, and events.
- Actively contribute to the development of community focused event opportunities and maintain positive working relations with staff, members of the general public and key stakeholders.

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 (below diploma level) or relevant office administration experience.
- Prior events experience would be an advantage.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to gain assistance from other employees and the public, with a demonstrated ability to adapt to new situations, showing initiative in responding to challenging and competing work tasks.
- Current valid Victorian Driver’s Licence.
- Must hold or be able to obtain an Employee Working with Children Check.

**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 **Jason Sanderson**, Coordinator City Events and Arts on **9747 5392**.

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.

**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