Playgroups Activation Officer

**Part Time Fixed Term Position - December 2025 (Parental leave backfill)**

**20 hours per week (5 hours a day 9:00am to 2:30pm) - Monday to Thursday**

**School Terms only**

**Band 4 - Salary Range $72,119 to $76,460**per annum pro rata + 11.5% Super**

**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 is looking for a skilled professional to support families to engage in Community Playgroups that build community capacity and actively engage families to run their own playgroup’s, meeting the needs of the diverse and growing community.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Support families to engage in Community Playgroups that build community capacity and actively engage families to run their own playgroup.
- Support families to run playgroups that provide developmentally appropriate educational opportunities for children and peer support opportunities for parents/guardians/carers.

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

**About you**

**_ To be successful in this role you will have the following:_**
- Post-secondary qualification with some experience in early childhood development, education, community or social services.
- Relevant experience and skills in working effectively with families and children.
- Understanding of child development and play based learning in the context of the family environment and playgroup setting.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills and ability to resolve issues and situations as they arise.
- Current valid Victorian Driver’s Licence.
- Must hold or be able to obtain an Employee Working with Children Check.
- Current First Aid and CPR Certificate.

**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
- 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
- These benefits are pro rata.

**How To Apply**

If you require further information about the position, please contact **Leanne Hickey**, Families and Playgroups Officer on **9747 7136**.

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 **20 February 2025