Building Surveying Assistant

**Employment Status**:Permanent
**Days & Hours of Work**:Monday to Friday, totalling 38 hours per week
**Competitive Salary**:Band 5 $78,462.47 + 11% superannuation
**Location**:Hybrid working from Corporate Centre in Sandringham and from home

**About Us**:
We are a passionate organisation, connected in our shared goal to be ‘sector leading’ in all that we do for the community and each other. Home to over 100,000 residents, Bayside City Council's enduring purpose is building extraordinary places, thriving communities, and better futures.

Bayside Council is an equal-opportunity employer committed to providing an accessible and safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, diversity, and inclusion. Our organisational strategy is made up of three priorities and we consider these in everything we do**:Diversity, Equity & Inclusion**, **Customer Experience** and **Results Matter**.

We want everyone to be as proud of what we are achieving - and excited about our future - as we are, and we are committed to working together to achieve this.

**About the Role**:
Bayside City Council is looking for an experienced and motivated individual to join our Building Surveying team as a Building Surveying Assistant.

**Key Selection Criteria**:
To be successful in this role, you will bring the following skills and competencies:

- Tertiary building qualifications, with a minimum of Advanced Diploma in Building Surveying or equivalent.
- Preferably a minimum of two (2) years previous Building Surveying experience in a Municipal Building Surveying office and / or private Building Surveying office.
- Demonstrated ability to provide a high standard of service to customers.
- Demonstrated ability to use electronic development approval systems, word processing, spreadsheets, as well as process administration and records management tools.
- High level oral and written English communication skills including proficiency at letter writing, assessment and recommendation reports, evidence and practice notes, and plan reading skills.
- Demonstrated ability to contribute effectively to a team environment.
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to continuous improvement and positive changes to team performance and culture, processes and systems.
- A current Victorian Driver's Licence.
- Australian citizen or to provide evidence that you have permanent visa status

**Mandatory pre-employment requirements**:

- Be willing to undergo and complete a satisfactory criminal history check.
- Provide or obtain an employment-based Working with Children check.
- Pre-employment medical check.

**What we can offer you in return**:

- A work life/balance through flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
- Generous leave provisions, including accrued time off, parental leave, three days of wellbeing leave per year, cultural and ceremonial leave, gender affirmation leave, plus the ability to purchase up to four weeks additional leave per year.
- Dedicated Staff Wellbeing programs, events and gym membership discounts.
- Learning and development opportunities so our people can grow and thrive.
- A Parkland surrounded office that is only short 500m stroll to the beach.
- Free onsite staff parking plus hybrid vehicles that employees can book for work related travel.
- A Green Money program, that rewards our staff for taking simple everyday steps to a more substantiable and climate aware living.

If you are ready to be part of our incredible organisation, and you think this role is the right fit for you, then we look forward to finding out more about you and what you would bring to this role.

**How to apply**:

- To discover more about the role and responsibilities review the Position Description
- If you require reasonable adjustment at any point throughout the recruitment process, then please do let us know by contacting the listed Hiring Manager.

**Applications close**: Wednesday 8 May, 11:55pm
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- Bayside City Council proudly acknowledges the Bunurong People of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land, and we pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging as well as all Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community members with us today._