Administration Officer

Permanent, Full Time Position
- $68k p.a plus Super
- Convenient Reservoir location, with Flexible working arrangements

At Darebin, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of how we work. Our commitment to these values is unwavering, they are central to our mission, to our impact and to help us better serve our community. We know that having varied perspectives and lived experiences helps generate better ideas to enable a diverse, inclusive and connected community.

**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 focuses on providing a high level of administrative, systems and customer service support to the Graffiti & Waste, Infrastructure & Fleet and Contracts and Compliance teams, as well as supporting staff within the City Works Department.
- Updating, maintenance and data entry of databases for various programs and developing an understanding of current databases and data collection methods within City Works team including work orders, customer requests, scheduling of work and purchase orders.
- Maintaining the departments work flow in Council systems such as asset management system, property and service order system, finance and Microsoft programs.
- Answering telephones and telephone enquiries, directing calls to the correct staff when required.
- Photocopying, filing, scanning and uploading documents into document management systems and distribution of correspondence as required.

**Skills & Experience**
- Well-developed administrative, data entry, operational and organisational skills.
- Good written communication, numeracy and problem-solving skills.

**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.

We’re also happy to adjust our recruitment process to support your accessibility needs.

Contact Zoe Batchelor, Team Leader Operations Compliance on 8470 8169 for a confidential discussion.

**Applications close on Sunday 11 September 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._