Technical and Support Officer

**Full Time Permanent Position**

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

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

**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**

Our mission is to manage and maintain infrastructure for the benefit of our community in our fast-growing municipality. Reporting to the Civil Operations Coordinator, this position will liaise with Melton Council staff, residents, consultants, contractors, and other Authorities.

Provide technical and administrative support, focusing on the effective inspection, monitoring, and auditing of contractors performing Civil Maintenance, Street Cleaning, and other services.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Undertake inspections and audits regarding Civil Maintenance, Street Cleaning and other Contracts managed by Civil Operations under the guidance of senior staff.
- Monitor and administer Customer Requests received by the Civil Operations team.
- Administrative support to Civil Operations staff relating to Contract documents, claims and payments.
- Assisting the Civil Operations Coordinator with technical and administrative support.

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) plus some experience in an administrative role, desirably in an engineering or civil construction company.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Civil and Street Cleaning maintenance principles and practices.
- An understanding of inspection audit and financial tools and systems.
- Current valid Victorian Driver’s Licence.

**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 (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association)
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Subsidised Uniforms

**How To Apply**

If you require further information about the position, please contact **Voltaire David**, Civil Operations Coordinator on **9747 7160** or **0439 375 316**.

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 **14 November 2024