Kindergarten Registration 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** Within the Early Childhood team of Melton City Councils Families and Children’s services program, the Kindergarten Registration Officer will be part of a passionate and innovative team who is responsible for the successful delivery of Kindergarten Central Registration’s to the community. The Kindergarten Registration Officer will provide support to the Early Childhood team, Families and Children team with excellent customer service to both internal and external stakeholders. **Key Responsibilities** - Complete all administration duties associated with Kindergarten Central Registration and ensure accurate and timely processing of kindergarten registrations in line with relevant policies. - Maintain professional relationships with relevant stakeholders and attend to customer enquiries promptly, efficiently and in accordance with Council’s Customer Service Charter. - Provide quality administrative support to the Early Childhood team and Families and Children team when required. - Maintain data and produce reports for use in strategic planning and participate in the testing, evaluation and implementation of systems and processes to support continuous improvement. To view the **Position Description**, click **here**. **About you** **_ To be successful in this role you will have the following:_** - Post-secondary qualification in business administration or similar or experience in general administration and customer service. - Experience in developing reports, preparing documents and correspondence related to the delivery of Early Childhood Programs. - 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 (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association) - Wellbeing initiatives - Subsidised Uniforms **How To Apply** If you require further information about the position, please contact **Marita Hynds**, Children’s Services Program Team Leader on **9747 7224**. 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** Thursda