Place Making Officer

**Hours per week**: 38
**Remuneration**_:_**_ _Band 6 salary from $101,297.04 per annum plus superannuation and a fortnightly RDO
**Location**: Werribee based

**About the role**
Join Wyndham City’s vibrant Placemaking and Activations team within the Economy, Design, and Place department, where your work will strengthen community connections and enhance public spaces across Wyndham’s Activity Centres.
This full-time role, based at our Watton Street office, focuses on delivering meaningful placemaking initiatives that foster a sense of belonging and pride in the community. With a primary focus on the Werribee City Centre, and the potential to support other activity centres, you’ll collaborate closely with traders, local businesses, and community members to create spaces and places that reflect Wyndham’s unique character and identity.
As a Placemaking Officer, you’ll lead the planning and delivery of initiatives that transform ideas into vibrant community spaces. Working alongside the Place Activator, you’ll ensure projects are engaging, inclusive, and aligned with the needs of the community and local economy.
This maternity leave position is available until March 2026, with occasional after-hours or weekend work required to support community events and activations.

**What your day will look like**
- Collaborating with traders, businesses, and community members to design and deliver welcoming, inclusive spaces.
- Planning and implementing placemaking initiatives that foster connection and support the local economy.
- Managing project budgets, including forecasting, financial reconciliation, and sourcing quotes.
- Coordinating with Council’s Communications team to promote initiatives through social media, the website, and other channels.
- Building and maintaining databases of contractors, suppliers, and performers to support program delivery.
- Supervising staff and volunteers during events and initiatives.
- Researching and identifying opportunities to enhance placemaking initiatives across Wyndham.
- Measuring and evaluating the success of initiatives, gathering feedback to drive continuous improvement.

**What you will bring**
- Demonstrated experience in placemaking, local government, or activations.
- Proven ability to engage and collaborate with traders, businesses, and stakeholders to deliver shared outcomes.
- Strong project management and budgeting skills, including financial reconciliation, and reporting.
- Excellent time management and the ability to juggle multiple projects and competing deadlines.
- Creative and innovative thinking with a positive, solutions-focused mindset.
- Exceptional communication skills—both written and verbal—to inspire and engage diverse audiences.
- A passion for fostering community connections and enhancing public spaces.

If you progress past the interview stage, you may be required to complete pre-employment screening, which may include police checks, a medical, qualification verification, and an Australian work rights check.

**Why join Wyndham**
We are one of Australia’s fastest growing and most diverse cities.
By 2040, we will have more than 500,000 residents and our people are hard at work designing the precincts, building the infrastructure, developing the policies and delivering the programs that will ensure the City is prepared.
Look at our job opportunities and you may be surprised at what you discover: a future-focused culture, a sense of purpose and possibility, and real opportunities to strengthen our diverse community. It all adds up to make Wyndham City a great place to belong.
Our people are our most valued asset. We are focused on building a culture that empowers every person to do their best work. Flexibility is built right into our DNA and we are committed to cultivating an inclusive workplace that celebrates a diverse workforce.

**How to apply**

**Applications close at 11:59PM on Tuesday, 11 February 2025.**

If you have further role-specific questions, please contact **Jessica Keogh, Coordinator Placemaking and Activations** on **1300 023 411.**

Wyndham City Council is committed to providing a recruitment experience that is fair, inclusive, and accessible.

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