Pound Operations Officer

**Part Time Permanent Position**

**Saturday & Sunday, 3 hours per day**

**Salary Range $65,365 to $69,299 per annum pro rata + 10.5% Super**

**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**

If you have the ability to engage and educate the community and have a passion for your role and taking pride in making a difference, then this role is for you.

Council is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual who is seeking an opportunity to work within the Community Safety Department of Melton City Council.

This position will report directly to the team leader of Pound Services and provide assistance to the Pound Services Team Leader in the day to day operation of our pound facility in accordance with relevant legislation and codes of practice in conjunction with Council’s policies and procedures. The successful applicant will be responsible to carry out all duties associated with our pound facility three hours per day, both Saturday and Sunday.

This role will be responsible for contributing toward a strong positive culture within the Pound Services team and greater Melton City Council.

**Key Responsibilities**

**_ To be successful in this role you will have the following:_**
- Ensure all legislative requirements and relevant Codes of Practice are adhered to. (For the purposes of the ‘Code of Practice for the Management of Shelters.
- Responsible for the health and wellbeing of all impounded animals including relevant recommendations/assessments of animals as required.
- Provide training and guidance to Animal Attendants and Contractors as required.
- Establish and maintain processes to encourage re-homing of impounded animals through animal rescues/shelters.
- Provide and oversee ‘day to day’ cashiering functions including the receipting and balancing of monies.
- Respond to a range of queries/complaints relating to animals.

**About you**

**To be successful in this role you must have the ability to undertake the following**:

- Considerable knowledge of relevant Codes of Practice and legislation relating to Domestic Animals and livestock.
- Animal handling in accordance with current workplace practices and requirements.
- Display a sense of compassion, empathy and understanding toward animal matters as they arise.
- Work effectively as a member of the Pound Services Unit to achieve its’ unit objectives.
- Must have a current working with children check.
- The successful applicant must be able to display relevant experience or qualifications applicable to the role.

**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:

- Flexible Working Hours
- Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
- Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities (Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace accredited)
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Subsidised Uniforms

**How To Apply**

If you require further information about the position, please contact Jessica Lynn 0418 733 542.

To view the Position Description, click here.

Applications **must** include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role.

We encourage you to use the STAR approach when writing your responses to the selection criteria.
- Situation (Task) - provide a brief outline of the situation or task?_
- Action - what did you do in response to the situation or task?_
- Result - what was the result of your action?_

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.
- Applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements, dependent on the position._
- Successf