Parking Contract and Analysis Officer

**Hybrid Working**#LI-Hybrid**:

- **Full time maximum term role for 2 years (based on 38 hours per week)**:

- **Monthly RDO**:

- **Drive best-practice parking solutions and ensure exceptional contractor and stakeholder management**:

- **Salary: $99k - $108k + Super**:

- **Ability to transfer or take LSL (Long Service Leave) within Local Government**

**About Merri-bek City Council**:
Merri-bek City Council is a progressive council of 175,000 residents: one community, proudly diverse. Our council area sits within the banks of the Merri Creek and the Moonee Ponds Creek, and includes Brunswick, Coburg, Fawkner, Glenroy, Gowanbrae, Hadfield, Oak Park and Pascoe Vale. Our city is vibrant and energetic, known for its active community, cultural diversity, creative industries and the arts. Our long-term vision has ambitious goals for environmental sustainability, social justice, community wellbeing, and creating great places. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food and cafés right at the doorstep.

Merri-bek Council strives to be a contemporary, innovative and collaborative organisation with a deep commitment to engaging and supporting the Merri-bek community. Our organisational vision is to be one team, brave and diverse, making a difference.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and welcoming workplace. We offer flexible and hybrid work options and genuinely care about providing our staff work/life balance. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food, cafés, parks and a cinema right at the doorstep. Merri-bek is a great place to live, work and play.

**About the role**:
Join our team to drive best-practice parking solutions, champion community outcomes, and ensure exceptional contractor and stakeholder management. This role sits within the Council’s compliance operations team and is integral to delivering our vision for accessible, connected, and sustainable public spaces.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Oversee and manage contractor and consultant performance for parking projects
- Develop and implement policies in line with current parking and transport legislation
- Provide expert advice to internal and external stakeholders on parking and transport issues
- Utilise data analysis tools to prepare clear, actionable reports for management
- Identify and treat risks affecting parking operations and projects
- Foster collaboration across teams and engage the community in project delivery
- Ensure compliance with recordkeeping, ethics, and health and safety standards

**Skills and experience require to perform the role**:

- Degree in Engineering, Project Management, Contract Management, or related discipline
- Substantial experience in strategic transport/parking planning
- Experience in engagement and change management for complex projects
- Strong background in contractor management and data/report analysis
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with a range of stakeholders

**What the role can offer**:

- Monthly RDO
- Opportunity to influence and innovate within a progressive team
- Supportive, collaborative culture focused on continuous improvement and professional development
- A dynamic work environment championing diversity, inclusion, and child safety
- Strong focus on staff wellbeing, ethical conduct, and environmental sustainability
- Monthly RDO
- Extensive opportunities for training & career development
- Salary sacrifice options
- A real sense of work-life balance & flexible work options
- Employer-supported study assistance schemes
- Wellness programs

**Further support offered for our staff**:

- Up to 20 weeks primary & up to 5 weeks secondary parental leave
- Purchase leave
- Ceremonial leave
- Gender affirmation leave
- Family violence leave

**For further information about this position please contact Gareth Tanner, 0493 255 061.**

**Applications close: 11:30pm, Thursday, 21 August 2025.**

**How to apply**:

- Please note that some documents relating to this position may reference Moreland City Council. We are in the process of updating the councils new name of Merri-bek City Council.

Merri-bek is focused on diverse representation of the community we serve. With this we value lived experience that could contribute to the shaping of this role and in turn will continue to provide representation and growth of safe and inclusive work culture.

**Our Commitment**:
In May 2021, Merri-bek Council adopted a revised Statement of Commitment to Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung People and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of the municipality. The statement recognises the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as the traditional owners of the lands and waterways of our municipality.

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