Parking and Road Safety Officer

**Full-time permanent, and casual roles available**:

- **Fortnightly RDO (full time positions)**:

- **Comprehensive training and ongoing support provided**:

- **Salary: $77k - $82k + Super (full time)**:

- **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**:
The Parking team is within the Compliance Operations Unit and is part of the Amenity and Compliance branch. Other teams within the branch include Animal Management, Local Laws, Business Support, School Crossings and Prosecutions.

Parking Officers contribute to the safety and amenity of the municipality through the provision of information, assistance and advice to the community, and the enforcement of Acts, local laws and Regulations.

This is a high-profile position in the community, as the team proactively patrol in vehicles and on foot, informing and educating the public and enforcing parking offences.

In this role you will work closely with supportive colleagues while investigating and enforcing allegations of breaches of Parking Legislation.

Working both individually and as part of a larger team you will need to be self-motivated, organised, have high attention to detail and able to work with conflicting priorities.

Working closely with the public you’ll need the ability to communicate clearly and calmly and provide excellent customer experience.

Shift times vary from 6.45am to 11.00pm during the week and on weekends as part of a rotating roster.

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

- A current Australian driver’s license (required)
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Confidence in negotiation and conflict resolution
- High level of personal integrity
- In-depth knowledge of relevant legislation

**What the role can offer**:

- Fortnightly RDO (full time position)
- 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 on 0493 255 061**.**

**Applications close: 11:30pm, Monday, 23 June 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.

Merri-bek City Council is committed to being a Child Safe Organisation and has zero tolerance for child abuse. We believe children and young people have the right to be and feel safe and that their safety and wellbeing is the responsibility of everyone. You can read more about our Child Safety Commitment Statement on our website.