Team Leader Office of Mayor and Councillors

**Full Time Permanent Position**

**Band 7 - Salary Range $106,626 to $119,182 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**

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Melton City Council as Team Leader Office of Mayor and Councillors. This leadership role would suit a highly motivated individual with a ‘can do’ attitude, experienced at leading a team that provides high-level executive support with a strong customer focus.
- Reporting to the Manager Governance, you will lead and mentor a team providing comprehensive executive support to the Mayor and Councillors. The role involves complex diary management, correspondence and acting as a key liaison between Councillors and the community. Your ability to manage sensitive matters with diplomacy and maintain discretion will be essential to your success.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Manage the day-to-day operation of the Office of Mayor and Councillors, including liaison with internal and external stakeholders including the CEO.
- Provide Leadership and supervision of staff, facilitating teamwork and achieving cooperative outcomes.
- Engage regularly and effectively with the CEO, responding to any direct requests they have related to the function of Mayor and Councillor support.
- Provide high level executive support to the Mayor and Councillors including making appointments, co-ordinating meetings, organising purchases and IT equipment, drafting correspondence and other executive support activities.
- Provide general support at functions / meetings as required by the mayor, including organising catering. (This may include functions / meetings outside of normal working hours).
- Identify and implement service performance enhancements to maintain continuous improvement practices.

To view the **Position Description**, click **here**.

**About you**

**_ To be successful in this role you will have the following:_**
- Qualification in a relevant discipline or substantial experience in an Executive Support or Administration leadership role.
- Previous leadership or staff management experience with proven abilities to build staff relationships to facilitate teamwork and achieve cooperative outcomes, with excellent stakeholder engagement skills and a customer centric attitude.
- Ability to provide and ensure the provision of high-quality administrative support to the Mayor, including effectively managing the diary of Mayor and Councillors.
- Current valid Victorian Driver’s Licence.

**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 **Renee Hodgson**, Senior Coordinator Governance on **9747 7266**.

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