Business Support Officer

**Full Time Fixed Term Position** **12th January 2026 to 11 January 2027** **Band 4 - Salary Range $74,283 to $78,754 per annum + 12% Super + ADO** **Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.** **Why join Melton City Council?** Melton City Council is proud to serve one of Australia’s fastest-growing and most diverse communities. We are a forward-thinking local government committed to creating a city where everyone feels welcome, supported, and empowered. As a Council, we are driven by innovation, inclusion, and excellence. We deliver high-quality services and infrastructure, promote lifelong learning, and champion health and wellbeing across our municipality. Our team plays a vital role in shaping a vibrant, sustainable future for our residents. Working with us means being part of a collaborative and inclusive culture that values your growth. We offer: - Professional and personal development opportunities - Generous leave entitlements and flexible work arrangements - A dynamic workplace close to home, surrounded by heritage charm, green spaces, and modern amenities Join us and help build a city that thrives—where your work makes a real difference every day. **The Opportunity** Melton City is one of the largest growing Council in Australia, to ensure that we are growing sustainably and beautifully we require new and developing estates to provide landscaping measures. This role supports these goals by providing office support to landscape architects and inspectors. This position sits within the City Infrastructure planning department, along with the construction and landscape supervision team. **Key Responsibilities** - Document keeping and administrative support for landscape architects and inspectors. - Customer service when relating to new development enquiries, ranging from developers, landscape architects, landscape contractors and residents. - Creating external communication material to ensure developers are meeting their planning permit and industry requirements. - Management of Remittance and releases of developer’s fees and bonds. To view the **Position Description**, click **here**. **About you** **_ To be successful in this role you will have the following:_** - Post-secondary qualification in administration (below diploma level) or knowledge and skills gained through on-the-job training in an administrative role. - Demonstrated ability to work flexibly within tight time schedules and in accordance with variable work demands. - 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* - Genuine Flexible work options - Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs - Access to the Local Government Employee Health Plan (GMHBA) with exclusive benefits - 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave **(Super is paid during parental leave)**: - 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave* - Wellbeing initiatives - Eligible for Full Time positions or for Fixed term positions eligible after 12 months of employment. **How To Apply** If you require further information about the position, please contact **Angus Gibb**, Coordinator Construction & Landscape Supervision on **9747 7216**. 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 need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any public health orders applicable to local government. **Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.** Applications close **11:59pm** Thursday **30 October