Facility Support Officer

**2x Permanent Part Time roles available**
- **Role 1: 3 days - Tuesday and Wednesday: 2:00pm to 6:00pm & Thursday: 8:00am to 5:15pm**:

- **Role 2: 2 days - Monday: 13:00 to 18:00 & Friday: 8:00am to 4:30pm**
- **Salary: $72k - $76k + Super (pro rata)**:

- **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**:
Reporting to the Events and Facilities Team Leader, you will take a 'hands on' involvement with all tasks and responsibilities including:

- Set up catering and delivery of breakfasts, lunches, dinners
- Ensure that meeting rooms are properly set-up
- Assist with maintenance of the Client Floor
- Collaboratively work with the Facilities Team to understand requirements
- Assist with troubleshooting and escalation as required
- Adhere to all council policies and procedures, in particular confidentiality and OH&S/WH&S

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

- Demonstrated experience in working within a local government or similar environment
- Demonstrated ability to manage one’s own time and work to achieve the set daily operational outcomes of Council’s Facilities Unit
- Previous experience in a similar related field of work.
- Attention to detail and a proactive approach to delivering services on time.
- Intermediate Microsoft Office skills
- Capability to undertake the role of Fire Warden
- Current Victorian Drivers Licence.

**What the role can offer**:

- 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 Paul Conneely on 9240 2354.**

**Applications close: 11:30pm, Sunday, 20 October 2024.**

**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.