Delivered Meals Driver

**3 - 5 hour working shift available (9am - 12pm) and (1pm - 3pm)**:

- **Permanent Casual - Casual shifts available as above Monday - Friday as required in line with operational needs**:

- **An exciting opportunity for you to join our Delivered Meals Driver casual pool and make a positive difference in the local community with an excellent work-life balance**:

- **$36.37 per hour + Super + kilometre rate when using personal vehicle**:

- **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**:
If you are a highly motivated, qualified individual and eager to make a real difference in the community then this is the role for you.

As a Delivered Meals Driver, you will provide a high standard of service delivery to clients within the Merri-bek and Darebin municipalities (3-5-hour shifts with a start time of 9am), as well as direct deliveries to Banyule and Yarra City Council meal distribution centres (1:30pm-3:00pm). Successful applicant must be flexible and have availability to cover both shifts aforementioned when required. You will be required to use your personal vehicle as well as the council vans as part of the role. This role will see you working with older people to ensure their nutritional needs are met by delivering a nutritious meal to their door while accessing their welfare on delivery and reporting all feedback to our Delivered Meals administration team.

To be successful in this role you will have strong interpersonal, active listening skills and a strong level of care and interest for the welfare of older people in the area.

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

- Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
- Ability to discuss and resolve minor work-related problems and refer them to supervisory staff where appropriate.
- Ability to communicate and empathise with clients.
- Basic written communication skills.
- Team player.
- Experience of working with older adults would be an advantage.
- First Aid/CPR training and a current Working with Children Check also advantageous.

**Key Selection Criteria**:

- Current drivers’ licence and use of reliable vehicle.
- Ability to drive Council cars and vans.
- Experience of working with older adults would be an advantage.
- Second language desirable.
- Ability to communicate sensitively with all people - clients their families and carers.
- Demonstrated understanding of Child safety and wellbeing requirements and how this applies in the role. Must hold a current Working with Children Check (WWCC).

**What the role can offer**:

- A rewarding career
- Extensive opportunities for training & career development
- A real sense of work-life balance & flexible work options
- Employer-supported study assistance schemes
- Wellness programs

**Applications close: 11:30pm, Wednesday, 13 November 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 recogni