Team Leader

**Full Time Permanent Position**

**Remuneration Negotiable + 11.5% Super**

**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**

A new opportunity has arisen for a Team Leader to lead the Building Services Team. This position will ensure Council meets the objectives of the relevant building legislation in relation to buildings and works, including providing leadership and guidance to other officers in relation to building matters.

Reporting to the Coordinator Building Services you will assess the level of risk to Council and the public in matters relating to illegal buildings and works

**Key Responsibilities**
- Provide leadership, supervision, guidance, support, training, and education to the building services team on matters relating to building and construction.
- Assess the level of risk to Council and the public in matters relating to illegal buildings and works.
- Attend emergency callouts at the request of Emergency Services (i.e. CFA, SES & Vic Police) on behalf of Council.
- Supervise all aspects of program delivery including planning, delivery, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of program performance.

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

**About you**

**_ To be successful in this role you will have the following:_**
- Tertiary qualifications in the field of Building Surveying.
- 5 or more years’ experience working in the building/construction industry preferably in Local Government.
- Registration as a building practitioner with the Victorian Building Authority (either Inspector or Building Surveyor).
- Sound understanding of the National Construction Code (NCC) and referenced Australian Standards.
- 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 - Australian Breastfeeding Association
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Subsidised Uniforms

**How To Apply**

If you require further information about the position, please contact **Tony Moussa**, Coordinator Building Services on **8099 6304**.

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 COVID-19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees.

**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** Monday **17 March 2025