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 opened up in the City Environment & Sustainability department for a Senior Environmental Planner. Reporting to the Coordinator Environmental Services, you will provide leadership to Council’s environmental planners and coordinate the provision of high-quality environmental planning advice and responses to protect the natural environment in our rapidly growing municipality.

As a highly skilled environmental / biodiversity planner, you will also utilise your strengths in strategy, collaboration and influencing others to lead organisational policy and process change to support biodiversity and environmental outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the work of Council’s environmental planners, fostering a culture of collaboration and high performance.
• Provide high level technical expertise and leadership in the areas of biodiversity, environmental assessment and environmental planning.
• Develop procedures, policies and systems that support Council’s strategic and statutory planning processes and contribute to the development of environmental strategies.
• Monitor and report on Council’s performance relating to biodiversity, the natural environment and environmental planning matters.
• Support compliance investigations by coordinating site inspections, providing expert advice and representing Council on compliance matters.

To view the Position Description, click here.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have the following:

• Tertiary qualifications in environmental science, natural resource management or related discipline.
• Substantial environmental planning experience in a growth area.
• Highly developed biodiversity and native vegetation knowledge and ability to conduct and analyse complex ecological assessments.
• Demonstrated experience in policy, process/procedure and strategy development.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Current valid Victorian Drivers 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 Alison Hickey, Coordinator Environmental Services on 9747 7265.

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.

We strongly encourage job applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. If selected for an interview and you require any additional support or adjustments regarding interview arrangements, please advise the contact listed above in advance.

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 9 June 2025