Vacancy Details:Position: Senior Community Safety Officer Job Type: Full Time Tenure: Permanent Location: Stawell Package: $89,082.18 per annum plus superannuation Download Position Description: Senior Community Safety Officer Position Description Applications Close: Sunday 15th June, 2025

About Northern Grampians Shire Council

Northern Grampians Shire Council has a diverse employment base, across 14 worksites in the Grampians Region of Victoria. We offer flexible work arrangements, providing access to relevant training and professional development opportunities with a variety of employee benefits. We promote innovation, responsiveness, respectfulness and continuous improvement as our core values. Being a smaller organisation, we can provide you with opportunities to act in leadership roles, transition between teams and participate in a range of collaborative projects with other team members or the wider community. We provide a supportive and flexible environment that values the balance between work and our employees' personal lives.

Why join us?

In addition to the picturesque landscapes at our backdoor, there are many other benefits to working for our innovative and vibrant Northern Grampians Shire Council. These include:

• Fortnightly RDO: Enjoy a well-deserved break and rejuvenate.
• Great Team Environment: A safe, respectful and supportive environment to enable you to thrive. You will work with like-minded, passionate individuals who love what they do.
• Professional Growth: We nurture talent and provide opportunities to flourish.
• Flexible Work Arrangements: To support your work life balance.
• Salary Packaging Options: Including remote area housing allowances and novated lease vehicles
• Access to Paid Leave: including purchased leave, paid parental leave, gender affirmation leave and to respond to family violence matters
• Employee Assistance Program: Your well-being matters - we've got you covered.
• Biodiversity: Explore our Council region's varied flora and fauna

Promote Inclusion

Northern Grampians Shire Council is committed to promote inclusion of all children and families; we aim to establish a culture that supports:

• cultural safety for Aboriginal children by working in partnership with Aboriginal peoples and Aboriginal community controlled organisations
• cultural safety for children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds
• establishing a safe environment for children with a disability

Position objectives

This position is responsible for assisting with the coordination, supervision and leadership of the Community Safety team to enhance the safety and amenity of the community through education, prevention and enforcement of the legislation and Local laws to the Community Safety team.

Key responsibility areas

Mentor and provide supervision of direct reports, by providing technical advice, training, guidance, motivation and support.

Foster an engaged, innovative, customer-focused and high performing team, reflective of Council’s values.

Ensure the safety of residents through administration and compliance of relevant Acts and Council’s Local Law by exercising the powers, duties and functions of the role in accordance with the instruments of delegation and Authorised Officer of Council appointment.

Assist with the development and delivery of community safety services and programs which reflect community needs and comply with relevant legislative and regulatory provisions.

Manage the provision of council’s animal shelter services as the Pound Manager ensuring compliance with the Code of Practice for the Management of Dogs and Cats in Shelters and Pounds, including handling, seizure, impoundment, release, rehousing or humane euthanising of impounded animals, as required.

Assist with the development, implementation and review of strategic policy, plans and procedures relevant to the service, including the collection of data and information as required.

Contribute to the development, implementation and ongoing improvement of systems, processes and strategies that create greater efficiencies and promote best practice that better support the needs of the Community

Ensure adherence to Councils’ statutory obligations for which the Community Safety team are responsible.

Develop and maintain effective relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders relating to Community Safety

Oversee Council’s After Hours on-call community safety service and participate in the service as required

Assist with the management of Council’s School Crossing Supervisor operations

Assist Council in fulfilling its emergency management responsibilities by attending the Incident Control Centre as Council’s Emergency Management Liaison Officer, manage displaced animals during emergencies and act as the Assistant Fire Prevention Officer.

Perform, as directed, other duties that are within the limits of the incumbents’ skill, competence and training.

Qualifications and experience

Certificate IV in Local Government (Statutory Compliance) and/or Certificate IV in Animal Management is desirable

Substantial relevant experience in an enforcement field preferably in local government.

Selection criteria

Demonstrated experience in an enforcement/compliance environment or similar with a demonstrated capacity to undertake compliance inspections and general enforcement work both reactively and proactively and prepare correspondence and reports which can be used in policy decision making and legal proceedings

Demonstrated well-developed interpersonal skills, including the ability to mentor and provide guidance/technical advice and ensure team members are clear about their roles, responsibilities and expectations and how they contribute to the effective and efficient delivery of the community safety service

Demonstrated commitment to the principles and practices of quality customer service and service delivery as part of a team including previous experience in effectively dealing with conflict and stressful situations

Demonstrated ability to adapt to a dynamic work environment with a flexible positive approach to change and maintain a positive team culture with a strong emphasis on continuous improvement

Sound computer skills including ability to use Microsoft Office applications, including word, excel and teams and other computer applications

How to apply

• Click the Apply Button
• Download and read the position description.
• Attach a resume and cover letter briefly addressing the key selection criteria.
• Submit your application by following the process on this page.

If you'd like to know more contact Paul Roy, Coordinator Environment and Community Safety at [email protected] or call 03 5358 8700.

Applications close 5.00pm Sunday 15th June 2025

Northern Grampians Shire Council is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer committed to providing a safe workplace that embraces and values child safety.