• Permanent Part-time position– Shifts run Monday – Friday at a minimum of 3 – 5 hours per day (15 contracted hours per week minimum)
• An exciting opportunity for you to join our Delivered Meals Driving team and make a positive difference in the local community with an excellent work-life balance
• Salary: $67k - $69k + super (pro-rata) + kilometre allowance when appropriate
• 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 every week day Monday to Friday), as well as having an opportunity for an additional 1.5hrs for direct deliveries to Banyule and Yarra City Council meal distribution centres using a refrigeration council van (1:30pm-3pm). 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 skills, 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

• 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 working with older adults would be advantageous.
• First Aid/CPR training
• A current Working with Children Check

Key selection criteria

• Current full drivers’ licence and use of a reliable vehicle.
• Ability to drive Council refrigerated vans as well as your own vehicle.
• 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
• 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 Sean Mullarkey Meals Program Team Leader on [email protected]

Applications close: 11:30pm, Monday, 23 June 2025.
*in the case that we receive a high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close this advertisement before the current closing date.

Before submitting an application, please view the Position Description.

Please note that when applying for this role, you may be required to attach your valid Driver's Licence, WWCC, First Aid and CPR certification. Please have this ready when completing your application.

How to apply

Please fill out an application using our online recruitment system. You will be required to upload your CV, a cover letter outlining your relevant skills and experience. You do not need to respond to the individual Key Selection Criteria. Please also upload any other relevant documents.

*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.

Please note that applications must only be submitted online, applications will not be accepted via email.

Merri-bek City Council is proudly diverse and an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, people with disability, and people from every culture, sexuality and gender identity, age and ethnic background. Merri-bek City Council is a Child Safe organisation.

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.

We encourage everyone to apply and discuss opportunities to develop your knowledge and experience. Council is committed to removing barriers and access to employment where possible at any point in the recruitment, onboarding and during your time at Council. For further information regarding access or modifications you may require for a recruitment process please contact Danni Jovanovic, Recruitment Business Partner on [email protected]

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.