Full Time Permanent Position

Band 5 - Salary Range $81,006 to $93,280 per annum + 12% Super + ADO

Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.

Why join Melton City Council?

Melton City Council is proud to serve one of Australia’s fastest-growing and most diverse communities. We are a forward-thinking local government committed to creating a city where everyone feels welcome, supported, and empowered.

As a Council, we are driven by innovation, inclusion, and excellence. We deliver high-quality services and infrastructure, promote lifelong learning, and champion health and wellbeing across our municipality. Our team plays a vital role in shaping a vibrant, sustainable future for our residents.

Working with us means being part of a collaborative and inclusive culture that values your growth. We offer:

• Professional and personal development opportunities
• Generous leave entitlements and flexible work arrangements
• A dynamic workplace close to home, surrounded by heritage charm, green spaces, and modern amenities

Join us and help build a city that thrives—where your work makes a real difference every day.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented People and Safety Project & Support Officer to play a vital role in driving operational excellence and supporting key initiatives within the People and Safety team.

Reporting to the Project Systems and Data Coordinator, this role will work closely with other People and Safety leadership team including the Chief People Officer.

Key Responsibilities

As the People and Safety Project & Support Officer, you will provide comprehensive administrative support to the People and Safety Leadership team and lead and support key initiatives within the People and Safety team. This dynamic role offers the opportunity to work across a broad range of business unit functions. Other key responsibilities include:

• Provide support with management of business unit finances including reporting, purchasing and budgeting.
• Coordinate and support People and Safety specific talent acquisition activities such as onboarding and exiting of people and safety staff.
• Display effective customer service to internal and external stakeholders whom utilise the services provided by the People & Safety Business Unit.
• Support the people and safety leadership team on confidential staffing issues, including sourcing data from people systems, documentation support, meeting coordination and document management.

To view the Position Description, click here.

About you

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

• Degree or Diploma in Business or similar discipline or lesser formal qualification and relevant experience in a similar position
• Demonstrated skills and experience in establishing, maintaining and continually improving processes and systems.
• Experience in operating in an area of competing demands and priorities.
• Excellent communication skills including the creation of reports and/or preparation of external correspondence.
• Experience in supporting process improvement projects with an understanding of general project management methodologies.

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*
• Genuine Flexible work options
• Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
• Access to the Local Government Employee Health Plan (GMHBA) with exclusive benefits
• 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave)*
• 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave*
• Wellbeing initiatives

*Eligible for Full Time positions or for Fixed term positions eligible after 12 months of employment.

How To Apply

If you require further information about the position, please contact Janine Thomas, Project Systems & Data Coordinator on 9747 7214.

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 public health orders applicable to local government.

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 Thursday 14 August 2025.