Business Support Officer (Engineering & Asset Services)

Full Time Fixed Term Position - January 2026

Band 4 - Salary Range $72,119 to $76,460 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

Melton City Council is seeking a Business Support Officer to work alongside and support our Engineering and Asset Services team, who are dedicated to maintaining and enhancing our community’s infrastructure. We strive to deliver exceptional services and maintain the infrastructure that supports our community. 

Engineering and Asset Service is comprised of Design and Investigation, Asset Management and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Transport and Traffic, and Facility Maintenance. 

Reporting to and supporting the Manager Engineering and Asset Services, the Business Support Officer provides critical administrative and operational support across a range of business units and actively liaises with our community, staff and contractors to ensure smooth operations and excellent service delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinating correspondence, including responses to customer and Councillor enquiries.
• Scheduling, developing agendas and minuting meetings.
• Managing others’ calendars.
• Processing payments.
• Day to day administrative support across the Engineering and Asset Services department.

To view the Position Description, click here.

About you

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

• Post-secondary qualification in administration (below diploma level) plus some experience in an administrative role.
• Experience working in and supporting multi-disciplinary teams to achieve great outcomes.
• Proven administrative skills, including the ability to coordinate correspondence, meetings, minutes, diaries and payments.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise your own work activities and respond to ongoing customer requests.
• 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 (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association)
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Subsidised Uniforms

How To Apply

If you require further information about the position, please contact Colin Marshall, Manager Engineering and Asset Services on 9747 5736.

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.