Civic Event Officer

Part Time Permanent Position

3 days per week - 22.8 hours 

Band 6 - Salary Range $95,073 to $103,531 per annum Pro Rata + 11.5% Super

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

Join our highly motivated team as a Civic Events Officer, where you will plan and deliver a range of civic events. This position involves working closely across the organisation and with funding partners including government departments to ensure civic events are delivered to a high standard in accordance with funding guidelines and relevant protocols. 

Reporting to the Manager Advocacy and Government Relations you will collaborate with Council staff and external stakeholders to coordinate a forward program of events and deliver high-impact events. Your responsibilities will include planning, executing, and evaluating events, while building strong relationships with stakeholders to optimise event success.

This role requires flexibility to ensure effective delivery of operational outcomes. You will be required to occasionally work beyond standard hours, including evenings and weekends.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, organise, and oversee all aspects of civic event execution, including logistics, operations, and evaluations.
• Coordination of speaking notes, photography briefs, quality event packs, presentations, run sheets.
• Support the development and manage event budgets and timelines, ensuring efficient logistical coordination.
• Implement and uphold Occupational Health and Safety and risk management strategies to ensure safe and compliant events.
• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders and support internal departments for smooth event delivery including meeting funding guideline requirements.

To view the Position Description, click here.

About you
 

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

• Tertiary qualification in Event Management or related discipline with some experience or lesser formal qualification with relevant experience.
• Proven expertise in event management including marketing and promotions, event evaluations, logistics and operations.
• Understanding of the principles of civic events and how this applies within a local government context.
• Current First Aid qualification.
• Current valid Victorian Driver’s Licence.
• Must hold or be able to obtain an Employee Working with Children Check.

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

• 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

*These benefits are pro rata. 

How To Apply

If you require further information about the position, please contact Sean McManus, Manager Advocacy & Government Relations on 9747 5414.

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 Wednesday 4 September 2024