Community Infrastructure Project Officer

• Full time (negotiable), Temporary (to July 2025)
• Band 7, Starting salary $99,276 plus superannuation

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The City of Greater Bendigo is in the heart of central Victoria on Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Country. Located just 90 minutes’ drive from Melbourne, our region offers all the benefits of a large city with a warm and welcoming country feel. 

Greater Bendigo is an attractive region that is famous for its food and wine, and boasts the Bendigo Art Gallery, theatres, stunning heritage buildings and natural surrounds that provide great recreational opportunities. There are also high quality education and health services, a wide range of housing options, excellent rail and road networks, and Bendigo Airport has regular direct QantasLink flights to Sydney. 

We provide more than 65 important services to support our community, which is heading towards a population of 200,000 by 2050. Now is a great time to join us!

The Role

In this role you will be a driving force in planning for the future provision and management of Greater Bendigo’s social infrastructure.

You will deliver a Community Hubs and Precincts Strategy that is in alignment with Council’s adopted Community Assets Policy. You will be committed to achieving equitable service levels that are also sustainable and robust project governance processes.

You will also develop a monitoring and evaluation framework to support Strategy progress and outcomes measurement.

About You

To be successful in this position, you will have extensive project management experience, strong research, analysis and problem solving skills, a proven track record of effective stakeholder engagement and communication, together with knowledge of asset and infrastructure planning and management.

Benefits

• Contribute to our community | Work close to home | Come and work in beautiful Bendigo
• Achieve work/life balance in a flexible team
• Access to a range of mental health and wellbeing supportive initiatives

Visit our Employee Benefits website for more of our benefits.

Contact

If you require any further information regarding this position, please contact Deb Simpson, Coordinator Community Strengthening on 0432 594 142.

To Apply

Please submit your cover letter, outlining why you are interested in this position and detailing your relevant experience with your current CV/resume by close of business Wednesday 27 November 2024.