Facilities Activation & Engagement Officer

Full Time Permanent Position

Band 5 - Salary Range $78,646 - $90,563 per annum + 11.5% Super + RDO

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

Reporting to the Leisure Centre Coordinator, the successful applicant will have the opportunity to contribute to Council’s success by engaging and building relationships with key stakeholders to activate the indoor sport stadium facilities within the City of Melton.

They will support the provision of a range of accessible indoor recreation programs and initiatives that encourage participation consistent with Council’s strategic priorities.

Our key stakeholders include Council’s internal business units, community sporting groups, stadium tenants, schools, and state sporting bodies.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional service delivery in partnering and engaging with community groups and key stakeholders to enable the activation of Council’s indoor stadiums.
• Manage the usage of Indoor Sport Stadiums in partnership with key user groups including developing and managing user occupancy agreements.
• Contribute and work effectively within a team environment.
• Ensure program operations adhere to Council policies and procedures, including Occupational Health & Safety and Risk Management.

To view the Position Description, click here. 

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

• Tertiary qualification in recreation, sport, or community development (or related discipline) with little relevant work experience, alternatively lesser formal qualifications with relevant work skills and work skills commensurate with the requirements of work in this Band.
• Experience or ability to supervise contract instructors/facilitators, and motivate, supervise, and monitor the development of students and volunteers.
• Experience and knowledge of community-based programs and working closely with community sporting, recreation groups.
• Experience with computer software, including Microsoft Office Applications.
• First Aid Certificate Level 2 or equivalent.
• 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
• 19 Day Month
• Flexible Working Hours
• Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
• 16 weeks Paid 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 Trudy Martin, Coordinator Leisure Centres on 9747 5320. 

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 and Council’s COVID-19 vaccination policy which require employees to provide documentary evidence of their vaccination status before attending the workplace.

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 Monday 22nd July.