School Crossing Supervisor

• Multiple Casual and Part Time Permanent Positions
• Part time hours 5-10 hours per week
• Band 1 - Part Time Salary Range $63,387 to $64,947 per annum pro rata + 11.5% Super 
• Band 1 - Casual Hourly Rate $40.10 + 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

Melton City Council seeks both permanent part time and casual School Crossing Supervisors to supervise children’s crossings throughout our municipality. We are looking for friendly and energetic individuals to join our team in assisting school children, families, and other pedestrians to use school crossings safely.

The role will report to the Team Leader Amenity Protection and will liaise with members of the public and school community to provide children and families with a safe passage to school.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise school crossings throughout the municipality, ensuring the safe conduct of children and adults using the school crossing.
• Report to the Team Leader Amenity Protection any problems relating to the operation of the crossing, including vehicles in breach of regulations relative to school crossings.
• Maintain a high level of awareness, professional behaviour and conduct and make recommendations to Council on matters which may improve safety at school crossings.
• Present at the school crossing with the appropriate safety equipment, maintain this equipment in good order and promote a consistent and professional image on behalf of Council.

To view the Position Description, click here.

About you

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

• Understanding of the role of School Crossing Supervisor.
• The ability to build a positive rapport with children, parents and school staff is essential.
• Ability to pass a medical (including hearing and eye test).
• Effective communication skills, particularly in relation to communication with and gaining cooperation of children.
• Flexibility to travel (must have access to a working mode of transport) to any crossings within the Melton City Council municipality (sometimes at short notice) and to attend training sessions.
• 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*
• 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 and are for part time positions only. 

How To Apply

If you require further information about the position, please contact Kirsten Brundell, Team Leader Amenity Protection on 0417 144 371.

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.