Coordinator Economic Development and Tourism
Job No:
MEL1052
Location:
Melton
Full Time Permanent Position
Band 8 - Salary Range $120,224 to $134,591 per annum + 11% 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
An opportunity has arisen to coordinate the Economic Development team. This role will coordinate the Economic Development Business Unit in delivery of Economic Development programs that are aligned to the Council Wellbeing Plan.
You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to build, foster and maintain positive working relationships including the capacity to resolve and negotiate conflicts in a timely manner with all stakeholders.
We are seeking candidates with the energy and passion to deliver quality outcomes for Council and our community.
Key Responsibilities
- Effectively coordinate Council’s Economic Development team to deliver strategic outcomes, programmes, events, and projects.
- Identity and manage funding submissions that support economic development initiatives and programs for the local business community.
- Maintain a thorough and up to date knowledge of investment, labour market issues and programs at the Local, State and Commonwealth level.
- Promote existing business growth and attract new investment to improve local employment opportunities.
To view the Position Description, click here.
About you
To be successful in this role you will have the following:
- Tertiary qualifications in Business, Marketing, Economics or related discipline with further formal qualifications in the field of expertise, alternatively lesser formal qualifications together with extensive and diverse experience, or intensive specialist experience.
- Substantial experience in economic development, tourism and/or related business or corporate environments.
- A demonstrated track record of success in the achievement of strategic objectives and substantial program and project delivery.
- 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
- 4 weeks and 2 days annual leave (As of 1st of July 2024 will increase to 5 weeks)
- 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 Sam Romaszko, Director City Futures on 9747 5231.
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 Wednesday 1 May 2024
