Social Research Officer

Full Time Fixed Term Position - Until June 2025

Band 6 - Salary Range $92,304 to $100,516 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

As a driven and analytical person, the successful candidate will bring to the role a good understanding of the impact that robust social research has on shaping policies, strategies, and services that respond to the needs of our diverse community. Your expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies will enable us to navigate and address complex social and demographic challenges, ensuring our community remains vibrant, inclusive, and well-supported.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake and analyse qualitative and quantitative data to support the planning and service delivery activities of Council, specifically in relation to social and demographic research.
• Deliver social research projects to assist in identifying community needs, emerging issues, and appropriate responses.
• Provide social research support in the development, implementation and evaluation of services, projects and strategic documents as well assisting in the preparation of submissions, grants, and reports where relevant.
• Keep abreast of and liaise with State and Federal Government and other providers of information and data, as well as internal departments, to enable the timely and accurate provision of information and data necessary for the undertaking of the activities of the Council.

To view the Position Description, click here.

About you

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

• Tertiary qualification in social sciences, statistics, health sciences, planning sciences or other relevant area and/or substantial relevant experience working in social research.
• Demonstrated knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and experience in undertaking quantitative, qualitative and statistical research and analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders and work within multidisciplinary project teams.
• Ability to manage time effectively, balance competing work priorities and meet deadlines.

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 Elizabeth Johnston, Social Planning Lead on 9747 7355.

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.