Senior Coordinator - Capital Delivery

Full Time Permanent Position

Remuneration Negotiable + 11.5% Super

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

In this high profile and visible role, in one of Australia’s fastest growing municipalities you will work closely with the Manager and two Senior Coordinators to manage a team of project leads to deliver councils diverse and complex portfolio. 

Reporting to the Manger, Capital Delivery, this role Manages an important part of councils Portfolio Capital Delivery Program. Communicating effectively with project sponsors, owners, engineering, construction partner to ensuring accountability, and instilling a culture of excellence, to ensure all projects are delivered to an exemplary standard and provide high quality outcomes that demonstrate community benefit.

Key Responsibilities

• Effective project planning, tracking and reporting mechanisms to meet the needs of corporate reporting requirements.
• Provide leadership and management in relation to project feasibility and delivery, including project formulation (scope, planning, budgeting and programming), the development of consultant and design briefs, management of subsequent engagements and as necessary, conflict and issue resolution.
• Lead feasibility studies, master planning, schematic and concept design, design development, tender documentation, procurement and reporting under Council’s Project Management Framework.
• Bring together diverse teams of staff, consultants and contractors to deliver projects in a coordinated, responsible and inclusive manner, ensuring that all environmental, commercial, and legal requirements of projects are managed efficiently and effectively.

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About you

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

• Tertiary qualification in project management, urban design, town planning, recreational planning, engineering or a relevant discipline.
• Substantial experience in the delivery and management of capital works, including feasibility, pre-planning, design and delivery of capital projects.
• Demonstrated ability to provide leadership, guidance and direction in project management   across a medium/large size organisation.
• 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
• 5 weeks annual leave 
• 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 Steven Phelagti, Manager Capital Delivery on 0448 482 904.

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.

 Applications close 11:59pm Wednesday 20 November 2024