Diversity & Intercultural Project Officer Job No: MEL1265
Full Time Fixed Term Position - June 2025
Band 5 - Salary Range $78,646 to $90,563 per annum + 11.5% 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.
The Opportunity
Joining the Community Capacity team, you will have a strong commitment and passion for working in the community and external service providers and stakeholders to collaboratively plan, implement and evaluate a range of activities that respond to the self-identified needs of diverse communities.
You will also build and maintain strong relationships with and between relevant communities, service providers, educational institutions and other relevant bodies to facilitate opportunities to enable expression, transmission, recognition and celebration between generations and diverse groups.
Key Responsibilities
Facilitate opportunities to enable cultural expression, transmission, recognition and celebration between generations and groups.
Support relevant social research and community engagement processes to increase understanding of community needs, challenges and aspirations.
Support the development and implementation of policies, procedures and associated community programs across Council.
Develop and maintain partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to identify and respond to emerging trends and strengthen the culturally specific service response in Melton.
About you
To be successful in this role you will have the following:
A degree or diploma qualification relevant to the role such as community development or social sciences with little or no relevant work experience.
Experience working effectively with diverse communities, and an understanding of empowerment approaches to working with disengaged and marginalised communities.
Experience managing community engagement processes with understanding of the required commitment to a collaborative approach to community capacity development.
Knowledge and understanding of capacity development theory and practice, especially in relation to diverse faith, cultural and LGBTIQA+ communities and their intersectionality.
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.
We are Vibrant MELTON.
Our values are:
Motivate Empower Lead Trust Open Nurture If you require further information about the position, please contact Essan Dileri, Team Leader Diversity and Intercultural on 9747 7206 .
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.
Privacy Acknowledgment Melton City Council is collecting personal information from you as part of the recruitment and selection process.
Melton City Council recognises the importance of privacy and is committed to ensuring the privacy of your personal information collected and/or received by us.
Your opportunity to be part of shaping a community that's fresh, ambitious and in command of its own destiny.
In 2018, the City of Melton was named the fastest growing economy for over a decade.
Staff at Melton City Council are committed to excellence in a stimulating, supportive and diverse work environment.
You must address each of the Key Selection Criteria.
You will need to write short statements that clearly show how your personal values, knowledge, skills and experience meet each of the criteria .
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