Band 8 - Salary Range $123,831 to $138,629 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.
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 exciting opportunity to work in this high profile and visible role, in one of Australia's fastest growing municipalities working closely with the Senior Portfolio Leads to manage project demands and deliver councils diverse and complex portfolio.
Reporting to the Senior Portfolio Lead, you will manage large scale projects and programs of councils Capital Delivery Program.
Effective project planning, tracking and reporting mechanisms to meet the needs of corporate reporting requirements.
Undertake all tasks necessary for the successful program and project management of assigned large scale capital programs and projects in the planning, development, programming, design, construction, change process and handover of same.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and comply with Council's policies and procedures as they relate to the project management of large-scale capital projects.
Coordinate all aspects of organisational change associated with assigned programs and projects.
Ensure that assigned projects are delivered on time, within budget and scope and in accordance with the approved Business Case.
Provide budgetary control and provide regular reports to Council, Executive, Project Sponsor and Project Owner on all aspects of assigned programs and projects.
Develop and contribute to the Business Case for Council's suite of large-scale capital programs and projects.
About you
To be successful in this role you will have the following:
Tertiary qualifications in engineering, building, project management or equivalent, or qualifications in another field or lesser formal qualifications with extensive and diverse experience in all aspects of program and project management.
Extensive experience in program and project management of large-scale local government infrastructure projects.
Well-developed interpersonal, written and oral communication skills including the ability to present to Council, Executive, staff, government and a range external stakeholder.
Ability to develop budgets and monitor and report on significant expenditure to ensure that projects are delivered within allocated budgets.
Ability to evaluate a range of options and prepare a Business Case for large complex projects.
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 There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:
16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave) 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.
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