Governance Officer

Full Time Permanent Position

Band 6 - Salary Range $97,962 to $106,637 per annum + 12% Super + ADO

Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience. 

Why join Melton City Council?

Melton City Council is proud to serve one of Australia’s fastest-growing and most diverse communities. We are a forward-thinking local government committed to creating a city where everyone feels welcome, supported, and empowered.

As a Council, we are driven by innovation, inclusion, and excellence. We deliver high-quality services and infrastructure, promote lifelong learning, and champion health and wellbeing across our municipality. Our team plays a vital role in shaping a vibrant, sustainable future for our residents.

Working with us means being part of a collaborative and inclusive culture that values your growth. We offer:

• Professional and personal development opportunities
• Generous leave entitlements and flexible work arrangements
• A dynamic workplace close to home, surrounded by heritage charm, green spaces, and modern amenities

Join us and help build a city that thrives—where your work makes a real difference every day.

The Opportunity

Become an integral part of a trusted and dynamic Governance Team. This role provides invaluable support in a timely and effective manner to the Senior Coordinator Governance, as well as to Council’s Manager Governance and Head of Governance, in all matters relating to the provision of governance advice and support by the Governance Team to internal clients and stakeholders.

The Governance Officer will perform a critical role in ensuring the Governance Team smoothly and effectively manages all governance related functions. These Functions include the preparation for and running of Council and Committee Meetings. They will also support, policy reviews, management of delegations and authorisations, personal interests returns, maintenance of statutory registers, and governance intranet and web pages. 

Greatly contributing to the Governance team maintaining its position as a trusted advisor to Council that is able to significantly contribute in a positive way to quality governance outcomes to its internal clients and stakeholders, including Councillors, the CEO and Executive Leadership Team, other Council Staff and members of the public.

This position also plays a key role, among other things, in the facilitation and delivery of school visits run by Council throughout the year which is a critical interface between Council and the local community. 

Key Responsibilities

• Provide excellent customer service to Council employees, Councillors, the public, and other key stakeholders.
• Undertake research and provide advice to management, staff, and Councillors as required on Governance related activities and matters.
• Update and ensure Statutory Registers are maintained in accordance with the Local Government Acts.
• Prepare, compile, and distribute accurate agendas, minutes and associated documents for meetings and briefings coordinated by the Governance team, for Councillors, Council Officers, and the public within defined timelines.
• Attend Council meetings and briefings as required to record notes and minutes of meetings.
• Prepare correspondence and governance reports as required. 
  
  

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About you

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

• Degree or diploma with some relevant experience or lesser formal qualifications and substantial relevant experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, demonstrating scrupulous attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills and demonstrated ability to adapt to new situations, showing initiative in responding to challenging and competing work tasks.
• Excellent computer skills and experience with the operation of a variety of Windows based applications and databases.
• Must hold or be able to obtain an Employee Working with Children Check.

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* 
• Genuine Flexible work options
• Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
• Access to the Local Government Employee Health Plan (GMHBA) with exclusive benefits
• 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave)* 
• 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave*
• Wellbeing initiatives

*Eligible for Full Time positions or for Fixed term positions eligible after 12 months of employment. 

How To Apply

If you require further information about the position, please contact Troy Delia, Senior Coordinator Governance on 03 9216 9279.

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 public health orders applicable to local government. 

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.