Experience Research & Insights Analyst

Full Time Permanent Position

Band 7 - Salary Range $109,825  to $122,758 per annum + 12% Super + ADO

Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.

Be part of something new

This is a brand-new role at Melton City Council that has been created to support our growing community and evolving strategic priorities. This is a great opportunity to shape the future of the role, bring fresh ideas, and make a meaningful impact from day one.

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

Are you passionate about creating exceptional experiences? At Melton City Council, we’re looking for a dynamic Experience Research & Insights Analyst to help us understand what matters most to our customers and employees and turn those insights into action. This is your chance to shape services that make a real difference in our growing community.

In this role, you will:

• Lead research projects that uncover customer and employee needs.
• Drive our Voice of Customer and Voice of Employee programs to capture meaningful insights.
• Transform data into stories and actionable recommendations.
• Drive innovation through human-centred design and evidence-based insights.
  
  

Key Responsibilities

You’ll play a hands-on role in turning insights into action by leading experience research and analysis that informs better services.

• • Design and deliver surveys, interviews, and focus groups to capture experience insights.
  • Analyse data and create clear, compelling reports and dashboards.
  • Embed insights into customer experience service design and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Ensure research meets privacy, ethical, and legislative standards.

To view the Position Description, click here.

About you

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

• • A passion for improving customer and employee experiences.
  • Tertiary qualifications in social research, behavioural science, market research or a related field (IAP2 and Human-Centred Design highly regarded).
  • Strong research and analytical skills, with experience in survey design and data tools (e.g., Power BI, SPSS, Qualtrics).
  • Well-proven project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines with confidence.
  • Excellent communication skills to engage stakeholders and present insights that inspire action.

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
• Additional $500 per annum pro rata superannuation for female employees over the age of 45
• 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 Nathan Dunn, Senior Lead Customer Experience on 03 9743 3488.

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.