Literacy and Learning Facilitator (Children's Programs)

Full Time Permanent Position

Band 5 - Salary Range $81,006 to $93,280 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

Melton City Libraries is seeking a creative and enthusiastic program facilitator to develop, deliver, and evaluate an innovative range of early and school years programs, activities and initiatives for children 0-12 years and their carers across the library service to inspire creativity and a love of literature and learning.

This position reports to the Team Leader Library Programs and Engagement, and forms part of the Library Programs team.

This position is a permanent, fulltime position based on a 35-hour week, including a regular evening and 1:4 Saturday mornings. This role will be based at Caroline Springs Library and Learning Hub, however all Library Programs staff will be required to operate across both branches as required.

Key Responsibilities

• Utilise community development principles and an inclusive intercultural approach to develop program plans and proposals that align with established library priorities, and regularly facilitate and deliver literacy and learning programs for children aged 0-12 years.
• Participate in rostered library customer service shifts at library facilities or outreach points and proactively engage with customers to maximise their use of resources, equipment, technology, and online platforms.
• Develop effective relationships and partnerships with education institutions, particularly primary schools and early years education providers, to ensure regular visitation to library facilities and outreach visits by library staff to engage with children.
• Contribute and work effectively within a team environment, including actively contributing to team planning, development activities and issue/task-oriented working groups.
• Provide input into the development and maintenance of library collections through specialist knowledge of education and community needs in relation to area of responsibility.

To view the Position Description, click here.

About you

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

• A tertiary qualification in either professional membership (librarian) of the Australian Library and Information Association or relevant tertiary qualification in Education or Community Development together with relevant experience in public libraries and children’s program delivery experience.

• Experience in developing lesson plans and facilitating programs.

• Experience in program development and delivery for children and their parents/carers.

• Certificate in Training and Assessment would be an advantage.

• Current valid Victorian driver’s licence.

• Current valid Working with Children’s 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
• 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 Chelsey Excell, Team Leader Library Programs and Engagement on 9747 5217.

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.