Coordinator Open Space Planning

Full Time Permanent Position

Band 8 - Salary Range $127,546 to $142,788 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

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Coordinator Open Space Planning in the City Strategy Department, reporting to the Manager of City Strategy. You will lead a high performing team to develop and implement strategies and policies to guide the planning and improvement of our parks, streetscapes and open space networks.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Open Space Planning staff, providing expertise in the areas of community and open space planning, project management, community engagement and consultation.
• Provide technical expertise on internal landscape projects including the development of guidelines, streetscape improvement works, master plans and other landscape plans including detailed design and documentation as required.
• Provide specialist input to development proposals considered by Council including precinct structure plans, development plans, urban design frameworks and planning permit applications including statutory referrals, where relevant to the open space planning functions.
• Manage the preparation and management of project briefs for a range of landscape architecture, open space and recreation projects and where required, manage the work undertaken by external consultants. 

To view the Position Description, click here.

About you

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

• Tertiary qualification in Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in a broad range of landscape master planning, open space and recreation planning projects.
• High level of motivation with an ability to be pro-active and make a positive contribution to the City Strategy team and the wider organisation.
• Demonstrated ability to practise and apply the leadership competencies required to build and maintain a high performing team.
• Highly developed liaison skills and ability to gain co-operation with Council staff, government agencies, consultants, and the community to achieve positive outcomes
• Current Victorian Drivers Licence and 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
• 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 Travis Conway, Manager City Strategy on 9216 9222.

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.

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