Governance officer (melton)

Full Time Permanent Position

Band 6 - Salary Range $97,926 to $106,637 per annum + 12% Super + ADO

Rate of pay and super effective 1 July 2025

Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.

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 an energetic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces.

Become an integral part of a trusted and dynamic Governance Team. This role provides invaluable support in a timely and effective way 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, including the preparation for and running of Council and Committee Meetings, policy review support, 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.

• Provide excellent customer service to Council employees, Councillors, the general public and other key stakeholders.
• Update and ensure Statutory Registers are maintained in accordance with the Local Government Acts 1989 and 2020.
• 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.
• Undertake research and provide advice to management, staff and Councillors as required on Governance related activities and matters.

• Degree or diploma course with some relevant experience or lesser formal qualifications and substantial relevant experience.
• Experience in a governance role or a high‐quality administrative role.
• 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.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise and manage competing demands to deliver effective outcomes within specified timeframes.
• Must hold or be able to obtain an Employee Working with Children Check.

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:

• 13 ADO's (Accrued Day Off) per year
• 5 weeks annual leave
• Flexible Working Hours
• Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
• 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave)
• 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave
• Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities - Australian Breastfeeding Association
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Subsidised Uniforms