Job Description
We are seeking a skilled and experienced professional to join our team as an Infrastructure and Environment Administration Officer. The successful candidate will provide high-level administrative support for services, works, contracts, and initiatives relating to the outputs of the Infrastructure and Environment Department.
Key Responsibilities
1. Provide professional secretarial and administrative support to the Infrastructure & Environment Services team to ensure that operations are maintained in an effective and accurate manner.
2. Liaise and provide administrative support for the Council Advisory Committees.
3. Undertake duties and responsibilities to assist with tendering of works, services, and/or projects including assisting in the collation of tender documents, communicating with tenderers, and creating correspondence for tender processes.
4. Maintain and update Council's key register, take responsibility for internal audits, and ensure accurate information is maintained and updated regularly.
5. Coordinate Council's domestic rubbish collection service, including collections, requests, maintenance of bins, coordinating with Council's contractor, and ensuring bins in public areas are scheduled to be emptied and ensure bins are available and emptied for facility hires.
6. Implementation and ongoing monitoring of Council streetlighting infrastructure including streetlighting faults.
7. Undertake the updating, accuracy, and maintenance of the Infrastructure Departments specialised computer programs.
8. Receive and process burial requests, ensuring the relevant procedures are followed, and provide administration, policy, and planning support relating to Cemetery matters.
9. Undertake administrative support for the general operations of the Airport, which includes assisting in writing reports and creating correspondence for the purpose of the Airport's operations.
10. Process permits and applications received for Development Planning, road opening/closing, oversize/over mass vehicles, asbestos, and deep burial.
11. Assist with the administrative process of Council's tree maintenance program.
12. Provide relevant support services to the Binjari Aboriginal Community Association.
13. Provide non-standard reports for the Infrastructure & Environment team to go to Council from time to time and reports to be included in the Annual and Municipal Plan.
Requirements
To be successful in this role, you will need:
* Demonstrated ability to meet the positions key responsibilities.
* Experience in Microsoft Office products and packages.
* High Level customer service experience.
* Experience in positively engaging a team environment.
* Ability to understand various legislations, statutory obligations, and Council policies in order to make informed decisions.
* Demonstrated experience and ability to deliver good outcomes.
* Extensive knowledge and skill gained through on-the-job training.
* Minimum experience of 2 years in similar or related roles.
* Experience in Local Government.
* Experience in Rating, Administration, and Customer Service Care and Support.
Benefits
* 6 weeks annual leave p.a.
* 3 weeks sick leave p.a.
* Above award entitlements.
* Superannuation contribution commence at 10.5% p.a.
* Free access to Katherine town pool and 50% gym discount.