Support Officer

Permanent full time position (36 hours per week).

Exciting opportunity to join one of Melbourne's largest municipalities.

The City of Brimbank is the second largest municipality in metropolitan Melbourne. Only 10 kilometres west of Melbourne, it’s the gateway to Melbourne’s western suburbs and the regions.

With half its 196,000+ residents born overseas, and with more than 160 languages spoken, Brimbank is one of Australia’s most multiculturally diverse municipalities.

This fast-evolving City compromise 25 suburbs, and the five key activity centres of Sunshine, St Albans, Deer Park, Sydenham and Keilor – all thriving communities with their own unique range of attractions and amenities from expansive community spaces to vibrant public art. Residents and visitors alike make great use of Brimbanks many playgrounds, parks, libraries, neighbourhood houses and community centres.

Some of Brimbanks key attractions include its state-of-the-art performance space – the ‘Bowery Theatre’ in St Albans; and the worldclass ‘Brimbank Aquatic and Wellness Centre’ which features a 24-hour gym, waterslides, and heated Olympic sized swimming pools, along with a six green star rating for its innovative and sustainable design.

Brimbank is continuously growing, with many transformational infrastructure projects about to break ground. A key focus of the coming years will be working with the State and Federal Governments to establish Melbourne Airport Rail; to complete redevelopment of Sunshine and Albion Stations; and the realisation of the Sunshine Precinct Masterplan which will Sunshine transformed into a CBD, vastly increasing local jobs, housing, businesses, services and tourism to provide for the many tens of thousands of people living, working and travelling through the Brimbank.

The municipality has a large asset base, and has a broad range of opportunities to innovate, plan and deliver to better meet its community’s needs.

Brimbank is situated on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri and Bunurong people. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging

Every person working for Brimbank City Council shares our aspiration to make our City the best it can be!

The Neighbourhood House Unit is looking for a Support Officer based at Sydenham Neighbourhood House. We are seeking a person who is motivated and experienced in connecting with local communities to enable facility access and program participation.

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Ability to work in accordance with our values and behaviours
• Demonstrated experience in community liaison in a community setting
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills
• Proven high level organisational skills to plan, prioritise and manage daily work and competing priorities within required timelines efficiently and effectively
• Demonstrated experience in working in an intercultural setting with an ability to work with and relate to a diverse range of clients, service users and service providers
• An understanding of the role of Neighbourhood Houses within the community, functions and services
• Demonstrated strong digital skills including computer, social media and internet skills with experience in using client data bases and various software packages including MS Office Suite and Outlook

Benefits of working at Brimbank include:

• Rostered day off
• 36 hour working week
• 16 days of personal leave per year (FTE)
• 16 weeks paid parental leave (FTE)
• 3 weeks partner leave
• Make a positive impact to your local community
• To view a full list of employee benefits, please view Council's Employee Value Proposition

A Position Description for the role is attached. Please apply online and include your updated Resume, Cover Letter and your response to the Key Selection Criteria. We look forward to receiving your application.

Brimbank City Council actively encourages applicants from aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with disability, and LGBTIQ+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to explore the opportunity of a career at Brimbank.

If you have any support or access requirements, or would like to speak to someone about employment process please contact People Culture and Wellbeing on 9249 4000.

Brimbank City Council is a Child Safe organisation and endeavouring to promote child safe, child friendly practices.

To be eligible for employment at Brimbank City Council you must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident of Australia or be legally entitled to work in Australia.

All applications should be submitted online by clicking on 'Apply Now' link.

Direct any queries regarding the role to: Danijela Bura Aiken on 9249 4196 or [email protected], using the subject line: Support Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs. 

A position description is attached.

If you want to know more about what we do or why you should work for Brimbank City Council check out our web page: brimbank.vic.gov.au/careers.