Animal Attendant - Melton, Australia - Melton City Council

Melton City Council

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Melton, Australia

1 week ago

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Description

Full Time Permanent Position

Band - Salary Range $63,812 to $65,180 per annum + 11% Super + RDO

Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.

About Melton City Council
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 a dynamic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces.

The Opportunity

Council is seeking enthusiastic and motivated individual who are seeking an opportunity to work within the Community Safety Department of Melton City Council.

This position will provide assistance to the Pound Services Team Leader in the day to day operation of our pound facility in accordance with relevant legislation and codes of practice in conjunction with Council's policies and procedures.

The successful applicants will be responsible to carry out all duties associated with our pound facility.

Key Responsibilities

Provide guidance, advice and assistance to residents, ratepayers and visitors in relation to animal matters.
Conduct prompt appropriate responses in relation to customer enquiries.
Accurately record information onto Council's systems on a daily basis.
Report on all equipment, signage and other infrastructure that requires attention or does not comply with safety standards or legislation.

About you

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

Respond to a range of queries/complaints relating to animals.
Considerable knowledge of relevant Codes of Practice and legislation relating to Domestic Animals and livestock.
Animal handling in accordance with current workplace practices and requirements.
Current valid Victorian Driver's Licence.
Must hold or be able to obtain an 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

19 Day Month
4 weeks and 2 days annual leave
(As of 1st of July 2024 will increase to 5 weeks):
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 (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association)
Wellbeing initiatives
Subsidised Uniforms

How To Apply
If you require further information about the position, please contact
Lisa Redgen, Animal Attendant on
.

To view the Position Description, click here.

Applications
must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role.

We encourage you to use the STAR approach when writing your responses to the selection criteria.

Situation (Task) provide a brief outline of the situation or task?_
Action what did you do in response to the situation or task?_
Result what was the result of your action?_

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.

Successful applicants must comply with COVID19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees and Council's COVID19 vaccination policy which require employees to provide documentary evidence of their vaccination status before attending the workplace._

Applications close
11:59pm Wednesday
30 November 2023

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

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 were** prote