Employment Status:  Permanent, full time
Days & Hours of Work: Monday – Friday totalling 38 hours per week
Competitive Salary: Band 5 - $83,038.80 p.a + 12% superannuation
Location: Corporate Centre in Sandringham, with the flexibility to work from home

About Us:

We are a passionate organisation, connected in our shared goal to be ‘sector leading’ in all that we do for the community and each other. Home to over 100,000 residents, Bayside City Council's enduring purpose is building extraordinary places, thriving communities, and better futures.

Bayside Council is an equal-opportunity employer committed to providing an accessible and safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, diversity, and inclusion. Our organisational strategy is made up of three priorities and we consider these in everything we do: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Customer Experience and Results Matter.

We want everyone to be as proud of what we are achieving – and excited about our future – as we are, and we are committed to working together to achieve this.

About the Role:

Bayside City Council is looking for a Service & Efficiency Lead to help deliver smarter, more efficient services for our community. In this role, you’ll provide project, administration, and business support while streamlining processes across the organisation. Your work will enable informed decision‑making and drive continuous improvement in how we work at Bayside.

You will be responsible for:

• Manage project administration and business support tasks to ensure smooth coordination and delivery
• Undertake basic research and analysis, contributing to the preparation of project briefs and business documentation to support informed decision‑making and planning
• Communicate with relevant stakeholders to provide updates on project status, key business activities, and progress against objectives

Key Selection Criteria:
To be successful in this role, you will bring the following skills and competencies:

• Demonstrated experience providing high‑quality project, administrative, and business support, preferably within a local government environment, with the ability to work across multiple projects and competing priorities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the capacity to prepare clear and concise reports, briefing papers, and project documentation, and to engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Proven ability to build cooperation and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support successful project delivery
  

Mandatory pre-employment requirements:

• Be willing to undergo and complete a satisfactory criminal history check
• Provide or obtain an employment-based Working with Children check 

What we can offer you in return: 

• A work life/balance through flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Generous leave provisions, including accrued time off, parental leave, three days of wellbeing leave per year, cultural and ceremonial leave, gender affirmation leave, plus the ability to purchase up to four weeks additional leave per year
• Dedicated Staff Wellbeing programs, events and gym membership discounts
• Learning and development opportunities so our people can grow and thrive
• A Parkland surrounded office that is only short 500m stroll to the beach
• Free onsite staff parking plus hybrid vehicles that employees can book for work related travel

If you are ready to be part of our incredible organisation, and you think this role is the right fit for you, then we look forward to finding out more about you and what you would bring to this role.

How to apply:

1. To discover more about the role and responsibilities review the Position Description.
2. Provide a cover letter addressed to Ellen Schreiber, outlining your suitability against the Key Selection Criteria and what has motivated you to apply for this role.
3. Click Apply to submit your application.
4. If you require reasonable adjustment at any point throughout the recruitment process, then please do let us know by contacting the listed Hiring Manager.

Applications close: Tuesday 27 January, 11:55pm

Please note - Shortlisting will commence prior to the closing date so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity or have any questions, please contact Ellen Schreiber, Service & Efficiency Coordinator via email eschreiber@bayside.vic.gov.au or 0492 121 650

Bayside City Council prides itself on its values of Respect Each Other, Own It, Work Together and Find Better Ways.

Bayside City Council proudly acknowledges the Bunurong People of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land, and we pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging as well as all Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community members with us today.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable, diverse and socially inclusive work environment. We actively encourage applicants with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with disability, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this opportunity.