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Employment Status: Fixed term until October 2025
Days & Hours of Work: 3 days per week or 22.8 hours per week
Competitive Salary: Band 4 - $72,796 pro rata + 11.5% 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:

This position reports to the Recreation and Events Coordinator and provides administrative support to the Recreation and Events team. The role will have a focus on high quality customer service, administration support and continuous improvement.

You will be responsible for:

• Administration and support for recreation, filming and events
• Assist the team with permits, bookings and data collection
• Customer service to internal and external stakeholders
• Support process and system improvements
• Monitor and assist to implement actions and outcomes identified within strategic documents
• Support the team to foster positive relationships with key agencies, sports clubs and community groups
• Assist with community engagement activities, forums and workshops

Key Selection Criteria:

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

• Experience in administration of Recreation, Sport, or Events or a similar role
• Demonstrated experience and proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite and other computer applications
• Experience in providing high quality customer service for internal and external customers in a recreation/events field including problem solving and managing customers/stakeholders’ expectations
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to monitor, prioritise and operate with competing priorities

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
• A Green Money program, that rewards our staff for taking simple everyday steps to a more substantiable and climate aware living

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 responding to 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: Thursday 21 November, 11:55pm

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity or have any question, please contact David Nankervis on 03 9599 4838 or via email dnankervis@bayside.vic.gov.au

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.