Part Time Fixed Term Position - November **** to October ****
Monday to Thursday - 28 Hours per week
Band 4 - Salary Range $74,283 to $ 78,754 per annum pro rata + 12% Super
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
Melton City Libraries is seeking a creative and enthusiastic storyteller and program facilitator to develop and deliver early years and school years services and programs. Reporting to the Team Leader Library Programs and Engagement, this fixed term position is an exciting opportunity for those passionate about children's literacy and learning.
This position includes 1:4 Thursday evenings and 1:4 Saturday mornings.
Key Responsibilities
Deliver high quality customer service across the library service to ensure customers have a positive experience characterised by active engagement, providing direction to library officers as required.
Participate in rostered library customer service shifts at library facilities or outreach points and proactively engage with customers to maximise their use of resources, equipment, technology, and online platforms.




Support the delivery of early years and school years programs across the library service by developing program proposals and plans and contributing to the planning and evaluation of the calendar of events.
Facilitate and deliver a range of early years and primary school years programs across the library service including story time, baby bounce, toddler time, outreach visits, school holiday programs, New Parents Groups and after school programs.
About You
To be successful in this role you will have the following:
Completion of a certificate acceptable for technician membership of the Australian Library and Information Association with knowledge or skills gained through on-the-job training.
Experience working in public libraries, or a customer focussed organisation.
A passion for storytelling and community engagement, with a customer-centric approach to your work.
Experience delivering programs for children.
Current valid Victorian Driver's Licence.
Must hold or be able to obtain an Employee Working with Children Check.
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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; the 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
5 weeks annual leave*
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 - Australian Breastfeeding Association
Wellbeing initiatives
These benefits are pro rata.
To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.
All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any COVID-19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees.
We strongly encourage job applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. If selected for an interview and you require any additional support or adjustments regarding interview arrangements, please advise the contact listed above in advance.
Melton City Council is committed to being a child protected organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.
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📌 Literacy And Learning Program Officer (Melbourne)
🏢 Melton City Council
📍 Melbourne