About Us

Mornington Peninsula Shire is Victoria's destination municipality, characterised by unique townships, highly productive agriculture, world renowned landscapes, tourist regions, and areas of national and international conservation significance within a vital Green Wedge.

The Shire is responsible for a broad range of infrastructure and community services that support the wellbeing and prosperity of our diverse community. With approximately 1,000 employees, it is a busy and vibrant workplace.

What’s on Offer

- Work Life Balance – We offer a hybrid working model, flexible working arrangements and generous leave provision.
- Culture – Positive, fun and inclusive work environment that is underpinned by our core values which are integral to everything we do. These are Integrity, Openness, Courage, Respect and Excellence.
- Security – Permanent full-time role, based at our Rosebud and Hastings offices. Band 5 – ranging between $82,384.77 - $95,173.89 per annum excl. super, negotiable depending on candidate skills and experience.
- Career – Opportunity to grow with excellent learning and development opportunities.

About the Role

Reporting to the Manager, Community Spaces & Recreation, you will provide high-quality administrative and operational support across the Community Space & Recreation unit. You will work closely with the Manager, Team Leaders and teams, contributing to administration, reporting, project support, financials and customer service.

- You will contribute to internal projects, investigate business issues, gather information and help implement practical solutions that improve operational efficiency.
- You will provide administrative support to the Manager, including coordinating schedule, managing calendar, prioritising appointments and assisting with email and correspondence management. In addition, you will coordinate unit reporting activities, including Customer Requests, financial reporting and other corporate requirements.
- You will support purchasing,



invoicing and document management processes. You will also provide guidance and support to staff in the use of business systems and administrative processes.
- You will provide exceptional customer service to both internal and external stakeholders, coordinating customer enquiries and correspondence, resolving matters professionally and ensuring requests are managed within agreed timeframes.

About You

You are a highly organised and proactive qualified with strong administration and customer service experience. You have excellent written and verbal communication skills and can produce accurate reports, correspondence and presentations to a high standard.

You are confident managing competing priorities, maintaining attention to detail and building positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. You enjoy solving problems, identifying opportunities for improvement and contributing to a collaborative team environment.

You will bring strong Microsoft Office skills and a commitment to delivering outstanding service. Experience in local government will be highly regarded, as will an interest in improving community outcomes.

How to Apply

If this role sounds like you, click 'Apply'.

The Mornington Peninsula Shire is committed to creating a diverse and safe environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity and Child Safe employer. We encourage applications from First Nations people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities and age groups.

Mornington Peninsula Shire undertakes a variety of employment screening checks. This includes employment references, Working with Children Checks and Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC).

Applicants must have valid Australian work rights.

For further information about the role, you can download the Position Description by clicking 'Apply'. For a confidential discussion about this opportunity, please contact: Mandy Socha, Executive Officer on (03) 5950 1689.

Applications Close: 11:59pm, Friday 25 September 2026

📌 Business Support Officer - Community Spaces & Recreation (Melbourne)
🏢 Mornington Peninsula Shire
📍 Melbourne