Full Time Fixed term Position - 24 month contract

Band 7 - Salary Range $109,825 to $122,758 per annum + 12% Super + ADO

Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.

Be part of something new

This is a brand-new role at Melton City Council that has been created to support our growing community and evolving strategic priorities. This is a great opportunity to shape the future of the role, bring fresh ideas, and make a meaningful impact from day one.

Why join Melton City Council?

Melton City Council is proud to serve one of Australia’s fastest-growing and most diverse communities. We are a forward-thinking local government committed to creating a city where everyone feels welcome, supported, and empowered.

As a Council, we are driven by innovation, inclusion, and excellence. We deliver high-quality services and infrastructure, promote lifelong learning, and champion health and wellbeing across our municipality. Our team plays a vital role in shaping a vibrant, sustainable future for our residents.

Working with us means being part of a collaborative and inclusive culture that values your growth. We offer:

- Professional and personal development opportunities
- Generous leave entitlements and flexible work arrangements
- A dynamic workplace close to home, surrounded by heritage charm, green spaces, and modern amenities

Join us and help build a city that thrives—where your work makes a real difference every day.

The Opportunity

This is a newly created role, offering an opportunity to a highly motivated individual to lead, coordinate and deliver continuous improvement initiatives, enhance customer service experience and improve operational efficiency. Including all aspects of project management to support delivery of recommended audit actions.

As City Development Project Lead you will be reporting to Coordinator Planning Support Services and will work closely with the leadership team, including internal stakeholders and service providers to ensure delivery of improved processes.

Key Responsibilities

- Plan, coordinate and monitor project schedules, milestones, resources, budgets and deliverables to achieve agreed outcomes within established timeframes.
- Develop and maintain project plans, management tools, methodologies and communication materials to support effective and consistent project delivery.
- Coordinate internal resources, subject matter experts,



external consultants and service providers to support project implementation and achievement of objectives.
- Monitor project progress, identify and resolve issues, manage changes in scope, assess risks and develop contingency plans as required.
- Coordinate the review, monitoring and implementation of audit actions and recommendations in collaboration with relevant teams and subject matter experts.
- Establish and maintain effective stakeholder relationships, communicate project expectations clearly and provide responsive, high-quality service to internal and external customers.
- Identify and implement opportunities to enhance customer experience and service delivery, including monitoring and coordinating updates to relevant Council website content to improve online information and accessibility.

To view the Position Description, click here. About You To be successful in this role you will have the following:

- Tertiary qualification in business administration, project management or a related qualifications or significant business administration, performance reporting and related project management experience.
- Highly developed prioritisation and time management skills with the capacity to manage multiple projects and a complex workload.
- Experience in developing and deploying project best practices, policies, procedures and processes and experience with implementing change.
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to liaise both oral and in written format to gain the co-operation of internal and external customers.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and within a team environment exercise initiative and sound judgement and deliver outcomes with minimal supervision.

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

- 13 ADO's (Accrued Day Off) per year*
- 5 weeks annual leave*
- Genuine Adaptable work options
- Additional $500 per annum pro rata superannuation for female employees over the age of 45
- Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
- Access to the Local Government Employee Health Plan (GMHBA) with exclusive benefits
- 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave)
- 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Eligible for Full Time positions or for Fixed term positions eligible after 12 months of employment.

How To Apply If you require further information about the position, please contact Dijana Sarac, Coordinator Planning Support Services on 9747 5737. Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. 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.

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 public health orders applicable to local government.

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 safe 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.

Applications close 11:59pm Thursday 19 November 2026

📌 City Development Project Lead (Melton)
🏢 Melton City Council
📍 Melton