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Social Infrastructure Planner and Analyst
- Permanent Full-Time
- Classified as Band 6
- $85,836.46 - $95,416.88 per annum plus 9.5% superannuation
About Us
Moonee Valley City Council is a vibrant and diverse municipality. We are a local government within the north-west metropolitan area of Melbourne, providing a range of services to some 118,000 residents and over 10,000 businesses.
At Moonee Valley, we recognise the needs of employees with family responsibilities and we want to help them balance their home and work life. Council provides a number of benefits to our staff including generous paid parental and pre-natal leave, carer’s leave, salary sacrifice options, flexible work opportunities, and an alternate model of employment where staff may purchase up to six additional weeks of annual leave.
The Opportunity
This position will see you planning for the delivery of community facilities to meet the current and futures needs of the municipality based on robust evidence and a best practice approach. Positioned within our Community Infrastructure department and reporting directly to the Coordinator Research and Facilities Planning, your responsibilities will include:
- Undertaking social, spatial and infrastructure research and data analysis to inform integrated service and infrastructure planning
- Supporting the implementation of the MV2040: Community Facilities Action Plan
- Playing an ongoing role in major community hub projects and working with a range of internal and external stakeholders in the planning of new community infrastructure
- Monitoring, evaluating and reviewing infrastructure and demographic data and information to influence decision making and build Council’s evidence base
- Applying technical skills in qualitative and quantitative research and analysis, including needs assessments, feasibility assessments and cost-benefit analysis to help solve complex social infrastructure problems
About You
The successful candidate will be a self-starter with an enthusiasm for using research and analysis to solving complex problems. Specifically, the successful candidate will have a mix of:
- Degree or post graduate qualification in social research, urban planning, economics, commerce or a related field supported by relevant practical work experience
- Technical expertise and experience in research methodologies, including demographic, economic and spatial data analysis, and building a comprehensive evidence base to inform decisions
- Strong interpersonal skills that includes the ability to manage relationships with a range of stakeholders, as well as working within collaborative multi-disciplinary teams
- Ability to apply a problem solving and continuous improvement approach to all elements of the role
Our Culture of Inclusion
If you are interested in the role but feel you may not meet the full range of selection criteria, we encourage you to contact us to discuss your experience and application for this position.
We don’t just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our services and our community. With a focus on inclusion, accessibility and flexibility, we'll support you at every stage of your career. We recognise the importance of balance and embrace work agility, understanding that this means different things to each and every one of our employees.
Moonee Valley City Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Child Safe employer and we value diversity and encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people of any age or gender, people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex and/or queer (LGBTIQA+) and people with disability. If you have a reasonable adjustment, support or access requirement, we encourage you to let us know through your application or email hradmin@mvcc.vic.gov.au or call 9243 1122.
For further information please view the Position Description or contact Geua Montana, Coordinator Research & Facilities Planning on (03) 9243 1088.
Closing date: 11:45pm, Sunday 28 July 2019
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