Landscape Construction Team Member (Hadfield)

**Full time permanent role (based on 35 hours per week)**:

- **Fortnightly RDO**:

- **Salary: $81k
- $84k + Super**:

- **Ability to transfer or take LSL (Long Service Leave) within Local Government**

**About Merri-bek City Council**: Merri-bek City Council is a progressive council of 175,000 residents: one community, proudly diverse. Our council area sits within the banks of the Merri Creek and the Moonee Ponds Creek, and includes Brunswick, Coburg, Fawkner, Glenroy, Gowanbrae, Hadfield, Oak Park and Pascoe Vale. Our city is vibrant and energetic, known for its active community, cultural diversity, creative industries and the arts. Our long-term vision has ambitious goals for environmental sustainability, social justice, community wellbeing, and creating great places. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food and cafés right at the doorstep.

Merri-bek Council strives to be a contemporary, innovative and collaborative organisation with a deep commitment to engaging and supporting the Merri-bek community. Our organisational vision is to be one team, brave and diverse, making a difference.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and welcoming workplace. We offer flexible and hybrid work options and genuinely care about providing our staff work/life balance. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food, cafés, parks and a cinema right at the doorstep. Merri-bek is a great place to live, work and play.

**About the role**: We are currently seeking an experienced and passionate landscape construction skilled to join our dynamic team.

The successful applicant will contribute to the delivery of landscape projects and the construction of new playgrounds and other park projects. As a member of the Landscape Construction team, they will also assist with Council’s Natural Resource Management projects, and various horticultural/construction tasks.

**Skills and experience require to perform the role**:

- Certificate III Landscape Construction or relevant experience with a focus on public spaces.
- Ability to read and interpret plans as well undertaking general site analysis.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Hold a Medium Rigid Truck Licence
- A commitment to maintaining high work standards and a safe working environment.
- Provide leadership and make decisions.

**What the role can offer**:

- Fortnightly RDO
- The opportunity to work alongside an experienced and collaborative landscape construction team and contribute to on the ground outcomes for the Merri-bek community
- A role that is interesting, fast-paced and impactful
- Salary sacrifice options
- Work life balance and flexible work options.

**Further support offered for our staff**:

- Up to 20 weeks primary & up to 5 weeks secondary parental leave
- Purchase leave
- Ceremonial leave
- Gender affirmation leave
- Family violence leave

**For further information about this position please contact Mark Rafferty, Open Space Capital Works Project Officer on 8311 4372.**

**Applications close: 11:30pm, Monday, 25 November 2024.**

**How to apply**:

- Please note that some documents relating to this position may reference Moreland City Council. We are in the process of updating the councils new name of Merri-bek City Council.

Merri-bek is focused on diverse representation of the community we serve. With this we value lived experience that could contribute to the shaping of this role and in turn will continue to provide representation and growth of safe and inclusive work culture.

**Our Commitment**: In May 2021, Merri-bek Council adopted a revised Statement of Commitment to Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung People and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of the municipality. The statement recognises the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as the traditional owners of the lands and waterways of our municipality.

Merri-bek City Council is committed to being a Child Protected Organisation and has zero tolerance for child abuse. We believe children and young people have the right to be and feel safe and that their safety and wellbeing is the responsibility of everyone. You can read more about our Child Safety Commitment Statement on our website. Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3qmp58