Permanent Full Time - 36 Hours per week

Exciting opportunity to join one of Melbourne's largest municipalities.

The City of Brimbank is the second largest municipality in metropolitan Melbourne. Only 10 kilometres west of Melbourne, it’s the gateway to Melbourne’s western suburbs and the regions.

With half its 196,000+ residents born overseas, and with more than 160 languages spoken, Brimbank is one of Australia’s most multiculturally diverse municipalities.

This fast-evolving City compromise 25 suburbs, and the five key activity centres of Sunshine, St Albans, Deer Park, Sydenham and Keilor – all thriving communities with their own unique range of attractions and amenities from expansive community spaces to vibrant public art. Residents and visitors alike make great use of Brimbank's many playgrounds, parks, libraries, neighbourhood houses and community centres.

Some of Brimbanks key attractions include its state-of-the-art performance space – the ‘Bowery Theatre’ in St Albans; and the worldclass ‘Brimbank Aquatic and Wellness Centre’ which features a 24-hour gym, waterslides, and heated Olympic sized swimming pools, along with a six green star rating for its innovative and sustainable design.

Brimbank is continuously growing, with many transformational infrastructure projects about to break ground. A key focus of the coming years will be working with the State and Federal Governments to establish Melbourne Airport Rail; to complete redevelopment of Sunshine and Albion Stations; and the realisation of the Sunshine Precinct Masterplan which will Sunshine transformed into a CBD, vastly increasing local jobs, housing, businesses, services and tourism to provide for the many tens of thousands of people living, working and travelling through the Brimbank.

The municipality has a large asset base, and has a broad range of opportunities to innovate, plan and deliver to better meet its community’s needs.

Brimbank is situated on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri and Bunurong people. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging

Every person working for Brimbank City Council shares our aspiration to make our City the best it can be!

We are currently seeking a Full Time Permanent staff member to join our team based at our leisure centres

Reporting to the Facility Operations Unit Manager, we are seeking Risk and Compliance Lead who can bring their skills and experience for:

• Ability to work in accordance with our values and behaviours
• Proven ability to manage multiple risk registers and coordinate OH&S committees to ensure occupational health and safety compliance.
• Experience leading investigations into Child Safe and WorkSafe incidents, with knowledge of legislative obligations and best practice reporting procedures.
• Ability to review CCTV footage in line with Council policy to support incident investigations and emergency responses.
• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills with the ability to engage staff, contractors and visitors on safety matters.
• Experience coordinating safety and compliance training across multiple facilities.
• Demonstrated experience in reviewing incidents, identifying potential risks, and taking appropriate follow-up actions to ensure the safety of operations across multiple facilities.
• Ability to assess and manage risk in line with Council’s safety protocols and standards.
• Strong understanding of Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S), Child Safe regulations.
• Experience coordinating OH&S committees, supporting the development of policies and ensuring compliance across facilities.
• Proven ability to apply child safe frameworks, including conducting CCTV reviews to support incident investigations and ensure adherence to policies and procedures.
• Ability to identify and resolve OH&S issues and ensure safe facility operations.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and reviewing risk assessments, designing safe systems of work and mentoring stakeholders. High attention to detail with the ability to develop and implement OHS policy and procedure documentation

To be considered you will have:

• Relevant degree or Diploma with practical experience or lesser formal qualifications and substantial relevant experience.
• Current driver’s license
• Competency in Microsoft applications and incident reporting applications, such as Elumina and Confirm
• Experience coordinating and engaging with contractors and suppliers.
• Employee Working with Children Check
• First Aid
• CPR
• Local government experience is desirable
• Pool Lifeguard Qualification is desirable

Benefits of working at Brimbank include:

• 36 hour working week
• Flexible work practices including hybrid working arrangements
• 16 days of personal leave per year (FTE)
• 16 weeks paid parental leave (FTE)
• 3 weeks partner leave
• Make a positive impact to your local community

To view a full list of employee benefits, please view Council's Employee Value Proposition

Brimbank City Council actively encourages applicants from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with disability, and LGBTQIA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to explore the opportunity of a career at Brimbank.

Brimbank City Council is a Child Safe organisation and endeavouring to promote child safe, child friendly practices.

To be eligible for employment at Brimbank City Council you must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident of Australia or be legally entitled to work in Australia.

Don’t meet every single requirement for this role? Studies have shown women and those of underrepresented groups are less likely to apply for roles unless they meet every criterion. At Brimbank City Council, we recognise that different experiences make for great community outcomes. If you are excited about this role, but your experience doesn’t perfectly align to the criteria we encourage you to click the APPLY button now and submit your application.

If you want to know more about what we do or why you should work for Brimbank City Council check out our web page: brimbank.vic.gov.au/careers.