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 900 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 provisions.
  
• 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.
• Opportunity – Fixed term (6 months) full time role, based at The Briars. Band 7 - $114,544 per annum (excl. super)
• Job Satisfaction – Have a meaningful impact on the community by contributing to achieve positive outcomes across the Mornington Peninsula Shire

About the Role

This position will provide critical operational, safety and emergency management support to the Destinations team, at a time when a significant event is occurring at the Briars. The incumbent’s core focus will be on the visitor experience and will include managing projects, liaising with maintenance contract managers, and undertaking tasks to ensure landscapes, visitor infrastructure and the event site is safe and meets the aesthetic standards of the site.

The incumbent will foster a strong culture, with a focus on supporting the wellbeing of the team through compassionate, supportive, and professional behaviour and bringing humour and fun to the role.

This position will require you to work weekends and late shifts (up to 12 am) to support major event delivery.

Reporting to the Manager – Destination, Recreation and Community Connection the core responsibilities include:

• Take a visitor-focused approach to all work, understanding the core purpose of the Briars is to welcome visitors and connect them to the natural, cultural and heritage values of each site.
• Provide operational support to the delivery of the major event by working evening shifts, undertaking site patrols, taking sound readings, completing small maintenance tasks, and answering visitor enquiries.
• Provide maintenance and animal husbandry care to the Briars farm animals.
• Assist with gardening and landscape maintenance.

About You

• Tertiary qualifications in related areas such as project management or trade level qualification within the construction sector.
• Experience in engaging and working with stakeholders including community and industry partners.
• Experience coordinating internal and external stakeholders to deliver projects including contractors and internal teams.
• Confident in using the Microsoft Office suite of programs for reporting, measuring and tracking data and developing presentations or reports.
• Desirable – experience delivering operational works within a visitor experience, event, environmental and/or cultural heritage context.

How to Apply

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

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 National Police Checks.

Applicants must have valid Australian work rights.

For further information about the role, you can download the Position Description by clicking "Apply Now". For a confidential discussion about this opportunity, please contact: Jo Fyfe, Acting Manager – Destinations, Recreation and Community Connection, 0466 462 001 or via email [email protected] using the subject line: Briars Operations Lead enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached.