• Full Time, fixed term contract (Maternity leave replacement) - Ending May 2026
• Band 7
• Salary $107,944.11 + Super + Flexible Working
• 19 day month with RDO or 9 day fortnight option, your choice!

About Us

The City of Whittlesea is one of the fastest growing municipalities in Australia. As a local government organisation, we play a pivotal role in the everyday lives of our community. Our vision is to make Whittlesea 2040: A Place For All by ensuring our residents can enjoy access to local services, facilities and infrastructure.

Our staff are passionate, skilled and diverse, providing a great environment to work in and succeed.

The Role

Make a difference in our community!

You’ll be providing specialist support in delivering a high-quality and consistent organisation-wide approach to community and social research.

The Senior Research Officer will provide subject matter expert advice on the best approach to designing, conducting and evaluating community research outcomes to inform business decisions. Partnering with internal service owners, you’ll be enabling informed decision making across the organisation in line with strategic objectives. You’ll be helping teams improve their data literacy in order to partner for design and delivery of community research that collects the information needed to deliver high quality service for the best community outcomes.

The position will play a vital role within the Advocacy and Community Research team in identifying current and future social issues, conducting community research and keeping abreast of trends and emerging issues relevant to Council’s corporate plans and business decisions.

About you

A strong communicator and collaborator, you’ll thrive in an environment where you’re working across a range of projects and in partnership with colleagues across the organisation. Driving an enterprise approach to community research to enhance Council’s decision making, your efforts will inform better outcomes and deliverables for the community. You’ll have a good eye for detail and the skills to convert information into meaningful intervention with simplicity. Ideally you will have had some experience in the fields of research, policy development, social planning or community engagement.

If this sounds like you, then you should definitely apply!

Want to know more?

For more information about this position please view the attached position description or If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Ezgi Sahin, Unit Manager Community Research & Advocacy on 0412746597.

To apply for this position, please address the Selection Criteria outlined in the Position Description in your cover letter.

Interviews will take place as suitable candidates are identified.

Please note all applicants must apply online, and no late applications will be accepted.

We are happy to take applications from international candidates if you have a valid Visa to work in Australia.

At the City of Whittlesea, we value diversity and appreciate everyone’s strengths. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects our municipality. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people with a disability and people identifying as LGBTIQ. The City of Whittlesea is also a Child Safe employer.

Council is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that encourages employees to participate, without discrimination, in both work-related and other activities conducted within a work context, with the support of workplace adjustments. Where possible, the Council will identify and resolve potential barriers to the recruitment and employment of people with disabilities within the organisation.

If you require a workplace adjustment to support you during the interview process,please email [email protected] using the subject line: Senior Research Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs with your request outlining your preferred method of contact.Workplace adjustment (also known as “reasonable adjustment”) is defined as: “Whatever is considered necessary and achievable to enable an employee to perform their job role efficiently and to the best of their abilities”.A Workplace adjustment can be requested at any stage in the recruitment process and/or as a part of the employment of an individual.