Employment Status: Permanent, full time
Days & Hours of Work: Monday - Friday, totalling 38 hours per week
Competitive Salary: Band 5 - $83,038 – $96,886 p.a. (depending on experience) + 12% superannuation
Location: Corporate Centre in Sandringham, with the flexibility to work from home

About Us:

We are a passionate organisation, connected in our shared goal to be ‘sector leading’ in all that we do for the community and each other. Home to over 100,000 residents, Bayside City Council's enduring purpose is building extraordinary places, thriving communities, and better futures.

Bayside Council is an equal-opportunity employer committed to providing an accessible and safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, diversity, and inclusion. Our organisational strategy is made up of three priorities and we consider these in everything we do: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Customer Experience and Results Matter.

We want everyone to be as proud of what we are achieving – and excited about our future – as we are, and we are committed to working together to achieve this.

About the Role:

We are seeking an Asset Officer to support the development, maintenance and continuous improvement of Council’s asset data and Council's Corporate Asset Information Management System (AIMS). In this role, you will collect, validate and maintain asset information, support integrated applications, and help ensure Council has accurate, reliable data to inform planning, renewal and service delivery decisions.

You will be responsible for:

• Accurately record in AIMS the current physical and financial status of assets across their lifecycle from as constructed drawings.
• Asset data is routinely updated through data validation and complete and reliable for planning, reporting and decision-making.
• Asset valuation data is timely, accurate and fit for compliant financial reporting.
• Internal stakeholders are supported to use AIMS consistently and apply sound asset data practices.

Key Selection Criteria:

To be successful in this role, you will bring the following skills and competencies:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in asset management, engineering, GIS, information systems or a related technical field, or demonstrated equivalent experience in asset management, asset data, GIS or a similar discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to collect, maintain, validate and improve asset data, including undertaking field verification, condition inspections, desktop audits and data gap analysis.
• Experience using databases, asset information management systems and/or spatial applications to support accurate asset records, reporting and decision-making.
• Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills, with sound attention to detail and the ability to identify data quality issues and recommend practical improvements.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work collaboratively with internal stakeholders and present asset-related information clearly and accurately.
• Ability to manage time, set priorities and organise work to meet agreed objectives and timeframes.

Mandatory pre-employment requirements:

• Be willing to undergo and complete a satisfactory criminal history check.
• Provide or obtain an employment-based Working with Children check.
• A valid Victorian drivers licence. 
• Be willing to undertake a premedical assessment check (if applicable for the role).

What we can offer you in return: 

• A work life/balance through flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Generous leave provisions, including accrued time off, parental leave, three days of wellbeing leave per year, cultural and ceremonial leave, gender affirmation leave, plus the ability to purchase up to four weeks additional leave per year
• Dedicated Staff Wellbeing programs, events and gym membership discounts
• Learning and development opportunities so our people can grow and thrive
• A Parkland surrounded office that is only short 500m stroll to the beach
• Free onsite staff parking plus hybrid vehicles that employees can book for work related travel

If you are ready to be part of our incredible organisation, and you think this role is the right fit for you, then we look forward to finding out more about you and what you would bring to this role.

How to apply:

1. To discover more about the role and responsibilities review the Position Description.
2. Provide a one page cover letter responding to the Key Selection Criteria and what has motivated you to apply for this role.
3. Click Apply to submit your application.
4. If you require reasonable adjustment at any point throughout the recruitment process, then please do let us know by contacting the listed Hiring Manager.

Applications close: Sunday 17 August, 11:55pm

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity or have any questions, please contact Kathy Van Heer, Manager City Assets & Planning on 03 03 9599 4712 or via email kvanheer@bayside.vic.gov.au

Bayside City Council prides itself on its values of Respect Each Other, Own It, Work Together and Find Better Ways.

Bayside City Council proudly acknowledges the Bunurong People of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land, and we pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging as well as all Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community members with us today.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable, diverse and socially inclusive work environment. We actively encourage applicants with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with disability, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this opportunity.