Known for having beautiful tree-lined streets, award winning parks and gardens, quality recreational facilities and diverse cultural activities, the City of Boroondara is located in the leafy inner eastern suburbs of Melbourne and is only five kilometres east of the City.
As one of the largest and most prestigious local Governments in Victoria, Boroondara covers an area of 60 square kilometres encompassing Ashburton, Balwyn, North Balwyn, Camberwell, Canterbury, Hawthorn, Hawthorn East, Kew, Kew East, and parts of Glen Iris, Surrey Hills and Mont Albert.
Our Goal
Our goal is to pursue social, environmental and economic wellbeing for the City. In order to achieve our goal of community wellbeing, the City of Boroondara delivers in excess of 150 different services to a community of over 160,000 residents. Successful delivery of these services relies on employing talented people from a diverse range of career disciplines and levels.
Our Offer
A job at Boroondara ensures exposure to a range of diverse issues, interests and problems to solve. Boroondara offers excellent working conditions in a range of non-skilled, trade, professional and managerial roles. We offer an environment of challenge, growth and broad experiences that can benefit your career.
Our Benefits
The opportunities at Boroondara are endless and the career options are very diverse allowing you to springboard your career into countless directions. Our employees work across a wide range of projects and locations and often the opportunity to transfer to different departments. Council has a vast amount of programs, benefits and services that truly make us a great place to work. We call this "POP" - People-Opportunities-Possibilities, which is covered in 6 main categories:
Build a Great Future
- Career Management Program - Learning and Development
- Leaders Development Program
- Secondments, Mentoring Program, Promotions, Project involvement
- Performance Review Program
- Study assistance
- Scholarships
Dynamic Environment
- Close connection with the community (consultation framework)
- Support and work in a contemporary and collaborative environment
- Work efficiently using streamlined processes (knowledge management practices)
- Challenge processes and encourage innovation
Enjoy Life
- Enjoy being a part of a diverse workforce
- Meet new people (social club, lunchtime workshops, events)
- Supporting staff with kids program
- Flexible work hours, leave arrangements, RDOs
- Life Balance Program (e.g. subsidised gym membership, Employee Assistance Program, lunchtime Pilates)
- Enjoy working in a green, leafy urban environment and close to vibrant shopping precincts
Live Our Values
- Display personal leadership
- Ensure community responsiveness
- Contribute to future success (business planning, Council Plan)
- Enjoy working in a collaborative, respectful and accountable environment
- Contribute to an environmentally sustainable future
Rewards and Recognition
- Excellence Awards Program
- Service Recognition Awards Program
- Local Government Professional Awards
- Ongoing encouragement and informal recognition of work achievements
Make a Contribution
- Feel proud of the work we do that makes a real difference to the community
- Encourage creative and innovative ways to improve our work
- Involvement in cross organisational workgroups, forums, projects
- Make recommendations and be heard by senior management
How we Deliver
Boroondara ensures the provision of timely, responsive and quality services to the community. The organisation is structured into the Directorates listed below:
- City Planning
(Economic Development, Statutory Planning, Building Services and Environment and Sustainable Living)
- Communications and Community Engagement
(Engagement and Research, E-Communications, Public Relations and Communications and Customer Service)
- City Works
(Engineering and Traffic, Infrastructure Services, Parks and Gardens, Projects and Strategy, Asset Management and Local Laws)
- Community Development
(Family Services, Health and Aged Services, Leisure and Cultural Services and Library Services)
- Corporate Resources
(Financial Services, Business Development, Human Resources, Learning and Development, Information Technology and Legal Services)
- Strategic Development
(Community Planning, Strategic Planning and Project Management)
