Coordinator Traffic and Transport

Sitting within the Strategic Infrastructure Department, the Coordinator Traffic and Transport leads the planning, coordination, and advocacy of traffic and transport initiatives across the municipality. Your core focus will include:

• Providing clear direction and effective leadership to the team, ensuring appropriate staffing, defined responsibilities, cohesive teamwork, capability development, performance feedback and access to required resources.
• Developing and implementing traffic and transport strategies, policies, and plans aligned with Council's long-term vision.
• Contributing to the development and delivery of annual work plans, business plans, budgets and departmental priorities aligned with Council’s corporate direction and long-term objectives.
• Providing authoritative traffic and transport advice, reports and presentations to Council, Councillors, senior officers, internal departments, community members and other stakeholders, and representing Council at tribunals, planning panels, public meetings, forums and deputations.
• Building effective partnerships across Council and with government, agencies, service authorities and the community; coordinating stakeholder input; advocating for road and transport improvements; and promoting Council’s roles, services, facilities and achievements.

This is a full-time permanent role based at the Knox City Council Civic Centre. We support flexible working arrangements while ensuring operational needs of the role are met. This is a Band 8 classified role. Remuneration will be $134,338 to $150,831 (depending on experience) plus superannuation in accordance with the Superannuation Guarantee.

What you will bring to this role

• Tertiary qualification in engineering and holding Registered Professional Engineer status for Victoria and suitable for full membership of the Institution of Engineers Australia.
• Demonstrated experience in a local government, transport agency or consultant environment, with sound knowledge of the Victorian planning and traffic engineering framework.
• Leadership, direction and people management capability, with appropriate technical expertise, in order to drive the required business outcomes of the team and organisation.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate clearly and with influence, including the ability to understand and adapt to the audience to gain support and commitment by others.
• Confident stakeholder engagement skills, including experience preparing reports for elected representatives or senior leadership.
• Demonstrated skills in financial and budget management.
• Strong project coordination skills with the ability to manage competing priorities across a varied portfolio.
• A current driver's licence.

A link to the position description can be found in the job listing on our Knox City Council Jobs and Careers page. Please note: Candidates will be shortlisted as applications are received and this role may close earlier than the anticipated closing date.

Why work at Knox

Discover your future at Knox City Council, where you will deliver meaningful impact, find great opportunities and work with committed people to shape our community. As an employee of Knox, you can enjoy:

• Accrued or rostered days off available for full-time roles, depending on operational requirements.
• Broad range of leave options including 18 weeks' primary and 5 weeks' secondary parental leave.
• Salary sacrifice option for Council-owned childcare fees.
• Opportunities to take on temporary roles or work in different teams to build skills and support career growth.
• Support towards further study.
• 50% off Knox Leisureworks memberships.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for support in managing personal and work-related challenges.

To find out more about the benefits of working at Knox City Council, visit knox.vic.gov.au/why-work-knox.

Inherent requirements

To view the inherent requirements for this position please see attachment below. Office Based role(s) - Inherent Requirements Table .DOCX.

Our commitments

Knox City Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to providing a workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion. We are committed to a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application. Knox City Council has zero tolerance for child abuse and all forms of harm to children. All children and young people who access our services, programs, events and facilities have the right to feel safe and be safe. This includes spaces owned or managed by Council. We take the wellbeing and safety of children and young people in our care seriously. We maintain a child safe organisation by embedding the protection of children into everyday thinking and practice. All Knox City Council employees, contractors and volunteers are responsible for ensuring children and young people are valued, heard and protected from abuse.

Knox City Council acknowledges our offices are located on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation.