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Community Inspired Leadership is our values framework that demonstrates our focus on delivering excellent service and benefit to the community.

The six key values underpinning Community Inspired Leadership are:

• future orientated
• accountable
• dynamic
• expert
• community centric
• celebrate.

These values guide our behaviours and inform the skills, abilities and knowledge that are needed to perform our roles well.

Kingston’s Diversity and Inclusion Program offers advocacy and education for our teams. The program also provides a safe accessible space for Kingston employees to be their best selves. We encourage people from all backgrounds and lived experience, including but not limited to; all gender identities, Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) people, age diversity, people with disability, LGBTIQA+ people and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to join our diverse and vibrant community here at Kingston.

To achieve a more diverse and inclusive workplace, we use a multifaceted, collaborative approach drawing upon the skills, experiences, and abilities of staff, as well as research and best practice techniques including:

• Building staff skills through training opportunities, education, and awareness campaigns.
• Ongoing study of Council Policies and actions to ensure barriers, biases and potential discrimination are found and corrected.
• Hosting internal events that recognise and celebrate key dates.
• Providing flexible working arrangements to help people to balance work responsibilities with family and lifestyle needs.
• Committing to fairness, diversity and respect as a Child Safe and Equal Opportunity employer.
• Regular analysis and reporting of Gender Equity in the workplace to the Commission for Gender Equality In The Public Sector and delivering on our Gender Equality Action Plan.
• Participation in the annual Midsumma Pride March, undertaking Rainbow Tick Accreditation and introducing the Welcome Here Project across our services.
• Supporting the delivery of Kingston’s Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).

Kingston is proud to be a child-safe organisation.

We are committed to ensuring no child is harmed by staff, volunteers, or work experience students. This is required by the Victorian Government’s Child Safe Standards.

View our Child Safe Standards policy for more information.

Flexibility:

• work remotely
• accrued days off
• leave options
• competitive salary
• internal job opportunities and career progression
• superannuation co-contributions
• childcare (pre-tax).

Learning and development:

• achievement and development programs
• eLearning academy
• systems training
• leadership programs
• education assistance
• service and achievement awards
• organisation induction.

Health and wellbeing:

• myWellbeing, a structured health and wellbeing education program for building our workplace health
• activities, workshops and resources
• employee assistance program
• Kingston Active membership discounts
• employee immunisations
• access to the local government employees health plan
• discounted health insurance
• social club.

After the closing date, all applications are reviewed.

You must meet the selection criteria to proceed to the next stage. If you do, we will contact you if you been shortlisted for the next stage.

Phone, or video interviews may be conducted as part of the initial screening process.

Interviews are conducted by an expert panel where you will be provided an opportunity to speak about your experience and skills, and answer some behavioural questions. This is to assess your suitability to the role.

Qualifications

You will need to supply any qualifications or licences relevant to the role.

Reference check

External applicants must supply the contact details for two relevant referees. Internal applicants are to supply the details of one referee.

Pre-employment requirements

• National Police Check (fit2work)
• Working With Children Check
• Eligibility to work in Australia check

Eligibility and the right to work in Australia

To work at City of Kingston you must:

• be an Australian citizen, or
• be a permanent resident of Australia or New Zealand, or
• have a valid visa that demonstrates work rights.

For more information view the Australian Government Department of Home Affairs.

Pre-employment assessments

• Pre-employment medical assessment
• Functional ability assessment

Successful candidates receive an official letter of offer, viewable in your applicant profile.

Our organisational induction gives new employees the chance to learn about Kingston’s services, facilities and our unique area, as well as learning about the organisation's overall structure and employee benefits.

Unsuccessful applicants will be advised via email.