Job Description

Investment and Planning Officer

Reference number: 11021

Closing date: 11pm,Thursday 5 February 2026

Temporary full-time role | Council Band 4, $78,842.82 per annum plus 12% superannuation

An excellent opportunity to contribute to the early foundations of Council’s future investment prioritisation work.

The Opportunity

Moonee Valley City Council is seeking an Investment and Planning Officer to support the establishment of clear, practical foundations for future investment prioritisation. With a formal prioritisation process yet to be developed, this role plays a critical support function helping senior staff organise information, understand existing research, and develop simple structures and templates to enable informed decision-making.

This is not a decision-making role. Instead, it focuses on coordination, documentation and preparation, ensuring Council is well positioned to undertake future investment prioritisation work.

Key Responsibilities

Building investment foundations
• Develop simple templates to capture investment information
• Define clear and consistent ways to record investment purpose, links to strategy or research, and expected outcomes or benefits
• Assist with and appropriately refer enquiries, ensuring timely and accurate advice

Supporting early prioritisation thinking
• Document potential prioritisation factors such as risk, compliance and service impact
• Assist senior staff with draft comparison tables and summary material for discussion
• Record feedback and decisions made by others

Coordination and support
• Maintain organised documents, registers and folders
• Track actions and next steps
• Prepare short summaries and briefing notes
• Support meetings and workshops as required

About You

You are highly organised, analytical and comfortable working with information at an early, exploratory stage. You enjoy supporting complex work through clear documentation, structured thinking and collaboration with senior stakeholders.

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted through our online system My Portal and should be in line with the Moonee Valley City Council Application Guide

For further information, please view the or contact Emma Storey, Head of EPMO on 03 9243 1223.

Moonee Valley is a great place to live, work and visit. We are a local government within the north-west metropolitan area of Melbourne, providing a range of services to some 130,000 residents and over 10,000 businesses.

Our 1,200 employees bring their differing backgrounds, experiences and unique perspectives to our collaborative environment, and are supported to share ideas, initiatives and talent, making a positive impact on our community for now and in the future.

Some of the great benefits of working at Moonee Valley City Council are flexible working conditions, learning and development opportunities, supportive leadership and various staff benefits.

Our Council offices are located in the heart of our vibrant, diverse community with great food, cafes and green spaces nearby. We have excellent public transport at our doorstep as well as cycling access for our employees.

At Moonee Valley City Council, we pride ourselves on having job opportunities which make a real difference in the community and having a workplace which values everyone’s unique skills and attributes.

Our Culture of Inclusion

If you are interested in the role but feel you may not meet the full range of selection criteria, we encourage you to contact us to discuss your experience and application for this position.

We don’t just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our services and our community. With a focus on inclusion, accessibility and flexibility, we'll support you at every stage of your career. We recognise the importance of balance and embrace work agility, understanding that this means different things to each and every one of our employees.

Moonee Valley City Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Child Safe employer and we value diversity and encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people of any age or gender, people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex and/or queer (LGBTIQA+) and people with disability. If you have a reasonable adjustment, support or access requirement, we encourage you to let us know through your application or email H2@mvcc.vic.gov.au or call 9243 1122.