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At the City of Melbourne, we offer a great range of benefits including flexible working conditions, salary packaging, excellent leave entitlements, study assistance and much more.
Explore our benefits
We offer flexible employment conditions to help our staff have a rewarding work / life balance. Types of flexible working available include:
- Regular accrued days off, and time in lieu arrangements.
- Flexible work hours, with support for childcare outside normal hours. Working from home arrangements.
- 16 days personal leave per year.
- Part-time and job share arrangements.
- No waiting period to access paid parental leave.
- 16 weeks paid parental leave at full salary for primary carer in addition to government-funded parental leave. Part-time equivalent available.
- Primary carers who take three consecutive months of unpaid parental leave in the first year of a child’s birth or adoption, will receive one additional week of paid leave, per year, for 12 years.
- Two weeks paid parental leave for secondary carers. Part-time equivalent available. Paid leave for child or baby mortality of between 2 to 14 weeks.
- The surrogate parent can access 14 weeks paid primary carer’s leave.
- One week of paid prenatal leave for the purpose of surrogacy related appointments. Lockable parents’ room in our major sites / locations.
We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for staff, ensuring that the workplace is free from harassment, bullying and discrimination and supporting the diverse skills, backgrounds and values of others.
- All City of Melbourne employees also have access to an Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and wellbeing needs.
- Discounted aquatic and gym memberships through our CoMUnity Create a positive and engaged work environment for all employees.
- Corporate discounts for insurance, banking, dental, gym memberships, automotive, technology, attractions, events, sporting goods through our CoMUnity Program
- Discounted yearly Myki card.
- 17.5% annual leave loading paid prior to Christmas each year.
- Guaranteed salary increases of 1.85% in 2023 and 2% in 2024.
Types of paid leave available include:
- Parental
- Carers
- Community service
- Compassionate
- Domestic or family violence
- Personal
- Purchased
- Sabbatical
City of Melbourne supports employees to fulfil their potential by providing:
- coaching programs
- mentoring opportunities
- leadership programs
- access to online learning
- secondment opportunities.
About City of Melbourne and our values
Learn more about usWe are the City of Melbourne, a place to be bold and inspirational. We are rapidly transforming to meet the evolving challenges faced by a global city. With a vision of being a leading organisation for a leading capital city, our mission is to create positive impact for our community. Each day, we work with passion and purpose so that together we achieve incredible things.
The City of Melbourne, as a council, is proud to oversee Melbourne’s city centre and a number of inner-city suburbs. Melbourne is recognised globally for its enviable lifestyle and as Australia’s premier destination for culture, education, shopping, dining, sports, events and festivals.
As a capital-city council we are closely connected with business, residents, visitors, government and the myriad of organisations and individuals that contribute to making Melbourne great. In working partnership we seek to develop and drive bold, sustainable strategies that create a long-term vision for a thriving and sustainable city into the future.
In addition to all the services you would expect from a local council, the City of Melbourne operates with the added complexity of catering to the approximate 780,000 people using the city each day for a wide variety of reasons. From delivering a unique array of cultural activities and an expanding events programs to forging strong international partnerships or maintaining our world class parks and gardens the diversity of services we offer is exciting and innovative and ensures that Melbourne remains one of the most sustainable and liveable cities in the world, today, tomorrow and beyond.
City of Melbourne is an inclusive, diverse, and flexible organisation. Our goal is to create a flexible environment with an ‘all roles flex’ culture where we can respond in the most agile way to meet the demands of work while providing employees with the ability to drive their own careers and quality of life. We are proud to offer very generous paid parental leave and an environment that thrives on equality, collaboration and great leadership.
Our values are integrity, courage, accountability, respect and excellence.
Our goals
Read the Council PlanThe Council Plan 2021–25 focuses on six strategic objectives and responds to what the community told us we should focus on as we work towards the Community Vision: a city of possibility:
- Economy of the future: Over the next four years, we will focus on driving economic recovery and creating the conditions for a strong, adaptive, sustainable and thriving future city economy supported by a diverse mix of industries and jobs that provide dignity and opportunity.
- Melbourne's unique identity and place: Over the next four years we will celebrate and protect the places, people and cultures that make Melbourne a unique, vibrant and creative city with world-leading liveability.
- Aboriginal Melbourne: For the Wurundjeri, Bunurong, Taungurung, Dja Dja Wurrung and Wadawurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin, the place now known as Melbourne has always been an important meeting place and location for events of political, cultural, social and educational significance. Over the next four years, we will ensure that First Peoples’ culture, lore, knowledge, and heritage enrich the city’s growth and development.
- Climate and biodiversity emergency: Over the next four years, we will prioritise our environment and take urgent action to reduce emissions and waste in order to protect public health, strengthen the economy and create a city that mitigates and adapts to climate change. The City of Melbourne declared a climate and biodiversity emergency in 2019.
- Access and affordability: Over the next four years, we will reduce economic and social inequality by ensuring universal access to housing, core services and information.
- Safety and wellbeing: Over the next four years, we will plan and design for the safety and wellbeing of those who live, visit, work and do business in Melbourne, regardless of their background.
