Community Safety & Animal Control Officer

Golden Plains Shire Council; Geelong; On-site; AUD 82,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible work arrangements

Modern, high-quality working environ.

free onsite parking

Health, safety and wellbeing priorit

Active Social Club

Novated leases available to permanent

Job summary

Golden Plains Shire Council is seeking an experienced Community Safety Officer to enhance residents' quality of life by enforcing animal control and local laws. The role is temporary full-time in Bannockburn, with evening/weekend on-call duties and free onsite parking.

You will administer the Domestic Animal Management Plan, respond to complaints, issue infringements, and monitor peri-urban areas for compliance while supporting safety initiatives and community engagement.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering community safety services.
• Ability to interpret legislation, regulations and local laws.
• Understanding of local government in rural/peri-urban areas.
• Experience preparing reports and routine correspondence.
• Ability to adapt to change and encourage staff uptake.
• Extensive experience handling domestic animals and livestock.
• Proficiency with GIS and Microsoft 365.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to strategies for responsible animal ownership and enforcement of laws.
• Implement and enforce the Domestic Animal Management Plan and registrations.
• Monitor properties for compliance with local laws and planning schemes.
• Develop and implement strategies to improve community safety.
• Enforce parking control and issue infringements as required.
• Investigate litter complaints and breach matters under EP Act 2017.
• Educate and engage customers and public on compliance.

Skills

Community safety

Legislation interpretation

Rural local government

Report writing

Change management

Animal handling

GIS & MS Office 365

Tools

GIS

Microsoft 365

Job description

Golden Plains Shire Council is seeking an experienced Community Safety Officer to enhance residents' quality of life by enforcing animal control and local laws. The role is temporary full-time in Bannockburn, with evening/weekend on-call duties and free onsite parking.

You will administer the Domestic Animal Management Plan, respond to complaints, issue infringements, and monitor peri-urban areas for compliance while supporting safety initiatives and community engagement.