Community Safety 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

Bannockburn location– perfectly positioned with an easy drive from Geelong, Ballarat, and Melbourne (plus free onsite parking!)

Temporary full time role

Monthly ADO

Salary between $82,100-$94,800 (dependant on experience) + super

Golden Plains Shire Council provides a workplace where people matter, communities are connected, and the future is bright. We offer a diverse range of career pathways in meaningful roles with a sense of purpose where you can grow and thrive.

To continue to deliver for our community, we are seeking an experienced and passionate Community Safety Officer to join the team for an immediate start. Our ideal candidate is responsible for enhancing the quality of life of residents by implementing and enforcing the Domestic Animals Act, the Livestock Impoundment Act, Council’s policies, strategies and local laws aimed at providing a safe and healthy environment in which to live.

This role will provide you the opportunity to:

• In conjunction with the Coordinator Compliance and Prosecutions, contribute to the development of strategies to ensure responsible animal ownership within the community as well as effective programs for the monitoring and enforcement of laws and policies relating to any animal management in line with the Domestic Animals Act 1994 and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986.
• Implement and enforce Council’s Domestic Animal Management Plan, including the administration of registration records and renewals, response to complaints, impounding, issuing of infringements and any other matter pursuant to animal control legislation, Local Laws and Council policy.
• Monitor properties across the municipality for compliance with Council’s Local Laws and the Golden Plains Planning Scheme.
• Contribute towards the development, review and implementation of strategies to improve community safety.
• Implement and enforce laws and policies relating to parking control including recommendations for restriction zones, routine monitoring for compliance and issuing of infringement notices pursuant to road safety statutes and local laws.
• Investigate litter complaints and where appropriate, issue infringements for breaches of the Environment Protection Act 2017
• Establish positive communication and rapport with customers and the general public and educate and promote the need for compliance with the various statutes, legislation, local laws and policies.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Experience in the delivery of community safety services.
• The ability to interpret legislation, regulations, local laws and policy guidelines.
• An understanding of Local Government role in rural and peri-urban areas.
• Experience in preparing reports and routine correspondence.
• The ability to embrace change and encourage acceptance of change among staff.
• Extensive experience in handling domestic animals and livestock.
• Proficiency in the use of computer-based applications including GIS & Microsoft Office 365.

Other requirements

Tasks within this role will be required to be undertaken in the evenings or on weekends as part of ongoing rostered on-call availability requirement.

Tasks within this role may also be required to be undertaken in the evenings or on weekends outside of rostered on call availability requirements

A current Australian driver licence and WWCC.

Employment in this role is conditional on successful completion of an employment medical.

We care We thrive We grow

Our people are passionate, collaborative and deeply committed to both the community and the work they do. This commitment is felt from the moment you step through the doors, in every interaction and in the way we celebrate our collective achievements.

We care about our community and our people, provide flexibility and support so you can thrive and offer a diverse range of opportunities to support your personal and professional growth. We are dedicated to fostering this culture, because we know that our people are the key to the future growth and success of Golden Plains Shire.

With an Enterprise Agreement in place till 2028 we offer all employees:

• Learning and development opportunities aligned to your role and aspirations, along with opportunities to work on a variety of projects and undertake secondments
• Flexible work arrangements to empower you to achieve better life/work balance
• A modern, high-quality working environment with free onsite parking
• An environment where health, safety and wellbeing are prioritised in all that we do
• An active Social Club
• Novated leases available to permanent full and part time staff
• Transfer of service and LSL (where applicable)

Generous leave entitlements including but not limited:

• Up to 16 weeks primary & up to 3 weeks secondary parental leave
• Purchased leave
• Ceremonial leave
• Volunteer leave
• Reproductive leave
• Gender affirmation leave
• Higher than NES Family violence leave

Applications close on WEDNESDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2026 at 11.59PM

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace that allows staff to bring their whole selves to all that they do.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing a safe workplace that embraces and values child safety, diversity and inclusion. We recognise the value and diversity and strength of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures to the heritage of all Australians and our workplace.

We wholeheartedly believe that the decisions we make and the services we deliver benefit from having a workforce representative of the community we support - that the diversity of thought, experience, insights and background will ensure the needs of the broader community are considered in all we do. We encourage applications from people of all ages, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.