shift leader

business support

project officer

maternity nurse

early childhood teacher

City of Melbourne

As a student on placement, visiting clients and planning how to support them was enjoyable. What I learnt from this experience is listening, empathising and giving them relevant information was very empowering to clients. Understanding the issue, knowing where to refer them and accompany them to places like court and etc is very important to clients. 

I am very easy person to work with until now I didn't get any major problem working with others. I have documents to support that.

The hardest part of the job was when a client was abusive towards us because of the letter we wrote to support his child care application for his children. I was frightened and wanted to leave but my supervisor knows the client and kept talking to him. I asked later why she stayed when it was not safe for us, she answered she worked with this client for a long time and knows his behaviour, she thought it was safe and it was. I think working with a client longer will make the worker know their behaviour better and support them better.

The most enjoyable part of the job was achieving the agreed goals for a client and closing the case.

I worked in the Engineering Branch and was very lucky to have a great manager who supported our team. 
The work was meaningful and the organisation was full of switched on and motivated individuals. A high volume of work but work-life balance taken seriously.
Many opportunities to do training of various sorts was encouraged.
I loved working there - until the restructure. 
The whole vibe changed. Everyone was miserable. A number of people in our team (including myself) either lost their jobs or were asked to take significant pay cuts. 
It may have improved again since then - but certainly not 'the good old days'. 
Still, a very worthwhile place to work.

Due to the revolving door of middle management, no matter how hard you worked or how much you sacrificed previously, you have to restart your relationship with your new manager every 6 - 12 months meaning that all your hard work and sacrifice and experience are forgotten - so you need to start all over again.

My review about City of Melbourne, was the staff and the customer's.

No day was the same, had some challenges but managed to get through the day

Learned about child immunisation and what's on in Melbourne events, which I played a small part in getting the message out there for family friendly concerts.

I loved every thing about working for City of Melbourne and the role of first point of contact to the general public.

I enjoyed the morning tea's and a chit chat to my work colleagues and management.

What is the best part of working at the company?
One of the best teams I have worked with


What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The waiting for approval of items to be purchased for the clients

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Our team was great but unfortunately we were all made redundant


What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Morning chat, coffee with colleagues and work always being done and fun along the way

Great company, treated me with respect and amazing staff felt like a little family, I always try to keep in touch with some of my fellow volunteers.Only one shift a week which is fantastic as a student. With great functions and events I can attend to. National Volunteer week function was fun and always themed and our Christmas functions were fun, they were also dressed up.

Your experience will depend on where you land as there’s no consistency. The culture can be positive or very toxic depending on the team and management. Some staff seem to be overloaded with work and others do very little and are paid well. 

I had a great time working with City Of Melbourne Staff to put on a youth art festival. The hardest part was dealing with challenges to the event form the outside environment. We worked great as a team to overcome and mitigate these challenges which arose during the festival.

Supportive Management with flexible work hours and always encouraging with personal growth and development.
Always treat you as a valued staff member and provide you with all the necessary resources to achieve your work goals.

A fun place to work.

Social Club,

Made plenty of friends over the period spent at work.

Social discounts.

Flexibility.

I had plenty of opportunities in my early years to move around, giving me the knowledge and know how of today.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Shift leader 10 salaries reported	$131,268 per year
Business support 10 salaries reported	$82,382 per year
Project officer 4 salaries reported	$95,004 per year
Maternity nurse 8 salaries reported	$126,142 per year
Early childhood teacher 9 salaries reported	$72,512 per year

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