$106,988 plus 9.5% Superannuation

Temporary to 26 February 2021 – open to part time requests (prorata)

We are the City of Melbourne, a bold place to be extraordinary.

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.

Together we Make the Difference

How this position will Make the Difference to City of Melbourne…

The City Research and Insights team play a key role in driving a Melbourne of tomorrow that is innovative, engaging, agile and digitally native. Acting as a Centre of Excellence, the team leads and supports a high-profile program of services and products including CLUE, 3D DAM, Pedestrian Visualisations and City Analytics.

Reporting directly to the Research and Insights Manager, the Urban Technologies Specialist will steer the evolution of the use data and insights derived to help the City of Melbourne make decisions and take action through the effective communication of analysis and data.

You will provide insights on key city disrupting technology trends and impacts across the organisation and develop communications based on these. This is an exceptionally rare chance to drive forward Melbourne’s future, working on some truly innovative and collaborative programs of work including City of Melbourne’s Smart City efforts, IoT utilisation and sensor management.

You can bring… (Selection criteria)

• Ability to demonstrate and display City of Melbourne Values – accountability, integrity, courage, respect for self and others, and striving for excellence.
• Data analysis and interpretation experience including experience with the tooling and techniques such as Power BI, R, Shiny and GIS.
• A deep knowledge and proven expertise in at least 2 of the following areas: urban technologies, IoT, GIS, data science, planning, urban design.
• Demonstrated understanding of key urban technology architecture components including connectivity, security, sensors and Internet of Things.
• Experience with IoT or sensor technology in particular the capture, processing and publishing of data would be advantageous.
• Experience in managing contractors and consultants.
• Strong communication skills including presentation and negotiation skills and the ability to communicate with a broad range of stakeholders.

 To view the physical requirements of this position, please see below under Position Information.  

How to apply…

Please apply via our Careers page: https://melbourne.mercury.com.au/ViewPosition.aspx?id=lLVx3jljt+c=&jbc=ere

As part of the online application form you are required to:

• attach your resume
• attach a separate cover letter, responding to the selection criteria (no more than two pages), as listed above under ‘You can bring…’

Please address your covering letter to Andrea Hughes,City Research and Insights Manager.

Applications will be accepted up until 11:45pm Sunday 30 August 2020.

The position description for this role will not be provided at this stage of application.

For those interested in working with us, the City of Melbourne offers a great range of benefits. If you have any questions, or would like further information, please contact careers@melbourne.vic.gov.au

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City of Melbourne is proud to be a workplace that champions diversity. Our commitment is for our people to be safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best.  As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage applications from people regardless of their gender identity and expression, ethnicity, cultural background, sexual orientation, disability and age. We look for the right values, skills and knowledge to build our capabilities so that we can best deliver for our community.