City Jobs in Melbourne, Florida

Every City of Melbourne opening is applied for online from the city's Job Openings page, with a separate city employment application for each position (City of Melbourne Job Openings).

The Melbourne Job Openings page carries two buttons, one to view current openings and one to check application status, so the same page serves as the front door to the city's job board (City of Melbourne Job Openings). Individual postings, each with its own closing date, appear on that board.

Three Melbourne rules apply to every application. A city employment application is required, and a resume may be attached but cannot stand in for it. A separate application is required for each position, so applying for two jobs means two applications. And an application must be received by the closing date on the posting to be considered (Melbourne application rules).

Questions about a Melbourne application go to Human Resources at 321-608-7800, listed at City Hall, Second Floor, 900 East Strawbridge Avenue (Melbourne Human Resources). The city also posts a City Benefit Highlights PDF on the Job Openings page for anyone weighing an offer.

Melbourne Human Resources says it supports human resource needs for more than 900 employees, (Melbourne Human Resources), and the city's FY2025 financial report counts 915 full-time equivalent positions (FY2025 ACFR, Schedule 17).

The figures come from the Melbourne report's staffing schedule, which credits the city's Budget Department (FY2025 ACFR, Schedule 17). Its footnotes explain the moves: the Golf Course Operations were split into their own fund under Resolution No. 4260, with 23 positions transferred to the Golf Course Fund, the Fire Department added 12 SAFER Grant-funded positions in 2024, and the Police Department added four non-sworn Booking Officer positions in 2025. The airport, a component unit, is counted separately at 62.

Under the directory's description of the City Manager's Office, the manager, an appointee of the City Council, carries responsibility for every city employee (City of Melbourne departments directory). Human Resources handles the administrative side of personnel and labor relations.

Yes on both counts: the Melbourne Job Openings page calls the city a veterans preference employer and a drug-free workplace, as well as an equal opportunity employer (City of Melbourne Job Openings).

For Melbourne applicants, Florida law spells out who qualifies for that preference. Section 295.07 of the Florida Statutes requires the state and its political subdivisions to give preference in appointment and retention to listed groups, among them disabled veterans with a service-connected disability, veterans as the statutes define them, and current members of a reserve component or the Florida National Guard (Florida Statutes 295.07). The same section lets a city waive a postsecondary education requirement for an honorably discharged veteran or a reserve or Guard member who is otherwise qualified, and it exempts elected offices, board members and temporary jobs without benefits.

Melbourne testing goes beyond the hiring stage. Post-offer, pre-employment drug testing may be conducted, and the city also runs reasonable-suspicion, random, post-accident, fitness-for-duty and follow-up drug and alcohol testing under state and federal law. The city participates in E-Verify and posts the E-Verify and Right to Work notices in English and Spanish (Melbourne hiring notices).

Melbourne police applicants follow a separate process with three tracks, for academy trainees, officers already certified in Florida and officers certified elsewhere, and the city's Job Openings page sends them to that police page (Melbourne police applicant process).

The order of steps is the main difference between the Melbourne tracks. Trainees and Florida-certified officers test first, with a written exam and a physical test, and only those who pass both reach the oral board. Officers certified in another state reverse that order: the oral board happens over Zoom, and they travel to Melbourne for the written and physical tests, along with the polygraph, medical physical and psychological exam, once the background investigation is nearing completion (Melbourne police applicant process).

Two Melbourne answers on that page settle common worries. No applicant is exempted from testing, though proof of the same tests taken for another agency can be submitted, and a trainee who is not ready for the coming academy class can be processed for a later one (Melbourne police applicant process). When the trainee application is not open, the recruiting team at 321-608-6321 or recruiter@mlbfl.org says when it will open again. Academy enrollment, out-of-state certification transfer and grooming rules are covered in the Melbourne Police Department guide.

A Melbourne firefighter applicant must meet the state certification minimums in Florida Statutes 633.34 and 633.35, be at least 18, and hold a high school diploma or equivalent and a valid Florida driver's license (Melbourne Become A Firefighter page).

The Melbourne Fire Department also lists good physical condition, completion of the minimum standards training course and state certificate exam, and state certification at least at the EMT level, with paramedics preferred; questions go to 321-608-6000 (Melbourne Become A Firefighter page). The department's training center, with a classroom and a burn tower, hosts continuing education and training throughout the year.

Testing in Melbourne comes in two rounds. Candidates with passing written scores, plus anyone tied with the lowest passing score, move on to a physical abilities test at the Fire Department Training Center. Candidates need a completed physical fitness waiver and must bring their own protective gear (helmet, bunker coat, bunker pants, gloves, boots and hood), though some gear can be borrowed by calling the Training Center at (321) 608-6201 (Melbourne Qualifying Applicants page).

The city's departments directory returns 12 departments, each listed with its own remit and phone line (City of Melbourne departments directory).

Office and legal careers in Melbourne cluster in a few places. The City Attorney's Office (321-608-7240) advises the council, the other city offices and departments, city boards and the three community redevelopment agencies. The City Clerk's Office (321-608-7220) is custodian of city records and oversees city elections and special activity permitting. Financial Services (321-608-7010) oversees budgeting, purchasing and utility billing along with accounting and payroll (Melbourne departments directory).

Technical and field jobs in Melbourne sit elsewhere. Engineering (321-608-7300) handles construction plan review, the stormwater utility, capital projects, traffic engineering, addressing and right-of-way permits. Community Development (321-608-7500) administers land use, zoning and development rules, with Housing and Urban Improvement at 321-608-7530, and Code Compliance answers at 321-608-7900 (Melbourne departments directory). The City Manager's Office, at 321-608-7200, prepares the budget the council considers and serves as the council's chief adviser.

The city's municipal boards list includes three retirement boards, one each for firefighters, police officers and general employees (City of Melbourne site menu, Municipal Boards).

By their listed names, the Melbourne boards are the General Employees' Pension Plan Board of Trustees, the Firefighters' Pension Plan Board of Trustees and the board of trustees for the Police Officers' Retirement Trust Fund (City of Melbourne Municipal Boards list). The Melbourne Job Openings page links a City Benefit Highlights PDF (City of Melbourne Job Openings), and Melbourne Human Resources answers questions at 321-608-7800.

Last verified: October 21, 2026, with fresh reads of the Melbourne Job Openings and Human Resources pages, the police and firefighter hiring pages, Florida Statutes 295.07 and the FY2025 ACFR staffing schedule.