Community and Cultural Planning Coordinator
Job No:
IW0469
Location:
Ashfield
About Inner West Council
Inner West Council is among Sydney’s larger local government agencies looking after a vibrant community of 201,000 people living in some of the inner city’s most vibrant, creative, liveable and diverse suburbs.
As we continue to deliver quality, innovative and inclusive programs and services, we would love it if you can join in our journey towards becoming the best council for our community.
We are committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity, WHS, sustainability, continuous improvement and business excellence. The community is at the heart of the organisation and Council puts its values of Integrity, Respect, Innovation, Compassion and Collaboration at the centre of everything that we do. We are here to be of service to the community and make Inner West a great place to be. We expect commitment to these values from all employees in performing their respective roles.
We offer flexible career life balance with hours that allow you to relax and recharge. We offer a variety of flexible work arrangement options (e.g. flexible hours and working from home) where appropriate giving you even greater quality of work life balance.
Permanent employees benefit from our great value gym membership from $15.50/week giving access to a vast network of gyms in Sydney.
If you’re passionate about shaping the future of the Inner West, here’s an opportunity to shape creating our social and cultural directions.
As Community and Cultural Planning Coordinator you will provide guidance, leadership and accountability within the unit in the preparation, implementation and monitoring of integrated community and cultural planning policy outcomes for the Inner West local government area.
The role will also be responsible for providing strategic advice relating to a range of matters social and cultural infrastructure and impact assessment, conduct strategic social and cultural research investigations and analysis to inform Council's commitment of resources through grants and partnerships, and guide alignment of Council's investment in social and cultural resources and Council's grants program with the community strategic vision.
This position is responsible for coordinating teams of staff and professional colleagues to provide services including:
- Strategic land use planning advice relating to population needs, sector needs and community infrastructure requirements
- Timely preparation and implementation of strategic planning policy and of Council strategies
- Maintaining an accurate and high quality level of reporting to Council and executive.
- Ensure community and stakeholder engagement is maintained and consistently delivered to a high standard.
- Research and data analysis relevant to strategic community and cultural planning.
- Direct the strategic alignment of Council's grants programs with the community strategic vision.
Please read the Position Description to familiarise yourself with all the requirements and conditions of the role.
$103,290.20 to $116,285.52 + Superannuation
Some of the required skills, experience and qualifications
1. Tertiary qualifications in Business Administration, Humanities, Social Sciences, Town Planning or related discipline
2. Extensive experience in strategic community and cultural planning and/or policy development and implementation and excellent knowledge of the Local Government Act in relation to grants management and administration
3. Demonstrated experience leading and coordinating social impact assessment, social research programs and initiating research and development partnerships
4. Current Working With Children Check
Enquiries
Simon Watts, Social and Cultural Planning Manager on 9392 5971
Closing Date
Sunday 10 April 2022, 11:30PM
We recommend you read the Position Description for the role to make sure your application addresses the requirements of the position. Council is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applicants. Please advise us within the application if you need support, reasonable adjustments to participate successfully in the recruitment process.
All new workers must be and remain fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to beginning their work or hold a valid medical contraindication.
Eligibility for employment/Pre employment Checks
Successful applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and agree to provide information for pre-employment checks as required for the position. This may include police records checks, certified copies of relevant qualifications, Driver’s Licence and proof of work rights in Australia (please refer to the Position Description for the specific qualifications/requirements for the role). Copies of any sighted documents will be kept by IWC for its records as proof of verification.
For more information about work rights in Australia please visit the Department of Home Affairs website.
Inner West Council is a Diversity employer. We encourage applications from all candidates.
Council is committed to reconciliation and strongly encourages Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and mature aged workers to apply.
