Community Project Officer
Job No:
IW0616
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.
The Community Wellbeing team lead’s innovative community development practice in the strategic planning, management and integrated delivery of cost effective high quality, sustainable programs and initiatives to promote social inclusion.
This role will facilitate integrated and collaborative design and delivery of strategic projects, partnerships, education, awareness, advocacy, and preventative initiatives to increase participation, facilitate cultural awareness, ensure meaningful inclusion and improve health and wellbeing across the inner west.
You will undertake stakeholder engagement and management to address issues, respond to identified needs, engage innovative practice and to optimise the delivery of community initiatives, early intervention and to connect people to place and each other.
Areas may include but not limited to:
volunteer management, support and specific projects engaging culturally and linguistically diverse communities (including refugee and asylum seekers), domestic and family violence, homelessness, boarding houses, mental health, socially and economically vulnerable communities, LGBTQ communities, women and emerging special projects to foster wellbeing in the Inner West. Examples of current special projects include the Inner West World Pride events and the engagement and planning associated with the creation of an Inner West Pride Centre.
Working as part of the Community Wellbeing Team you will assist your unit in consistently working to meet its targets and commitments against the performance plans and Council’s Operational and Strategic Plans. You will be community focused and work collaboratively with the Community Projects Coordinator and Manager Community Wellbeing, to ensure the success of the service unit.
Please read the Position Description to familiarise yourself with all the requirements and conditions of the role.
$81,969.68 - $93,841.28 + Superannuation
Some of the required skills, experience and qualifications
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication, collaboration, community engagement and stakeholder management skills including negotiation, facilitation and advocacy skills
- High level analytical and problem-solving abilities with capacity to inspire or support innovative thinking and continuous improvement to support diversity and ensure meaningful inclusion for the people of the inner west
- Tertiary qualifications in Social Science, Community Development and / or equivalent industry experience.
- Experience in leading and managing community projects and initiatives and in applying evidence based practice.
Enquiries
Gabrielle Rennard - Community Wellbeing Manager on 9392 5820
Closing Date
Sunday 30 October 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.
