Community Capacity Building Officer

Community Capacity Building Officer

North Sydney Council administers the North Sydney local government area on Sydney’s picturesque lower North Shore. Our 400 employees look after 77,000 residents spread across 10 square kilometres of land on the foreshores of Sydney Harbour providing spectacular harbour views, beautiful parklands, and a bustling CBD. Our aim is to ensure North Sydney remains a welcoming, well-designed, safe and beautiful environment for residents, workers and visitors.

An exciting opportunity is now available for a dynamic Community Capacity Building Officer to join Council’s newly formed Community Resilience and Sustainability team

This role will be pivotal in engaging with community members and diverse stakeholders to foster collaboration,  build capacity, social inclusion and connect the diverse communities of North Sydney

You will undertake stakeholder engagement and facilitate partnerships to address issues, respond to identified needs, engage innovative practice and to optimise the delivery of community initiatives, early intervention and to build community resilience.  

You will engage, connect, facilitate and deliver a range of initiatives, including but not limited to:

• Build capacity within local community groups through the coordination, planning and delivery of Council’s community grants program.
• Develop a volunteer management framework and support initiatives to engage, connect, promote and recognise the contribution of volunteers
• Foster collaboration, social inclusion and cohesion, breaking down barriers and promoting a sense of belonging and connectedness across the diverse communities of North Sydney
• Facilitate partnerships and explore opportunities, including with schools to build capacity, reduce social isolation and address emerging community priorities
• Build a network of engaged and informed community members and diverse stakeholders to contribute to community resilience.

• A proactive and positive approach
• Stakeholder management skills, including negotiation, facilitation and advocacy skills 
• Strong problem solving abilities
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to positively collaborate within a diverse team and work autonomously 

In 2023 we reviewed our organisational structure to increase leadership capacity and streamline decision-making, as well as increasing innovation, collaboration and communication.  Our broader cultural transformation for 2024 and beyond includes a focus on staff engagement, investment in learning and development and improved systems and processes all working together to empower the broader workforce to perform at their best.

Joining North Sydney Council now will enable you to go on this cultural transformation with us and to make a meaningful difference to both the organisation and the community of North Sydney.

We're committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and positive workplace. Our teams are reflective of the communities in which we operate, and we value the unique contribution each member makes to the North Sydney Council. The work we do makes a real difference to the lives of our residents and contributes to their economic and social wellbeing.

North Sydney Council as an employer offers excellent employee benefits such as:

• Easy accessibility to work with spectacular harbour view work locations
• Access to Fitness Passport 
• Excellent work-life balance with a 35-hour working week for indoor employees or fortnightly RDO’s for outdoor employees
• Flexible working hours with access to flexi-time for indoor employees
• Freedom to direct contributions to any compliant superannuation fund
• A holistic health and well-being program offering exercise classes, flu vaccinations, skin checks, and a touch football team
• Health and Well-being programs for all employees such as Yoga, Pilates, Kick Boxing
• Access to employee recognition and reward program
• Weekly fruit baskets
• Free access to counselling sessions through our Employee Assistance Program
• Free financial advice by a certified Financial Planner
• Monetary transport allowance
• Invitations to local government events, training and planning sessions
• Access to corporate social events at picturesque harbour locations
• Close locale to transport options including train, bus, metro and bike ways 

Salary Range:  $94,905 to $110,024 pa + 11% superannuation + $1,000 pa transport allowance

35 hours per week with access to flexi-time

Applicants are required to submit a resume and provide a cover letter advising why they have decided to apply for the role and what key skills/ competencies they have acquired across your career that make you competitive for this position? (max 2 pages)

This position is designated as child related. If you currently hold a clearance, please submit your WWCC number with your application. It is an offence under NSW legislation for barred workers to apply for or otherwise attempt to obtain, undertake or remain in child-related employment.

About Us

With a cohort of approximately 400 permanent (full time and part time) employees, we consider ourselves not too big, not too small - just right! At North Sydney Council we're committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and positive workplace. Our teams value the unique contribution each member makes, and genuinely strives towards making North Sydney Council a fun place to work! The work we do makes a real difference to the lives of our residents and contributes to their economic and social wellbeing. Our commitment to our staff at North Sydney Council is: To optimise employee performance in an enjoyable, safe, fair and equitable workplace

North Sydney Council is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity in order to  provide a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. North Sydney Council  also adheres  to the principles of a child safe organisation and is committed to the care and protection of all children and young people. We strongly encourage candidates from wide-ranging backgrounds, identities and experiences to apply.