Community Development Support Officer

Utilise your experience to plan and implement Community Development initiatives that build capacity, encouraging the growth of self-sufficient communities to create a sense of place and promotes local identity.

• Six-months, Fixed-Term, Full-Time (76 hours per fortnight)
• Salary from $80,525 - $85,782 per annum
• An opportunity to join our passionate team and help make an difference to our local community

The Role

The City is seeking an experienced, motivated, and innovative person to join the City's Community Development team as a Community Development Support Officer on a fix term contract for 6 months.  The successful candidate will have expertise in Community Development, capacity building, project management and support and stakeholder relationship management, plus a desire to facilitate positive social outcomes.

The role is responsible for:

• Liaising with community members and stakeholders, and responding to community enquiries.
• Supporting, planning and implementing Community Development initiatives.
• Building community capacity and encouraging the growth of self-sufficient communities.
• Developing relationships with community groups, community leaders, local service providers and other key stakeholders.
• Identify new opportunities to meet community need, with a particular emphasis on collaborative and/or community lead opportunities.
• Participating in relevant internal and external networks.
• Managing a variety of community-facing communication avenues.

Skills and Experience 

You will be an adaptable and collaborative Community Development professional, with skills and experience in capacity building, relationship building and implementing Community Development initiatives, preferably in a local government context. You will thrive working in a busy and change-driven organisation and positively contribute to the team's culture.

To be considered further, please submit a resume and cover letter (of no more than two pages) addressing the following:

1. Qualification in relevant discipline such as Community Development, or equivalent (desirable);
2. Relevant experience in a similar role (desirable);
3. Experience working in local government (desirable);
4. Experience in community capacity building (essential);
5. Experience in community and stakeholder liaison and relationship management (essential);
6. Involvement in supporting and/or managing projects (essential);
7. Intermediate organisational skills with the ability to prioritise competing tasks (essential);
8. Intermediate verbal and written communication skills (essential).

Successful applicants may be required to work occasional weekends and evenings which forms part of the ordinary hours of work for this position (additional rates apply).

Why work for the City of Wanneroo

The City offers a range of employment benefits including:

• Generous matching of superannuation contributions up to a combined total of 15%;
• Five weeks annual leave (for salaried officers, excluding casual employees and pro-rata for part time employees);
• A work-life balance program providing flexible work practices (subject to operational requirements);
• Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave;
• Purchase leave (subject to operational requirements);
• Professional development opportunities;
• An inclusive, welcoming office environment; and
• An opportunity to reduce your commute and work in a goal-driven professional team closer to home.

To find out more about our benefits, click here!

About the City of Wanneroo

City of Wanneroo is a diverse and flexible environment that offers a range of career opportunities where you will have the opportunity to make a real difference to the local community and our people.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.

As a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position as the City of Wanneroo is committed to growing representation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in our workforce. We are seeking to increase the diversity of our workforce to better meet the differing needs of our customers and to improve equal opportunity outcomes for our employees. 

Interested?

If this position sounds like you - and you're keen to spend less time commuting and more time doing the things you're passionate about - then click on the link below. We look forward to receiving your application. 

For further information regarding the position please visit the City of Wanneroo website or contact Pascaline Mirthil, Team Leader Community Development on 08 9405 5***.

Closing Date: 8 April 2024 9pm (AWST)

Applicants may be required to undergo a medical assessment to determine their fitness to carry out the duties of this position.

All employees and prospective employees of the City of Wanneroo are required to declare any secondary employment and private activities to ensure that any conflict of interests may be appropriately managed.

To apply for this position, you must have the right to work in Australia and be willing to provide a National Police Clearance no older than 6 months