Community Education Coordinator

About the CorporationWaterNSW is a New South Wales Government-owned statutory corporation that is responsible for supplying the state's bulk water needs, operating the state's river systems and dams and the bulk water supply system for Greater Sydney and providing licensing and approval services to its customers and water resource information.FPRS is recruiting for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander candidates for this position.Position PurposeDevelop, deliver and evaluate Community Education programs and interpretive resources to provide high quality education opportunities for regional and catchment communities that build the exposure and reach of WaterNSW and put safety first.Key Duties

• Leadership: deliver strategic priorities and develop the culture, capability, and performance of our people over time.
• Community education: Develop, deliver and evaluate high quality Community Education programs for target audiences, incorporating organisational messages and using best practice education principles.
• Interpretation: Develop interpretive resources that communicate complex messages in a clear and effective way, are accessible to a diverse range of audiences and learning styles and respond to stakeholder interests and organisational needs.
• Partnerships: Develop and maintain effective internal and external partnerships with learning/ cultural institutions and water focused organisations, ensuring WaterNSW Community Education projects meet the expectations of stakeholders, reflect organisational objectives and are integrated with priority WaterNSW projects.
• Integration and advice: Ensure Community Education programs focused on increasing awareness, understanding, skills or influencing behaviours are integrated with other behaviour change tools such as enforcement and incentives as required and provide advice to internal stakeholders.
• External procurement: Manage the procurement of external education resources, including professional contractors, suppliers and manufacturers to ensure delivery of high-quality education and interpretation resources and programs.

For a full detailed position description please emailQualifications

• Appropriate tertiary qualifications in education, environmental science/ management, social sciences or related field or equivalent experience

Knowledge

• Excellent understanding of best practice Community Education and interpretation principles and behaviour change theory
• Excellent writing skills and ability to communicate complex technical issues in a clear and effective way, for a diverse range of audiences and accessibility requirements

Experience

• Experience in leading the development, delivery and evaluation of multi-faceted best practice Community Education programs
• Experience in developing interpretive resources including signage, installations, displays, exhibitions or face to face experiences in an educative environment
• Experience in effectively liaising and negotiating with internal and external stakeholders and an ability to influence
• Experience in applying high level interpersonal, communication, negotiation, presentation, facilitation and conflict resolution skills
• Experience in managing projects and contract service providers within time and budgetary constraints

Favourable
Working knowledge of government and non-government agencies active in the water and education sectors in NSW, including local councils, agencies and environmentally focused education providers.This position can be based in Parramatta or Warragamba.For a full detailed position description please emailHow to ApplyClick APPLY or contact Marisa Conlon, Senior Consultant, Talent Acquisition at marisa@fprs.com.au for further information on the role.Please submit applications in Word format only by 25th March 2024.FIRST PEOPLE Recruitment Solutions is a 100% Indigenous owned agency providing contingent contracts, fixed term contracts and permanent recruitment solutions to Government and Corporate Australia.Our Head Office is based in Canberra with a national reach to all the states and territories, regional and remote areas of Australia.FIRST PEOPLE Recruitment Solutions encourage applications from Indigenous Australians and Non-Indigenous Australians together with people from culturally diverse backgrounds.FIRST PEOPLE Recruitment Solutions acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia and recognizes their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respect to them and their cultures; and to elders both past, present and emerging.