Address The City of Casey is one of Victoria’s largest and one of the fastest growing and most diverse cities. The Council plans and delivers quality services and infrastructure for the more than 400,000 residents who call Casey home.
Our workspace is located within Bunjil Place, located in Narre Warren, which is a must-visit destination in Melbourne’s southeast. Bunjil Place reflects and enhances the city’s rich diversity, inspiring an energetic and cosmopolitan atmosphere; and has become a lively meeting place.
Our Benefits:
A supportive learning culture where you can grow your career
Multi-award-winning architectural office building with equipped Kitchens, onsite Café, Library, and so much more.
We live our values of dreaming big, empowering each other, and making our community proud.
A bit about the role
Joining the passionate Child Youth and Family Team, you will be engaging with young people in The City of Casey, in relation to health planning processes and wellbeing.
You will play a leading role in delivering the Kids Co-designing Healthy Places program, a Monash University project supported by VicHealth.
Kids live, learn and play in the places councils look after. By including them in the design process we can build healthier futures together.
What you’ll deliver
Facilitate the Kids Co-designing Healthy Places program in schools and community settings
Capture and represent the views of young people, applying inclusive and co-design principles
Build the capacity of stakeholders to integrate the voices of young people and children into program and policy development.
Advocate for the voice of young people and children to be embedded in Council policy.
Implement evaluation tools to collect data and measure outputs and outcomes
What you’ll bring
Tertiary qualifications in youth work, social work, welfare, education or related field.
Experience working with young people and facilitating youth programs
Understanding of co-design principles and inclusive practice
Hold or be willing to obtain a Food Handlers Certificate
Willingness to undergo pre-employment background checks including National Criminal History Check, Working with Children Check, Eligibility to Work check, Functional Assessment (Medical/physio)
A curious, collaborative, and inclusive community mindset.
What’s next?
If you think this role might be for you, we would love to hear from you.
Please apply by following the links and attaching a cover letter and resume. We do not require any selection criteria to be addressed.
Position Description: Engaging Young Voices Project Officer - PD).pdf
To find out more about the role, please contact Kharie Murphy, Team Leader Youth Engagement, on 9705 5636 and talent@casey.vic.gov.au
Applications will be accepted until 11.55pm on Friday 1st March.
We encourage people with a disability, lived experience of disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this position.
The City of Casey has zero tolerance for child abuse and is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is embedded in the everyday thinking and practice of all employees, contractors and volunteers.
The City of Casey reserves the right not to make any appointments for this position.
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