Senior Community Engagement Officer

Company description:

Department of Communities and Justice

Job description:

Senior Community Engagement Officer

• Location - Parramatta with flexible work arrangements
• Employment type - Ongoing Fulltime
• Salary - Clerk Grade 9/10 base salary ranges $120,859 - $133,183 plus superannuation and leave loadings

Your role

The Senior Community Engagement Officer manages and coordinates the development, implementation, and evaluation of the stakeholder engagement component of projects to achieve project outcomes and support the achievement of organisational objectives.

What you'll do

• Manage and oversee all aspects of stakeholder engagement planning, development and implementation for a range of projects, including stakeholder engagement design, coordinating resources, meeting reporting requirements, and supporting relevant project-related activities, to ensure project outcomes are achieved on time, on budget, to quality standards and within agreed scope in line with established agency project management methodology.
• Establish and maintain stakeholder relationships through effective communication, negotiation and issues management to engage stakeholders and ensure project deliverables are met.
• Monitor and evaluate all aspects of stakeholder engagement relating to a range of projects, including risk and contingency management, benefits realisation, project impact and quality measures, to identify and address issues, assess project progress and effectiveness, and achieve project outcomes.
• Manage a project team/s, ensuring compliance with governance and quality requirements, to successfully deliver all key project/s milestones and outcomes.
• Undertake research and formulate recommendations to support evidence-based stakeholder engagement planning and decision making.
• Provide advice and information to relevant stakeholders on emerging project issues and to support project development and delivery in line with established plans, budgets, timeframes, policy objectives and other project priorities.
• Managing consultations and negotiations with diverse stakeholders, within agreed timelines, given their varying expectations, viewpoints and interests.
• Achieving project deadlines and milestones to the required standards and within budget, given the need to simultaneously coordinate and deliver multiple projects which are often complex and interconnected.

What we're looking for

• IAP2 Qualified (preferable)
• Knowledge of the planning approval process
• High level attention to detail
• Demonstrated experience in stakeholder management.
• The role may involve travel both locally and regionally, including overnight travel, as required by the business and/or directed.

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We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families, and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It's work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia's top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 1 page) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close 10th of July 2024 at 11:59AEST

Got a question?

If you've got a question about applying or require an adjustment in the recruitment process, please contact Nancy Girgis via email at ************@dcj.nsw.gov.au

For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Lynne Welch via email at ***********@homes.nsw.gov.au

Note: Appointments are subject to reference checks. Some roles may also require the following checks/ clearances:

• National Criminal History Record Check in accordance with the Disability Inclusion Act 2014
• Working with Children Check clearance in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience, and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers, and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit our careers site.

Other Information

A Talent Pool will be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.