Community Engagement Partner - Moreland City Council - GovernmentCareer - Local

First listed on: 19 June 2020

Community Engagement Partner 


  • Work for one of the most dynamic and diverse inner-city Councils
  • $87K - $95K + Super (pro rata)
  • Permanent part time position (30.4 hours per week)


ABOUT MORELAND

At Moreland our diverse community is vibrant and full of energy, with an array of community services and place making, fabulous festivals, cool pools, libraries and a recently designed gallery space, scenic bike paths and a community of artists and creative industries and shops. We are a progressive cosmopolitan council with 180,000 residents and with ambitions for environmental sustainability, social justice and community wellbeing. Moreland's Civic Centre is located Coburg, just 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, with excellent public transport options, great food and cafés, providing Moreland to be a great place to live, work and play.

Find out more about Moreland here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FiM3A5hS9Y

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are currently seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to help establish and implement Moreland’s Community Engagement Policy and Framework across the organisation and in partnership with our community.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on high profile Council projects, to enhance the way Council engages with Moreland’s diverse community for shared outcomes.

This role will require qualifications and/or contemporary knowledge in community engagement and public participation, social planning, community development, communications and/or related fields.  Candidates will demonstrate skills and experience in planning and delivering complex and multifaceted community engagement projects in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO PERFORM THIS ROLE

  • Demonstrated work experience in planning and delivering complex community engagement projects.
  • Qualifications in social planning, community development, communications or related fields.

WHAT THIS ROLE CAN OFFER

  • Extensive opportunities for training and career development
  • Salary sacrifice options
  • A real sense of work-life balance
  • Employer-supported study assistance schemes

For further information please contact Nat McGlone on 9355 4240.

Applications close: 5pm, Friday 3 July 2020

To apply and obtain a position description please visit our website.


Moreland City Council is proudly diverse and an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, people with disability, and people from every culture, gender and sexuality identity, age and ethnic background. Moreland City Council is committed to being a Child Safe organisation and has zero tolerance for child abuse.

Applicants for Council positions must be entitled to work in Australia.