Community Development Practitioner

About The Role:

If you love creating opportunities to lead programs and activities which enable community connection, we’d love you to join our team.

As a Community Development Practitioner, you will contribute your experience and leadership to strengthen communities ensuring they are engaged and actively participating in community life.  You will thrive in a flexible environment and will lead and develop services, events and offerings to progress community connections within the Charles Sturt area.

This role involves supervising and leading community centre employees and volunteers. It ensures effective program implementation, fosters professional development, maintains operational excellence, and aligns with organisational goals.

About You:

You will provide energy and strategic thinking to weave community connections into our overall City of Charles Sturt community to ensure all our people feel a sense of belonging.

To be successful in the is role, you will have:

The ability to lead place-based responses to improve wellbeing and community capacity.

• Experience in motivating and leading a small team.
• A genuine passion for delivering community development projects.
• Skills, experience and knowledge to empower and connect community.
• Experience using qualitative and quantitative data to support community identified outcomes.
• Sound understanding of good governance and reporting requirements in a community development setting.
• Expertise in creating and maintaining strong relationships with a diverse team.
• Proficiency in connecting and developing partnerships across the community.
• A focus on fostering a positive culture and ensuring workplace safety.
  
  

About Our Organisation:

The City of Charles Sturt is a vibrant community home to more than 120,000 people across 105 different cultures. We champion unity in diversity and strive to reflect our community within our workforce - wherever you are from, you are home in the City of Charles Sturt.

We prioritise customer and employee experience and foster a supportive environment where everyone belongs. With over 500 employees, our people and our community "Means the World" to us which highlights the importance of our places, our people and our service to the community.

Our workplaces and the way we work demonstrate and ensure our commitment to customer experience excellence, productivity and our commitment to providing employees with opportunities to balance their working and personal lives. Visit our careers page to explore the benefits of joining our team and talk to us about what flexibility works for you.

About Our Team:

Our Community Development team provides safe, welcoming and inclusive environments where the community can connect and engage in activities that enhance wellbeing and strengthen community capacity.   This is undertaken across Council’s five community centres, and the Brocas Youth Centre and within the community.  The team uses a community development approach to empower community members and create stronger and more connected communities.

The Detail:

The position is offered on a part-time (0.8FTE), permanent basis and is classified at Level 5, with a starting salary range of of $100,774 - $105,111 per annum (pro-rata) + Super + Annual Leave Loading.

A current unprohibited Working with Children Check and a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (Police check) must be maintained for the duration of the employment period in this prescribed position. 

Click ‘Apply for this job’ to submit your application for this vacancy by 9.00am, Monday 24th March 2025.

For further information about this vacancy, please view the attached position description. 

Enquiries about this position may be made to the following:

Cathy O’Loughlin, Coordinator Community Development

[email protected]

8408 1316