Youth Development Officer

6 months ago

Geelong, Australia City of Greater Geelong Full time

**Youth Development Officer - Civic Participation**:
**Job no**: 498682

**Work type**: Permanent Full Time

**Classification**: Band 6 ($90,263 - $97,365 pa)

**Categories**: Youth Development

**About the role**
In this role, you will deliver all aspects of the Youth Council portfolio, including the Youth Council Advisory Committee and other youth voice programs across the Geelong municipality. You will be responsible for; driving and monitoring the delivery of key milestones that relate to the Youth Council Advisory Committee, facilitating good communication between youth council participant’s and the City and providing extensive support and guidance to young people engaged in The City’s leadership programs.

**Work Type: Permanent Full Time**
**Classification: Band 6 $90,263 - $97,365 pa plus super**

Responsibilities include:

- Under the direction of the Youth Council Steering Committee, drive, monitor and review the key milestones and tasks relating to the Youth Council Advisory Committee and the Councillor Connect Mentoring Program.
- Provide administrative and project support to the Youth Council Steering Committee, ensuring all aspects of Youth Council operations are complete within required timeframes and to a high standard.
- With the direction of the Coordinator Youth Development, deliver, review and evaluate Youth Council portfolio and other Youth Voice programs.
- Recruit, support, retain and educate young people in programs aimed at increasing skills and opportunities to participate in Civic life.
- Facilitate new and innovative processes and activities with young people that strengthen networks and opportunities to participate in Civic life.
- Engage young people in the planning and implementation of programs and events.

**About you**

Essential
- Experience in the area of youth development combined with significant experience in project management, planning, development and implementation of community development and/or youth programs.
- Experience in providing quality assurance for a range of formal communications including correspondence, briefings, speeches, media releases, submissions and reports.
- Extensive experience in facilitating and working with groups of young people using a youth participatory framework.
- An understanding of research principles and methodologies particularly in the youth and community development areas.
- Tertiary qualifications in the Social Work, Youth Work, Public Relations, Governance, Health Promotion, Project Management or significant experience in a Public Sector, Ministerial and/or a Local Government environment.
- Availability to work outside of normal business hours, including nights and weekends.

**Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong**
At City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung country such a great place to live, work and study.

We’re going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we have built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.

Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it’s important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.

We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger.

If you’re excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit **apply** - we’d love to meet you

**A career with us**
Our employees connect with us from across the Greater Geelong region and beyond.

Central Geelong-based City employees have moved to our new Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal. Meaning ‘speak and talk together’ in local Wadawurrung language. Wurriki Nyal sets the benchmark for what a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace can be, including industry leading sustainability standards, a flexible and people-focused design, safe and inclusive spaces and public realm.

We’re committed to supporting better accessibility for our customers and our people. We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process, as well as how this role can be flexible for you.

We offer:

- flexible work arrangements including RDO options in specified work areas
- salary sacrificing and novated lease options
- cultural and ceremonial leave
- study leave
- paid parental leave (16 weeks primary and six weeks secondary) and superannuation payments on all 52 weeks primary parental leave
- IVF, surrogate and miscarriage bereavement leave
- training and career development op

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