Community Engagement Manager

3 weeks ago


Sydney, Australia NSW Government -Homes Property & Development Full time

**_Do you want your work to make a difference for NSW?_**:

- Together, we create thriving environments, communities and economies._
- **Community Engagement Manager position with Australia's largest social housing provider**:

- **Excellent Aboriginal Identified opportunity for a communications specialist to lead community engagement approaches focusing on high-profile development and social housing projects impacting Aboriginal communities**:

- **Permanent full-time opportunity based on Dharug Country, Parramatta with flexible/ hybrid working model**:

- **Salary ranges from $134,411 to $155,445 + super + annual leave loading + flex leave**

Our Partnerships and Communications team within Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) are currently seeking a Community Engagement Manager to join the team on a permanent basis.

Working closely with LAHC’s Delivery, Media and Communications teams, the Community Engagement Manager leads the development, implementation and evaluation of community engagement approaches with a focus on a high-profile development and social housing projects impacting Aboriginal people and communities.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an engagement specialist to provide strategic advice in the development of community engagement strategies and ensure Aboriginal voices are included to inform projects in accordance with the relevant legislation.

This is a customer centric focused role. You will be someone who has excellent stakeholder engagement skills and experience working with Aboriginal communities. You will be experienced in leading a team, comfortable providing advice on engagement methodologies and dealing with conflict resolution as well as working directly on the ground with the community. Ideally you will also have IAP2 qualifications.
- This is an Aboriginal Identified role_ _where Aboriginal identity, cultural knowledge or connections are a genuine aspect of the role. Positions are specifically noted under the provisions of the NSW Anti-discrimination Act (1977). _

**Essential Requirements**
- Tertiary qualifications in communications, public relations, policy or related discipline and/or relevant equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated experience working with Aboriginal people, government organisations and communities with the ability to communicate across cultures with an understanding of Aboriginal issues.
- Current NSW Driver Licence and the ability and willingness to travel.
- Applicants must be of Aboriginal descent through parentage, identification as being Aboriginal and accepted in the community as such. Aboriginality is a genuine occupational qualification and is authorised under Section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1997.

For more information read the full Role Description: Community Engagement Manager (identified)

**About LAHC**
The Department of Planning and Environment’s (DPE) vision is to create thriving environments, communities and economies for the people of New South Wales. We strive to be a high-performing, world-class public service organisation that celebrates and reflects the full diversity of the community we serve and seeks to embed Aboriginal cultural awareness and knowledge throughout the department.

LAHC is a Public Trading Enterprise within the DPE cluster. LAHC owns and manages the Government’s social housing portfolio of some 125,000 properties within New South Wales.

Future Directions for Social Housing in NSW (Future Directions) sets out the Government’s vision to transform the social housing system over the next 10 years with LAHC playing a critical role in delivering the benefits of this new and innovative model for social housing. A key feature is the Communities Plus program, which is designed to fast-track the redevelopment of LAHC’s social housing portfolio in partnership with the private and community housing sector to deliver significant new and replacement social housing dwellings that are integrated with affordable private dwellings.

**To Apply**

DPE strongly recommends all applicants who can be safely vaccinated for COVID-19, to be so.

**Applications close Sunday 28 May 2023 at 11:55PM.**
- A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available over the next 18 months._

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