Community Outreach Officer

1 week ago

Coburg, Australia Merri-bek City Council Full time

**Full time maximum term position for 12-months**:

- **RDO**:

- **Work towards greater sustainability through community connections in a local area**:

- **Salary: $81k - $105k + Super**:

- **Ability to transfer or take LSL (Long Service Leave) within Local Government**

**About Merri-bek City Council**:
Merri-bek City Council is a progressive council of 175,000 residents: one community, proudly diverse. Our council area sits within the banks of the Merri Creek and the Moonee Ponds Creek, and includes Brunswick, Coburg, Fawkner, Glenroy, Gowanbrae, Hadfield, Oak Park and Pascoe Vale. Our city is vibrant and energetic, known for its active community, cultural diversity, creative industries and the arts. Our long-term vision has ambitious goals for environmental sustainability, social justice, community wellbeing, and creating great places. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food and cafés right at the doorstep.

Merri-bek Council strives to be a contemporary, innovative and collaborative organisation with a deep commitment to engaging and supporting the Merri-bek community. Our organisational vision is to be one team, brave and diverse, making a difference.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and welcoming workplace. We offer flexible and hybrid work options and genuinely care about providing our staff work/life balance. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food, cafés, parks and a cinema right at the doorstep. Merri-bek is a great place to live, work and play.

**About the role**:
We're looking for someone with the passion and experience to work with local people and community groups. The role will test different ways to change how people understand, think about and act on important sustainability topics: energy, waste, and sustainable transport.

We aim to raise awareness about the environment. We also want to encourage lasting changes in behaviour. This applies to both residents and businesses.

To reach and build relationships with under-represented communities may require patience, empathy, careful listening, and great social skills. Council aims to pilot this approach in a geographic area in the north of Merri-bek.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Map and build trust with Merri-bek's multicultural groups. They are multilingual and multifaith.
- Work with community members to design education and local initiatives related to energy, waste, and sustainable transport.
- Deliver education and communications activities to community members.
- Track the progress and impacts of this pilot approach, so it can be evaluated.
- Share insights and experiences with the Sustainable Communities team and wider Council.

**Skills and experience require to perform the role**:

- Experience working within multicultural communities.
- Qualification (from Australia or overseas) in community development, behavioural sciences, public health, sustainability, education, or social science.
- Experience in delivering community projects including project design and monitoring.
- Good written, verbal, and other communication skills.
- Ability to speak a Merri-bek community language is highly desirable. For example: Arabic, Greek, Italian, Chinese, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese or Nepali
- Knowledge and interest in sustainability issues is highly desirable.

**What the role can offer**:

- RDO
- Extensive opportunities for training & career development
- Salary sacrifice options
- A real sense of work-life balance & flexible work options
- Employer-supported study assistance schemes
- Wellness programs

**Further support offered for our staff**:

- Up to 20 weeks primary & up to 5 weeks secondary parental leave
- Purchase leave
- Ceremonial leave
- Gender affirmation leave
- Family violence leave

**For further information about this position please contact Donna Luckman on 9304 9741**.**

**Applications close: 11:30pm, Tuesday, 11 June 2024.**

**How to apply**:

- Please note that some documents relating to this position may reference Moreland City Council. We are in the process of updating the councils new name of Merri-bek City Council.

Merri-bek is focused on diverse representation of the community we serve. With this we value lived experience that could contribute to the shaping of this role and in turn will continue to provide representation and growth of safe and inclusive work culture.

**Our Commitment**:
In May 2021, Merri-bek Council adopted a revised Statement of Commitment to Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung People and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of the municipality. The statement recognises the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as the traditional owners of the lands and waterways of our municipality.

Merri-bek City Council is committed to being a Child Safe Organisation and has zero tolerance fo

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