Coordinator Community Strengthening and Engagement

3 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia Whitehorse City Council Full time

**Full time Band 8 position**:

- **12-month parental leave from March 2025 to March 2026**:

- **Key leadership role**

At Whitehorse City Council, community is at the heart of everything we do. To stay ahead of the evolving changes and needs of the community, the organisation is undertaking an exciting transformation journey that will transform ways of working and will empower employees to be innovative and constantly striving towards providing excellent customer experience at all times. The five pillars of our transformation focus on:

- Excellent Customer Experience and Service Delivery
- Great Organisational Culture
- Innovation and Continuous Improvement
- Good Governance and IntegrityLong Term Financial Sustainability

**The role**:
The Coordinator Community Strengthening and Engagement leads a multi-disciplinary team to driving positive decision making outcomes for Council and better social outcomes for the Whitehorse community. Key responsibilities include:

- Leading a whole-of-organisational approach to community engagement and striving to ensure Council makes informed, evidenced based decisions.
- Championing social equity and inclusion for the Whitehorse community and work strategically to address social disadvantage.
- Creating a high-performance team through building positive team culture, setting priorities and role modelling our CREATe values and behavioursEnsuring services are well planned and are meeting customer needs and expectations.

**About you**:

- You are an effective leader with a strong ability to lead teams and build a high-performance culture.
- You will possess strong strategic thinking abilities and experience in community development and engagement practices with excellent written and interpersonal skills.
- You also have applied project management skills, capable of delivering complex projects with effective outcomes.Experience in building mutually beneficial partnerships is crucial, along with high emotional intelligence to navigate and model our CREATe values in a high-pressure environment.

**In return, we will offer**:
**The ability to make a difference - **Working at Whitehorse City Council you contribute to making a real difference in the lives of the community and those that live, learn, work or visit Whitehorse. Every day you really will see how the work you're involved in benefits the diverse community.

**Great working conditions **- a professional environment, friendly and supportive teams and a flexibility program that promotes employee work life balance.

**An extensive Health and Wellbeing offering **- Employee assistance program, private health insurance benefits, health checks (skin, hearing and vaccinations), discounted gym membership and facilities (e.g. Theatre, Arts, Leisure) and an active health and wellness program (e.g. stretching, healthy eating demonstrations and health challenges.

**Transformation**:

- We are in a time of transformation to stay ahead of the evolving changes and needs of our community. Together, we are on an exciting journey to empower all of our employees to be innovative, and constantly strive towards continuous improvement.

**Reward & Recognition - **extensive reward and recognition program, corporate learning offerings, study assistance and comprehensive leadership development programs.

**Further Information**:
Further information is available from Zoe Quinn on 9262 6430. To apply, please submit a copy of your resume (max 5 pages) and one page statement addressing the selection criteria and what you would bring to the role by 25 November 2024.

**Come and join the transformation
**_Download the Position Description: _**

Coordinator Community Strengthening and Engagement
- City of Whitehorse is a culturally and linguistically diverse community. We are proud of the diversity of our workforce and recognise the strength this provides in meeting the needs of our community. We are committed to upholding a safe, inclusive and respectful workplace that values the contribution of all. _
- Whitehorse City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation. We recognise our responsibilities to keep children and young people safe from harm and have established policies, procedures and training to achieve these commitments.ABOUT US

The City of Whitehorse, located 15 kilometres east of the Melbourne CBD, is a culturally diverse community of almost 177,000 people. Whitehorse includes the suburbs of Box Hill, Burwood, Nunawading, Blackburn, Mitcham, Forest Hill and Vermont and is characterised by quiet tree-lined residential streets, an abundance of parks, gardens and natural bushland reserves, bustling shopping centres and a diverse range of arts, cultural, sports and leisure facilities.

Whitehorse City Council provides more than 100 services and facilities across a range of areas within our community services, city development, infrastructure, corporate services and transformation directorates. Whitehorse is one of Melbourne’s

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