Community Engagement Worker

3 weeks ago


Melbourne, Australia Centre for Multicultural Youth Full time

About the role

The Community Engagement Worker will be employed by the Centre for Multicultural Youth and will work to empower young people and the impacted communities of Brimbank, Wyndham and Melton to facilitate their active participation in TARGET ZER0. With the support of the Program Manager (based at WestJustice), the worker will design and lead community engagement activities including running workshops, meetings and other activities focused on identifying and responding to the priorities of impacted young people and communities to inform the development of the TARGET ZER0 concept and its implementation. Duties and responsibilities include;
- Contribute to the development of community engagement plans and strategies to facilitate youth and community participation in TARGET ZER0;
- Collaborate with the Program Manager, TARGET ZER0 in building a strategy for engagement with specific communities;
- Recruit, support and supervise youth and community facilitators and other junior staff as delegated from time to time;
- Take a lead role in convening TARGET ZER0 community engagement advisory groups in collaboration with the Program Manager;
- Develop, organise and deliver youth and community engagement activities that are effective in reaching young people and the communities of Brimbank, Wyndham and Melton impacted by youth justice overrepresentation;
- Play an active role in CMY’s Youth Justice leadership team, being flexible and responsive as needs arise within the program area.

You will have
- Tertiary qualification or demonstrated significant experience in youth or social work, community development, education, youth justice or closely related discipline;
- Project delivery experience, with the ability to scope, plan and implement projects within required timeframes and budgets;
- Experience working with young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds and an understanding of issues affecting multicultural young people, with an ability to use a holistic and strengths-based approaches;
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage and communicate with diverse stakeholders including with young people, other agencies, government departments, community groups and organisations;
- Strong organisational and time management skills including well-developed organisational and analytical skills, and the ability to plan and manage an effective work program and meet deadlines;
- Hours: 38 hours per week (1.0FTE), Full Time
- Fixed Term: until 30 June 2024
- Base Salary (SCHADS Level 6: $96,962 per annum plus Super and access to Salary Packaging
- Location: CMY Offices Sunshine & Carlton
- Applications Close: 12pm, Friday 26th May 2023
- Interviews: to be held in the week beginning 29 May 2023

For more information

Applicants must have the right to work in Australia.

Position Description : PD CMY301 TARGET ZER0 Community Engagement Worker
- Provide your updated resume / CV
- Provide a document outlining examples/a response addressing _each_ of the key selection criteria outlined in the position description. This can be included in your cover letter or a separate document.
- Documents must be in MS Word or PDF format
- For guidelines on for a job at CMY please read here
- For tips on how to respond to Key Selection Criteria, please read here : Careers Vic Gov - Guide

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Sector: #Community_Development, #Community_Engagement, #Law_Justice_and_Human_Rights, #Youth_and_Young_People



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