▷ (Immediate Start) Senior Youth Engagement and Connections Officer

3 days ago

Australia Monash University Full time

Senior Youth Engagement and Connections Officer

Job Summary: We are seeking a dynamic Senior Youth Engagement and Connections Officer to plan, deliver and evaluate a variety of programs, activities and events across youth hubs, schools and community settings.

About the role: The successful candidate will build positive relationships with young people, reduce barriers to their participation and connect them to community resources and services. With a strong focus on mentoring and strengthening cross-sector partnerships, you will ensure that our team’s activities and programs are responsive to community needs and align with our organisational and strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

- Contribute to a range of activities in the Youth Development Unit to develop and implement solutions in line with department strategy and plans.
- Foster and maintain positive relationships with a range of stakeholders including young people, families, educational institutions, service providers and community organisations.
- Lead the planning, coordination and oversight of programs, activities, and events ensuring they are youth informed, responsive to identified community need and align with organisational and strategic objectives.
- Identify and prepare applications for grant funding to support the provision of relevant programs that meet the diverse needs of young people in Greater Geelong.
- Provide leadership in supervising groups of young people, ensuring robust risk management and incident response in accordance with organisational policies and procedures.
- Undertake after-hours and weekend work as required to support operational needs and ensure service continuity.

Requirements:

- Relevant qualification in Community Development, Social Work, Youth Work, Social Sciences or related field and/or significant relevant professional experience in a comparable organisation.
- Experience in the development, implementation and evaluation of community development and/or youth programs.
- Knowledge of youth participation models and demonstrated skills in co-design and youth engagement.
- Ability to build rapport and effectively engage young people, particularly from diverse and marginalised backgrounds.
- Understanding of research principles and methodologies particularly in the youth and community development areas.
- Exceptional organisational, project management, and facilitation skills.
- Current Working with Children’s Check (Employee) and Drivers Licence required.

Child Safety Responsibilities: We are committed to being a child-safe organisation and have zero-tolerance for child abuse. We have specific policies, procedures, and mandatory training in place to support employees, volunteers, and contractors to achieve and adhere to these commitments.

Diversity and Inclusion: At the City we want a workforce that reflects the community we live in. We welcome and embrace everyone, all people with their own unique experiences, and support and encourage all our employees to do their best work, have equal access to opportunities and a just working environment.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer: We are committed to building a more diverse team and welcome applications from First Nations people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, from the LGBTQIA+ community, people with disability and people of all genders, ages and diverse experience.

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