Youth Collective Committee Officer

**Position Description - Youth Collective Committee Officer**

**Position title **Youth Collective Committee (YCC) Officer

**Position number **1412

**Classification (Level) **Level 4

**Department **City Services

**Division **Community Connections

**Business unit **Projects and Partnerships

**People Leader **Team Leader Projects and Partnerships

**Direct reports **Nil
Young people within the City of Marion, Community
Connections team, internal stakeholders; Communications &
**Key stakeholders **Marketing unit; Elected Members, external stakeholders,
relevant peak bodies, state and local organisations and
educational institutions.

**Our Purpose**
To improve our residents’ quality of life; continuously, smartly, and efficiently. Six themes in
our Community Vision represent the shared value and aspirations that will guide how our
city develops - liveable, valuing nature, engaged, prosperous, innovative,
and connected.

**City of Marion Values**
Our values are critical to us as they help drive behaviours that will enable us to achieve
council’s vision. With the community and safety at the forefront of everything we do, the City
of Marion values: Respect, Integrity, Achievement, Innovation.

**We live our values Our community vision**
**Respect**: treating everyone as we want to be
treated, where all contributions are valued.

**Integrity**: fostering trust and honesty in all
our interactions.

**Achievement**: enhancing our knowledge and
performance to reach our shared goals, while
being dedicated to supporting one another.

**Innovation**: encouraging new ideas and learning
from our experience to do things better.

PD - Youth Collective Committee Officer - July 2024

**Position Description - Youth Collective Committee Officer
**Purpose**

The YCC Officer will be responsible for coordinating activities, operations and reporting
requirements relevant to the Youth Collective Committee and topical focus groups.

The primary objective of this position is to enable opportunities for young people to
meaningfully engage with Council and ensure their ‘Voice’ is heard on the decisions that affect
them.

The YCC officer will utilise the key findings from the City of Marion’s Youth Plan 2024 - 2027
(currently in draft) to direct the priority work areas and align with relevant themes within the
City of Marion Community Vision - Towards 2040.

The role will embrace opportunities for positive and energetic partnerships together with the
Projects and Partnerships Team, internal City of Marion units, the community, external
organisations, groups, and peak bodies.

Contribute to the development of the YCC model, setting schedules and implementing
effective facilitation of the YCC meetings and activities, strong communication skills and the
ability to maintain solid relationships with internal and external stakeholders will be vital to
this role.

As an ongoing commitment to the organisation, you will be responsible for delivering the best
service to our community and to improve residents’ quality life; continuously, smartly and
efficiently in the scope of your daily work.

**Key Deliverables**
- Deliver meaningful youth development and youth engagement opportunities for

young people to enable increased connection with their community and City of Marion,
(YCC and focus groups).
- Enable young people to contribute to the City of Marion’s (CoM) decision making

processes, championing recommendations and outcomes.
- Develop internal and external partnerships to enhance the opportunity for young

people’s voice to be heard on issues that affect them.
- Build sustainability in youth engagement processes with internal teams across the

CoM.
- Develop and/or maintain relationships utilising relevant networks and key

stakeholders to increase communication, awareness, and opportunities.
- Implement and measure outcomes against the CoM Youth Plan 2024-2027 and

relevant youth strategies.
- Implement relevant marketing and promotion processes, particularly the social media

presence and celebrate achievements.

PD - Youth Collective Committee Officer - July 2024

**Position Description - Youth Collective Committee Officer**
- Maintain records, prepare reports and/or deliver presentations as directed and any

other relevant duties as required.
**Person Specification**
- Essential criteria
- A tertiary qualification in Youth Development/Social Sciences or other relevant field or

demonstrated experience.
- Advanced communication skills both written and verbal.
- High level of skill in youth engagement practices and youth advocacy.
- Aware of current issues of importance to young people.
- Experience in creating safe and positive environments for young people.
- Experience in report writing and delivering presentations.
- Experience in project planning, implementation, and evaluation.
- Experience working with a diverse youth demographic e.g.: ages, abilities, beliefs, and

cultures.
- Experience in maintaining relati