Community Development Officer

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Position Description

**Classification**:General Officer Level 4

**Department**:Community Services

**Current Occupant**:Vacant

**This Position Reports To**:Team Leader Community Programs

**Reporting To This Position**:None

**Location**:Nuriootpa Office

**Date Last Reviewed**:October 2024

**Approved by**:Director Development and Community Service

**Corporate Objectives**

All Employees of Council contribute to Council’s strategic goals and objectives. The Barossa Community Plan
2020 - 2040 lays the foundation for all strategic decisions made by Council and is supported by a Corporate Plan.
The Community Plan provides a clear strategic direction across a range of areas, as well as serving as an
overarching guide to measure our decision making and successful delivery of service. The Community Plan shows
commitment to the values of Land and Place, Community, Leadership and Achievement with targets that reflect
five key themes:
Our Environment Our Council Our Economy

Our Community Our Places

**Customer Service**

Council values its customers and strives to provide the right people, efficient processes and systems to deliver a
quality customer experience. Every role within Council serves an internal or external customer and we are
committed to ensuring that customers are at the centre of everything we do.

**Staff Values and Vision**
- Our organisational culture is built upon our values of Inclusiveness, Progression and Resilience, with our ultimate _
- vision being that ‘Our service uplifts our community’._

Inclusive We approach our work with a collaborative and respectful mindset.

Progressive We show curiosity and explore sustainable and innovative ways of working.

Resilient We are receptive and responsive to growth and change.

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**Position Overview**
The Community Development Officer plays a key role in empowering communities by enhancing participation,
promoting equity, and implementing strategies that foster inclusion and overall well-being. The role is
instrumental in ensuring that our community has access to essential services and support, making a significant
impact on creating an activated, inclusive, and vibrant community.

**Key Responsibilities**
**Community Engagement and Activation**:

- Empower community leaders, individuals and groups to identify and implement solutions aligned with

Council’s strategic plans and actions, fostering a sustainable and resilient community.
- Provide social planning knowledge to support the development and implementation of relevant

community plans, ensuring that Council and community needs and trends are accurately reflected and
addressed.
- Partner with key stakeholders to establish Barossa Council’s presence in reference groups and steering

committees, promoting social inclusion and community well-being.
- Actively participate in industry networks, collaborating with local, regional, and state government bodies

and strategic partners to implement community well-being initiatives throughout the Barossa region.
- Contribute to developing and facilitating the Community Wellbeing Plan, ensuring alignment with

community needs and priorities and incorporating insights from social planning and community
engagement activities, Council and community led.
- Support initiatives that promote diversity, inclusion, and cultural awareness, encouraging active

participation from people of diverse backgrounds.
- Support the connection of community to appropriate mainstream and community support services or

alternative funding opportunities, ensuring they have access to necessary resources.
** Project and program development**:

- Collaborate with the Team Leader Community Programs to design, develop, coordinate, and implement

community capacity-building project plans with clear, measurable outcomes based on evidence.
- Undertake active stakeholder engagement and consultation to support the identification and

development of opportunities for collaboration between community and Council focussing on enhancing
local mainstream and community services.
- Identify and anticipate future community trends, emerging needs and potential projects, integrating this

foresight into long-term planning and project development to ensure the Council remains responsive to
changing community dynamics.
- Conduct community mapping and analysis to assess existing community assets and identify gaps, needs,

and barriers, providing vital data to inform plans and guide strategic decision-making.
- Build and nurture meaningful relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring their alignment

with project objectives and deliverables.
- Implement and monitor strategies to enhance social inclusion opportunities for the broader community,

evaluating the effectiveness and impact of these initiatives.
**Continuous Improvement a