Social Connection Activities Officer

**Part time permanent role (27.6 hours per week between Monday to Friday)**:

- **$72K + Super (pro rata)**:

- **Exciting change agenda and fantastic new team**:

- **Ability to transfer or take LSL (Long Service Leave) within Local Government**

**About Merri-bek City Council**:
Merri-bek City Council is a progressive council of 175,000 residents: one community, proudly diverse. Our council area sits within the banks of the Merri Creek and the Moonee Ponds Creek, and includes Brunswick, Coburg, Fawkner, Glenroy, Gowanbrae, Hadfield, Oak Park and Pascoe Vale. Our city is vibrant and energetic, known for its active community, cultural diversity, creative industries and the arts. Our long-term vision has ambitious goals for environmental sustainability, social justice, community wellbeing, and creating great places. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food and cafés right at the doorstep.

Merri-bek Council strives to be a contemporary, innovative and collaborative organisation with a deep commitment to engaging and supporting the Merri-bek community. Our organisational vision is to be one team, brave and diverse, making a difference.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and welcoming workplace. We offer flexible and hybrid work options and genuinely care about providing our staff work/life balance. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food, cafés, parks and a cinema right at the doorstep. Merri-bek is a great place to live, work and play.

**About the role**:
If you are a highly motivated, qualified individual and want to make a real difference in the community then this is the role for you. As a Social Connections and activities officer, you’ll join an established team working to provide a high standard of social support group services to clients in the community, at the centre and online. You will be working with older people supporting them with daily social connection activities to enhance their physical, social and emotional wellbeing, promote their independence in the community. To be successful in this role you will have strong interpersonal, active listening skills and an understanding of how to use empowerment to support people under the wellness and reablement framework.
Skills and experience required to perform this role

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**Skills and experience require to perform the role**:
**Must Hold**:

- Certificate IV in Leisure and Health, Certificate IV in Ageing Support, III or IV in Community Services, Leisure and Lifestyle or Diversional therapy qualification or equivalent.
- Experience working with the elderly in a community setting.
- Current Food Handling Certificate or willingness to undertake.
- Current First Aid Certificate or willingness to undertake.
- Current Victorian Driver’s Licence and use of own car (with comprehensive insurance) and ability to drive Council’s 12-seater bus (van).
- Current Police Check and Working with Children’s Check.

**Desirable**:

- Previous experience in day services or similar setting
- Ability to speak a community language
- Special interests or hobbies

**What the role can offer**:

- Extensive opportunities for training & career development
- Salary sacrifice options
- A real sense of work-life balance & flexible work options
- Employer-supported study assistance schemes
- Wellness programs

**Further support offered for our staff -**:

- Up to 20 weeks primary & up to 5 weeks secondary parental leave
- Purchase leave
- Ceremonial leave
- Gender affirmation leave
- Family violence leave

**Applications close: 11:30pm, Monday, 21 July 2025.**

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**How to apply**:

- Please note that some documents relating to this position may reference Moreland City Council. We are in the process of updating the councils new name of Merri-bek City Council.

Merri-bek is focused on diverse representation of the community we serve. With this we value lived experience that could contribute to the shaping of this role and in turn will continue to provide representation and growth of safe and inclusive work culture.

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**Our Commitment**:
In May 2021, Merri-bek Council adopted a revised Statement of Commitment to Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung People and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of the municipality. The statement recognises the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as the traditional owners of the lands and waterways of our municipality.

Merri-bek City Council is committed to being a Child Safe Organisation and has zero tolerance for child abuse. We believe children and young people have the right to be and feel safe and that their safety and wellbeing is the responsibility of everyone. You can read more about our Child Safety Commitment Statement on our website.