Community Development Officer

5 days ago

Blacktown, Australia Blacktown City Council Full time

**Job No**:BC3228**

**Location**:Blacktown, NSW**
**Blacktown City is a growing and thriving city, located halfway between Sydney City and the Blue Mountains. With 450,000 residents, we are the largest and most diverse city in NSW, spread across 54 suburbs. Blacktown City is vibrant, dynamic and multicultural, home to a large First Nations community and people from more than 180 different birthplaces and languages.

With $24.8 billion regional economy, Blacktown City is also home to 35,000 businesses. Working at Blacktown City Council provides widespread, exciting professional opportunities. Our Council is leading the transformation of Blacktown City and Western Sydney. We are implementing a vision for a modern city, full of opportunity for our residents and businesses.

Our Council is led by highly skilled and experienced professionals, working with talented and passionate teams across a diverse range of business units. We are delivering high quality, customer-focused services, experiences, and facilities, and leading a program of strategic planning, activity and investment.

**About the opportunity**

Our Community Development team plays a critical role in shaping the capacity and cohesion of our City. Charged with working specifically with youth, culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD), disability, children's, senior's and women's sectors and with our large and growing First Nations community, the team works with specialist staff across Council and specialist agencies within the community.

As a member of our Community section, you will have the ability to support and enhance the work of the section’s social planning and community facilities teams.

**Qualifications and experience**

**Essential**:

- Relevant tertiary (minimum Diploma) qualification in a related field
- Demonstrated solid experience and knowledge working with the ageing population
- Demonstrated experience working as a member of a team to deliver collaborative outcomes
- Demonstrated high-level written and interpersonal communication skills
- Current class C driver's licence.

**Desirable**:

- Experience in, or an understanding of the diversity of services offered by local government.

**Remuneration and benefits**

The salary and conditions of employment are in accordance with Blacktown City Council’s Enterprise Agreement.
- Entry level for this position starts at $1,861.14 per week
- 35-hour working week
- Car allowance
- Opportunity to participate in Council's flextime arrangement
- Employee benefits such as leave entitlements (where applicable), 12% employer contribution payable to your nominated superannuation fund, Fitness Passport, gym membership discounts, and social clubs.

**Our commitment to safety**

Blacktown City Council is committed to safety. We have introduced alcohol and other drug testing at the pre-employment phase, and via a series of random and cause testing.

We are a child safe organisation that supports and promotes the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of children.
- Have your resume and any other relevant documentation ready to attach.

Best of luck.

**Closing date: Friday 18 July 2025, 11.59 pm**

**Contact officer: Claire Simmonds on 0456 245 489**

**Internal ref: BCC1068

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