Community Engagement Advisor

Division: Homes NSW
- Location: Wollongong, NSW, AU, 2500
- Req ID: 73152

**Community Engagement Advisor**

**Illawarra region**
**Full Time Temporary Position - 11 months with possibility of extension**
**Salary - Grade 7/8 ($110,266 -$122,058) + Super**

**Your role**

The Community Engagement Advisor plays an integral role in the Partnership and Communications team to plan, design and deliver communications and engagement strategies, activities and materials to support the delivery of new social and affordable housing renewal project/s.

The role works closely with a broad range of multidisciplinary internal and external stakeholders, including integrated project teams, to achieve positive outcomes that put people at the heart of planning for new project/s, and supports the achievement of organisation objectives.

**What you’ll do**
- Provide advice and support to the Community Engagement Manager or delegated Community Engagement Project Lead, broader integrated project team and other relevant stakeholders on project-specific communications and engagement opportunities, risks and issues.
- Design, implement and evaluate strategic communication and engagement strategies and activities to ensure residents, stakeholders and the community are consulted at appropriate stages of project planning and delivery, and in accordance with relevant statutory planning and legislative requirements.
- Undertake research to understand project context and local area analysis to guide communications and engagement planning and to contribute to further understand the stakeholder environment.
- Prepare a range of engaging and high-quality project communications materials including notifications, newsletters, responses to enquiries, key messages, presentations and other correspondence for a broad range of audiences.
- Monitor and map the stakeholder environment, identify communication and stakeholder risks and issues relating to the project, and articulate appropriate strategies and controls to minimise risk.
- Build and maintain collaborative and productive relationships with a broad range of stakeholders including, but not limited to, social housing residents, First Nations community, private landowners, community groups, government agencies and the general public to support the successful delivery of project/s.
- Work closely with the Homes NSW media, partnerships, communications and engagement teams to ensure a coordinated and consistent approach across the business in accordance with established protocols and project governance.
- Evaluate and report on communication and engagement activities and outcomes to ensure alignment with organisational and project objectives and to support best practice communications and engagement.

**What we’re looking for**

**Relevant qualifications and/or experience**:

- A current and valid NSW Drivers Licence.
- The role may involve travel both locally and regionally, including overnight travel, as required by the business and/or directed.
- Working with Children Check clearance in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012

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**What We Offer**

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

- A challenging and rewarding career
- Flexible, autonomous work environment
- Competitive pay and conditions
- Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
- Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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**We do work that really matters**

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

**Are you ready to join us?**

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

**Applications close**Wednesday 12th March at 11:59pm

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**Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit**

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

**Other Information**

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

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