Children & Families Community Development Officer

**Employment Status**: Permanent part-time
**Days & Hours of Work**:Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday totalling**30.70hrs per week
**Competitive Salary**:Band 6 $98,867.71 pro rata + 11.5% superannuation
**Location**:Corporate Centre in Sandringham, and Peterson Youth Centre, Highett

**About Us**:
We are a passionate organisation, connected in our shared goal to be ‘sector leading’ in all that we do for the community and each other. Home to over 100,000 residents, Bayside City Council's enduring purpose is building extraordinary places, thriving communities, and better futures.

Bayside Council is an equal-opportunity employer committed to providing an accessible and safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, diversity, and inclusion. Our organisational strategy is made up of three priorities and we consider these in everything we do**:Diversity, Equity & Inclusion**, **Customer Experience** and **Results Matter**.

We want everyone to be as proud of what we are achieving - and excited about our future - as we are, and we are committed to working together to achieve this.

**About the Role**:
The purpose of this role is to provide resources, programs, and events that encourage the involvement of children under 10 and their families in different aspects of community life. This involves promoting an accessible and inclusive approach to Community Development that focuses on the needs of children and families in the Bayside community, in line with pertinent Council planning processes and strategic initiatives. Furthermore, this role lead efforts that acknowledge and support inter-generational activities, bringing together individuals of all ages.

You will be responsible for:

- Delivery of the Families & Children Services Network.
- Delivery of the Public Housing Estate Children’s Program.
- Delivery of Intergenerational Activities.
- Delivery of Council’s annual Children’s Week Event.
- Use of evidence-based practice that supports Community engagement, capacity building and development.
- Support and delivery of Parent information sessions that support child development.
- Funding submissions aligned to Health and Wellbeing Plan goals.

**Key Selection Criteria**:

- Tertiary qualification in Community Development, Education, the Early Years or a related field desirable.
- Understanding of early years and education services and the role of Council in supporting mainstream and community-based services for people experiencing vulnerability.
- Experience, understanding and commitment to implementing a community development approach in the development of effective programs and activities to meet the needs of the local community.
- Ability to facilitate and lead activities and programs.
- Demonstrated experience in Community Development research, building community capacity and ability to network with peers to identify opportunities to support the development of innovative programs and activities.

**Mandatory pre-employment requirements**:

- Be willing to undergo and complete a satisfactory criminal history check.
- Provide or obtain an employment-based Working with Children check
- Be willing to undertake a psychometric assessment.

**What we can offer you in return**:

- A work life/balance through flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
- Generous leave provisions, including accrued time off, parental leave, three days of wellbeing leave per year, cultural and ceremonial leave, gender affirmation leave, plus the ability to purchase up to four weeks additional leave per year.
- Dedicated Staff Wellbeing programs, events and gym membership discounts.
- Learning and development opportunities so our people can grow and thrive.
- A Parkland surrounded office that is only short 500m stroll to the beach.
- Free onsite staff parking plus hybrid vehicles that employees can book for work related travel.
- A Green Money program, that rewards our staff for taking simple everyday steps to a more substantiable and climate aware living.

If you are ready to be part of our incredible organisation, and you think this role is the right fit for you, then we look forward to finding out more about you and what you would bring to this role.

**How to apply**:

- To discover more about the role and responsibilities review the Position Description.
- If you require reasonable adjustment at any point throughout the recruitment process, then please do let us know by contacting the listed Hiring Manager.

**Applications close**: Sunday 29 December, 11:55pm
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