Community Development Worker

**Part-time, 12 month contract position based in The Entrance**:

- **Hourly rate beginning at $41.96ph + Super + Salary Packaging**:

- ** Flexible Friendly organisation**

**About the role**

We are looking for a dynamic, community minded person to join our team. As our Hub Coordinator you will ensure the smooth running of our Community Hub at The Entrance Community Centre. You will ensure that our hub is a welcoming and safe space for people to visit, identify unaddressed needs of the community to establish how we can effectively meet these needs and work with other community partners to create opportunities to engage the community.

**Duties**
- Ensure a smooth opening and closing of the hub using locks and alarms, while monitoring alarms and safety processes in place, and addressing concerns as they arise
- Assist with administration tasks including daily data collection, monitoring IT equipment and raising concerns where necessary, set dates, and keep meeting minutes, and more to reach targeted deadlines
- Manage Food Rescue Program, a partnership with Oz Harvest
- Lift, manoeuvre, carry items including unloading of deliveries with the use of manual trolley.
- Stock, rotate and store incoming food supplies
- Perform general cleaning duties
- Set up tables needed for food display
- Initiate, organise and deliver community events including, but not limited to programs and activities in line with TEI reforms, to reach the wider community
- Collaborate with and support our partners in their services where appropriate to deliver key outcomes that compliment all

**Our Benefits**

We support people to live their best life. That includes you, our employee. A ‘best life’ is unique to everyone and can change as life changes. Here are a few things you might be interested in:

- **Salary Benefits -** You can package up to $15,900 pa of you pre-tax salary to pay for everyday expenses and benefit from a $2,650 meals and entertainment card + discount program before income tax is calculated, meaning you take home _even more pay_
- ** Motor Vehicle Packaging Options - **to suit your lifestyle.
- **Work/Life Balance - **Flexible work arrangements including part time hours, hybrid home/office work arrangements, 1 accrued day off a month for full time employees.
- **Recognition and Reward - **Sector competitive remuneration, various recognition programs and access to long service leave after 5 years
- **Wellness -**Fitness passport + Employee Assistance Program + opportunity to purchase additional leave.
- ** Professional development - **We tailor career development opportunities to all employees and volunteers for career enrichment, fulfilment, and growth
- **Our Reconciliation Commitment** - a First Nations employees are entitled up to 10 days of unpaid leave for ceremonial purposes, as well as the option to be a voice on our RAP working group, and have the opportunity for cultural and professional development that supports career pathways.

**Skills and Experience**

As an experienced Youth Worker, Community Development Worker or Case Worker, you will have:

- A relevant degree qualification
- Experience running a Community Centre/Hub or in Community Development
- The capacity to build productive networks and connections in a community setting
- Community engagement experience; identifying service gaps and creating effective solutions
- Ability to lead a team of volunteers, manage challenging situations with clients
- A collaborative approach with the ability to work autonomously
- Ability to carry and move loads of at least 10kg
- Experience using software to enter data in a time sensitive manner
- A current driver's licence
- If you identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, then we want to hear from you. The Benevolent Society recognises and values cultural knowledge and wisdom of the First Nations people, we therefore strongly encourage you to apply. We are strongly committed to being an Employer of Choice, one who offers, provides, and practices cultural safety in our workplace. _

Have any questions? Call Melissa on 0434 307 146 for a friendly confidential chat today.