Community Engagement Specialist

**Job Number**:
499541

**Division**:
Finance & Corp Services

**Employment Status**:
Full time, Permanent

**Categories**:
Communication, Marketing and Events

**The details**:

- Permanent Full Time
- $91,222pa + super (up to 12%) + leave loading
Qld Local Government Industry Award (Stream A) - Level 5 of EBA5
- 9 day fortnight
- 72.5 hour fortnight
- Hybrid, flexible working environment, including some work from home days.
- Location: Strathpine

**About our Community Engagement team**

City of Moreton Bay’s community engagement is delivered by an innovative team of professionals. We are passionate about shaping the future of our city with input from our communities. Community Engagement sits within City of Moreton Bay’s Corporate Services Directorate. Working as skilled advisors across the organisation, our award-winning team uses best practice engagement to inform long-term strategic planning and day-to-day service delivery. The projects we support range in scope and scale, for example, corporate and strategic planning, parks and recreation planning and delivery, long-term infrastructure planning and delivery, strategic town planning, local laws reviews, place naming, natural hazard management and many more interesting areas of Council.

City of Moreton Bay is in a transformational period as we navigate the opportunities of being Australia’s newest city and one of the fastest growing local government areas. With our rapid growth, the needs, values, aspirations, and priorities of our communities are changing. City of Moreton Bay is committed to inclusive, meaningful, and responsive community engagement to help our leaders make evidence-based decisions that consider the views of our communities.

The work of our Community Engagement team is viewed as critical to realising Council’s vision for our city of amazing places and natural spaces.

**About the opportunity**

This is an opportunity to be at the forefront of changes affecting your local community. If you are passionate about making sure the views of your community are considered when decisions that affect them are being made, then this role could be the next step in your career.

As a Community Engagement Specialist, you will work closely with senior members of our team to carefully plan engagement programs that enable meaningful conversations with our communities about Council’s projects and services. You will also analyse information gathered from our communities to capture and report insights that can be shared with Council’s decision-makers and other key stakeholders.

**About you**

You are an experienced engagement practitioner with outstanding communication skills who is passionate about collecting and using data to understand community views and influence change. Your background may include roles in community engagement, corporate communications, social impact assessment, social research or similar.

Your ability to understand community issues and Council projects, programs, and initiatives is enhanced by your empathy and critical thinking. Your exceptional written and verbal communication skills enable you to forge strong working relationships inside and outside the organisation, and to produce high quality briefing notes, reports, website content and project collateral.

Your positive outlook, willingness to take on a challenge and ability to manage competing deadlines will make you a valuable member of our dynamic team that is always looking to learn more and improve our practice. The pride you take in your work shows in your willingness to go the extra mile to achieve excellence.

**Position Description**

***Position Description_Community Engagement Specialist.pdf**

**Why join the City of Moreton Bay team?**

As the third largest local government area in Australia and the fifth fastest growing region, the Moreton Bay region boasts beautiful beaches and waterways, amazing manufacturing hubs and picturesque hinterland hamlets. Moreton Bay has a strong and connected community that enjoys all the traditional Jinibara, Kabi Kabi and Turrbal country has to offer within our region.

With a diverse workforce of more than 2,000 team members dedicated to servicing the needs and enhancing the lifestyle of nearing 500,000 residents, each team member has an intrinsic ability to impact our community. Whether you’re a manager or working on the frontline, your role will make a difference - bring your expertise and join our driven team today.

Aside from an opportunity to build a rewarding career within a diverse and growing organisation, we offer a range of team member benefits including:

- Discounted health insurance.
- Free flu vaccinations every year.
- Fitness Passport program offering discounted membership for you and your family to selected facilities.
- We are proud to offer opportunities to develop your career within a local government organisation and our team members are encouraged to undertake study for career development in