First Nations Community Development Officer

4 days ago

Wagga Wagga, Australia City of Wagga Wagga Full time

**Closing date**: 28/09/2025 11:59 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time

**Location**: Civic Centre - 243 Baylis Street, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 - Wiradjuri Country

**Department**: Community Services

**Employment type**: Permanent Full-time

**Work Arrangement**: On-site
- Make a difference in your community._

Are you passionate about bringing people together and creating inclusive, meaningful community experiences? We are seeking a dedicated First Nations Community Development Officer to join our team.
- Permanent, full-time position (35 hours per week).
- Remuneration of $3,239.86 gross per fortnight with the opportunity to progress to $3,887.83 gross per fortnight + superannuation (12%).
- Access to Council’s Flexible Working Hours Agreement.
- Ongoing training and development opportunities.
- Generous leave entitlements.
- Please note: Effective from 1 June 2025, rates of pay for all Council employees aged between 15-18 years of age are paid in accordance with the Local Government (State) Award 2023, Clause 32. Junior and Trainee Employment. For further information, please see Council’s Junior Rates of Pay Fact Sheet._

**Your new role**:
As the First Nations Community Development Officer, your key responsibilities will include:

- Lead the annual planning, delivery and evaluation of key community events and programming including National Apology Day, National Sorry Day, National Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week;
- Develop and deliver innovative social and community capacity building projects and programs in line with the Community Strategic Plan, and relevant plans including Council’s Reconciliation Action Plan;
- Support the coordination and community engagement around the development, monitoring and implementation of Council’s Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), including active participation in the RAP Working Group for Wagga Wagga City Council; and
- Maintain, develop and implement culturally inclusive communication tools to ensure effective information sharing to community members and agencies, e.g. council website, databases.

**What you will need to succeed**:

- Tertiary qualifications in Community Development, Communications and Marketing, Social Sciences or related discipline/equivalent industry experience;
- Substantial experience relevant to the role including relationship management, community development, community consultation and the implementation of promotional strategies; and
- Current Class C Driver’s Licence.

**What is next?**

Applications close **Sunday, 28 September 2025**at 11.59pm AEDST with interviews to be held in the week commencing Tuesday, 7 October 2025.

If you are interested in this role and would like more information, please contact** Alex Osgood,**Community Development Coordinator** on 02 6926 9320.**

As part of the recruitment process, pre-employment checks will be conducted in line with requirements of the position.

Aboriginality is a genuine occupational qualification and is authorised under Section 14 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.

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