Coordinator Youth Development

**Contract (3 year fixed-term)**
**Full-time (average of 38 hours per week)**
**Gross Salary Range: $108,076 - $115,081 per annum, plus up to an additional $10,000 profession allowance (dependant on skills and experience), plus superannuation**

Are you passionate about youth development and community engagement? Do you have the leadership skills to guide a dynamic team and manage a vibrant community facility? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you

**WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY**:

- **Lead & Inspire**: Provide strategic leadership, guidance, and support to a team of youth development staff, ensuring the successful delivery of programs and services that address the needs and aspirations of young people in the City of Rockingham.
- **Diverse Programs**: Oversee a huge range of initiatives, including training and information workshops, arts programs, drop-in and gaming sessions, up-skill programs, case management, and youth events. Every day offers new opportunities to make a difference.
- **Engage & Empower**: Coordinate the City’s Youth Reference Group, giving a voice to local young people and fostering a strong connection with the community.
- **Facility Management**: Utilise your expertise to activate and manage the City’s Youth Centre, ensuring it remains a hub of activity and engagement for young people.
- **Professional Growth**:Work in an environment that supports your career development, offering opportunities for training, development, and advancement in the community development sector.

As a key member of the Community Capacity Building team, you will coordinate activities aligned with the City’s Strategy for Early Years, Children, and Young People 2024 - 2030. You’ll oversee the day-to-day staffing, operations, and programming at the Rockingham Youth Centre, ensuring it remains a safe, welcoming, and innovative space for young people. Additionally, you’ll collaborate with other City of Rockingham teams and external stakeholders to activate various spaces and facilities, empowering young people to engage in a wide range of programs and services across the City.

**WHAT WE ARE OFFERING**:

- A base salary range of $108,076- $115,081 per annum
- Option to work a 19 day month or a 9 day fortnight
- The position ahs access to a vehicle for commuting purposes
- Flexible working arrangements
- Two additional paid days of absence per annum
- Opportunity for study leave / support
- 11.5% superannuation with the option to co-contribute up to a further 5%
- An award-winning health and wellbeing program, including annual subsidy (reimbursement up to $150 per annum) for physical activities (e.g. sports club or gym memberships), free flu vaccinations, free skin cancer checks, mental health programs and Employee Assistance Provider (EAP) services
- Salary packaging opportunities for motor vehicles, etc.

**ABOUT US**:
The City of Rockingham is an award winning local government located 40KM south of the Perth CBD and is known as the place where the coast comes to life. One of the fastest growing local governments in the south metropolitan area, we are responsible for the provision and delivery of high quality services, facilities and events that meet or exceed community expectations. Providing a safe and healthy workplace for our employees is important to us and we are committed to employing team members who share the City’s Values of **R**ecognition, **E**thics, **S**ervice, **P**rofessional Development, **E**mpowerment, **C**ommunication and **T**eamwork - RESPECT. These Values are incorporated into all aspects of employment at the City.

**HOW TO APPLY**:
We need to see how you’ve demonstrated these skills in previous roles. Applications that do not adequately address these criteria will not be considered.

**Selection** **criteria**
- **Leadership**: High-level leadership skills with demonstrated experience in coordinating and managing a team.
- **Facility Management**: Experience in managing and overseeing a community facility.
- **Youth Sector Knowledge**: Comprehensive knowledge of the youth sector, including statutory and legislative requirements, as well as youth work principles and ethics.
- **Communication & Strategy**: High-level verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills, including research and analysis, report writing, strategy development/review, contract oversight, and grant management.

An information package, including the position description, is available on our website.

This process may be used to fill future similar permanent or fixed-term positions that may become available in the City during the next 12 months.