Community Hub Leader

Location: Geelong

Job type: Part time / From 28/01/2025 - 26/06/2026

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Other

Reference: 1431539

**Selection Criteria**:
This position is linked with the Community Hubs Australia Program.

SC 1 Demonstrated experience and skills in community development and coordinating community programs to support migrant families and their children.

SC 2 Demonstrated capacity to supervise the work of volunteers and external providers and to develop procedures and guidelines relating to the work area.

SC 3 Demonstrated high level oral and written communication skills, and the ability to liaise with all key stakeholders in a friendly and welcoming manner.

SC 4 Possess the technical knowledge and expertise to lead the Community Hub Program within the College.

SC 5 Demonstrated capacity to provide advice and support to the College Leadership and staff about building community partnerships and engagement.

SC 6 Demonstrated commitment to professional learning and growth for both self and others, including the provision of relevant training opportunities for parents and migrant families.

**Role**:
Community Hub Australia¿s Hub Leaders, work in a connected way with Northern Bay College¿s leadership and teams to achieve improvements in family and community engagement, by strengthening family confidence and connectedness and by building school-community capacity. This includes creating a welcoming and inclusive climate, the development, implementation and review of positive family engagement and inclusion initiatives that have a focus on the Early Years, parent/caregiver education, transitions into the school at entry and exit points. The shared objectives of the College and Community Hubs Australia are to improve outcomes for family engagement, student engagement and attendance, punctuality and learning outcomes. Through collaboration between College Leadership and the Hub Leader, our work will involve attracting resources and being collectively and individually accountable for the development, implementation, and review of practices and strategies to improve student and family engagement and wellbeing outcomes. The Community Hub will work directly with parents/caregivers and families, community agencies and allied health services for effective implementation of the goals set in the current Northern Bay College Strategic Plan and Annual Implementation Plan.

**Responsibilities**:
Specific Responsibilities:
The Community Hub Leader will work collaboratively with College Leadership to implement key improvement strategies identified in the current Annual Implementation Plan.

The role will involve leading the work and activities of the Community Hub in close liaison with the College Leadership by:

- Developing and implementing an Annual Community Hub Plan, weekly timetable and evaluation documents, in line with the Community Hubs Australia guidelines and the Northern Bay College Annual Implementation Plan.
- Collaborating with staff at NBC Campuses, Early Childhood Centres and Community Hub Support Coordinator, and Community Partners to deliver co-located and coordinated activities.
- Creating opportunities to develop community programs that build the capacity of parents and caregivers to participate in the development and life of the Community Hub and general community.
- Manage the NBC Community Hub annual expenditure budget.
- Develop relevant documentation for the Community Hub such as meeting agendas and minutes, maintaining schedules of activities, data collection, promotional brochures and publicity articles for media, newsletters etc. in a timely and effective manner.
- Manage partnership agreements between NBC and local community services.
- Continue to pursue own professional growth and leadership development opportunities to ensure high quality service delivery, and support the growth of others through mentoring, team work, onsite training/ modules, professional reading, PD programs and neighbourhood networking.

The Community Hub leader will engage and work collaboratively with families, community members and school/ community agency staff to facilitate their participation in a range of activities that build family confidence, skills and knowledge of child development and parenting. This will involve:

- Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with relevant Northern Bay College Teams, community members, services, funding agencies and local Early Years networks.
- Creating a welcoming environment by working with staff and community members with a focus on CALD communities.
- Active family liaison and first point of contact to assist families with enquiries and advocacy of family needs and issues to school improvement team, neighbourhood hub coordinator and relevant local agencies.
- Supporting parents to participate in hub, school and community activities and provide positive advocacy for the school within the br