Community Engagement Lead

**Work type**
- Permanent Full Time**Location**
- Dandenong**Department**
- Corporate Development**Community Engagement Lead**

**Salary: $109,385 - $122,398** (Plus Super)**

**Permanent Full Time**

**About Us**

Located 35km to the southeast of Melbourne, Greater Dandenong City Council covers 129 square kilometres and has a population of over 169,000 people. The central activities district is Melbourne's second largest retail and commercial centre and includes large shopping complexes at Dandenong and Keysborough as well as the highly popular Dandenong Market.

Greater Dandenong City Council is the most culturally diverse locality in Australia, with residents from over 150 different birthplaces, nearly two-thirds of whom were born overseas. Key industries include manufacturing, health care and social assistance, retail trade, wholesale trade and transport.

We are a progressive organisation of exceptional character that offers a dynamic and rewarding work environment to approximately 900 employees. We recognise that our staff are vital to the delivery of excellent service to our community and the achievement of our long-term vision. We invest in the development of our people, and we strive to be a workplace that is respectful, engaged, accountable, creative and honest.

**About the Role**

**Community Engagement role in a fun team, serving a vibrant multicultural community. Provide leadership and advice to teams consulting on projects and initiatives across Council.**

Come and join us in the foodie capital of Melbourne. Greater Dandenong is a vibrant, wonderful municipality and our Council colleagues are deeply committed to making a difference and serving the local community. Our Comms, Engagement & Media team is fun, caring and incredibly supportive.

This is a leadership position with access to Executives and engagement with teams across Council. Bring your knowledge of the IAP2 spectrum to lift capability across Council. We need to go the extra mile to ensure we consult authentically, listening to those who aren’t digitally connected, don’t read English or are rarely reached.

**About You**

You’ll ideally have experience in community consultations within government, on a wide variety of projects, programs and issues. You’ll be great at cultivating relationships across all departments, and providing advice and support to people who are expert in their fields. You’ll have great writing skills, and ideally some expertise in survey design. Experience as an admin of an engagement platform such as Social Pinpoint, Bang the Drum or Engage.Vic will be highly regarded.

Experience in digital communications will be very highly regarded.

This role will be demanding, but rewarding. There’s lots of latitude to shape this role. We provide genuine workplace flexibility to achieve work/life balance.

We’ll provide you with professional development, networking opportunities and the chance to make a difference. Come to Greater Dandy - there’s so much to love about our city.

**Benefits of working with us**

Council believes in providing an environment where staff thrive, both in the work they do and in how they learn and develop as people and professionals.

Our workplace has an inclusive and diverse culture which encourages innovation and supports your work and life balance. There are plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and grow your career within our expanding and diverse organisation.

Our benefits include
- Competitive salary
- Salary sacrifice childcare (where available)
- Flexible working options supported including hybrid work
- Access to learning & development programs including study assistance
- Reward & recognition programs
- Health initiatives
- Access to our support and wellbeing programs
- A vibrant social club

For more information about our benefits, please visit our careers page: Working with Us
- Council is commitment to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment and promoting cultural safety and wellbeing for children_ with zero tolerance for child abuse and harm._

**To apply**

Applicants must adequately meet the requirements of the role and fully address the selection criteria contained in the position description. To view a copy of this position description, please click on the link below.

To view a copy of this position description, please click on the links below.

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You may be required to undertake practical testing, work preference profiling / psychometric testing, functional capacity assessment (physical) or aptitude testing.

**Applications close**: 5pm, Wednesday 9th October 2024

**Further information**: Alecia Pinner, 8571 5581