Community Wellbeing Officer

**About Inner West Council**

Inner West Council (IWC) is among Sydney’s larger local metropolitan local government councils looking after a community of 201,000 people living in some of the inner city’s most vibrant, creative, liveable, and diverse suburbs. As we continue to deliver quality, innovative, and inclusive programs and services, we invite you to join in on our journey towards becoming the best council for our community.

The community is at the heart of IWC, and our values of **Integrity**, **Respect**, **Innovation**, **Compassion**and **Collaboration** are at the centre of everything that we do.

We offer flexible career life balance with hours that allow you to relax and recharge. **We offer a variety of flexible work arrangement options** (e.g. flexible hours and working from home) where appropriate giving you even greater quality of work life balance.

Permanent employees benefit from our great value **gym membership from $17.95/week** giving access to a vast network of gyms in Sydney.

**About the role**

The Community Wellbeing Officer plays a key role in the Community Wellbeing team at Inner West Council. Directly reporting to a Community Wellbeing Coordinator, the role is responsible for collaborating with other officers, the community and management team to develop and deliver projects and initiatives to meet the diverse needs of the Inner West community in line with our organisation’s strategic priorities, operational needs and community consultation. This includes researching, planning, implementation and evaluation of community development projects, community services and initiatives to meet the needs of the community and promote social inclusion in the Inner West Local Government Area.

Working within the Wellbeing team you will have a flexible and agile approach to work where you will sometimes lead projects as well as work across a variety of projects and initiatives reflective of the priorities of Council.

Please read the **Position Description** to familiarise yourself with all the requirements and conditions of the role.

This is a parental leave cover position, offering full-time employment till October 2026.

**Remuneration**

$91,316.16 - $110,998.16 + 12% Superannuation

**Some of the required skills, experience and qualifications**
- Tertiary qualifications in social science, human services, community development work, community services or other relevant discipline.
- Demonstrated experience working in human/community services with a diverse range of community members and developing and delivering projects and initiatives/services to meet their needs.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team in managing tasks and meeting deadlines.
- Demonstrated strong written communication skills, including ability to write reports, meeting minutes and project plans.
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication, collaboration, community engagement and stakeholder management skills.

**Enquiries**

Karenna Alexander, Community Wellbeing Coordinator on 9392 5207

**Closing Date**

Sunday 24 August, 11:30PM

**How to Apply**

All new workers must be and remain fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to beginning their work or hold a valid medical contraindication.

**Eligibility for employment/Pre employment Checks**

Successful applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and agree to provide information for pre-employment checks as required for the position. This may include police records checks, certified copies of relevant qualifications, Driver’s Licence and proof of work rights in Australia (please refer to the Position Description for the specific qualifications/requirements for the role). Copies of any sighted documents will be kept by IWC for its records as proof of verification.

For more information about work rights in Australia please visit the **Department of Home Affairs** website.

**Inner West Council is an Inclusive Employer.**

IWC is dedicated to reflecting our community and strongly encourage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of diverse sexualities and genders, Veterans, young people, and mature aged workers to apply.

This is one of the many reasons why IWC was the 2023 AR Bluett Award Winner and recognised as the most progressive council across NSW. We are also The Australian Business Awards Employer of Choice Winner for 2023

**Reasonable Adjustment Assistance**: