Community Engagement Specialist

We have an exciting opportunity for a proactive **Community Engagement Specialist **to join our Destination, Communication and Customer Experience Unit.

Working in our high-performing Communication and Engagement team, your role will be to inform, educate, and engage the Tweed community and our staff so they get the most out of Council programs and services and are involved in the decisions affecting them.

The role champions staff networks, skills and capacity to strengthen engagement skills.

**About the role**:
We are looking for an experienced team player who can create effective plain language content and engagements which meet Council's Community Engagement and Participation Plan.

You will coordinate Council's corporate engagement methods including the online engagement website Your Say Tweed, as well as Community Conversations and events.

You will collaborate effectively with business partners to develop, deliver, and evaluate best-practice community engagement plans, while championing staff networks, skills and capacity to strengthen engagement skills.

It is a hands-on, proactive role that will suit someone who enjoys a buzzing, productive environment and is able to prioritise workload to meet business needs.

**What's on offer**:

- a base salary ranging from $81,860 per annum with competency-based increments up to $96,965 per annum, plus 11.5% super
- 70 hour, 9 day fortnight
- training and development opportunities
- flexible work options for a healthy work/life balance
- generous employment conditions (we have too many to list
- **We are seeking**:
A positive and enthusiastic team member with:

- excellent interpersonal, written communication and problem-solving skills
- significant experience in developing, delivering and evaluating effective community consultation
- experience in growing online communities and managing digital engagement platforms
- excellent time management and a flexible approach
- relevant qualifications

**About us**:

- Located on the picturesque far North Coast of NSW, bordering the Gold Coast.
- The Tweed is a vibrant, diverse location offering a lifestyle near the water, in a rainforest or on a farm.
- Join an **employer of choice**. Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers’ Association) has named Council the 2021 Employer of Choice for our great employment practices within NSW local government.

**Where it's located**:
This position is based in Murwillumbah and can be directed to work from any Council work site.

**Position closes**:
**Recruitment timeframe**:
**Pre-Employment Screening**:
Tweed Shire Council conducts pre-employment assessments as part of its recruitment process.

Job offers are not made until screening has been completed. Tweed Shire Council uses third-party providers to undertake:

- Background screening - verifies that the information you have provided throughout the recruitment process is true and correct.

**How To Apply**:

- Have your Resume document ready to go.

**If you'd like to COPY and PASTE question fields into a separate Word document to work on over time, please find them listed below**:

- Do you hold relevant qualifications in communications, community engagement, public relations, business or similar?
- Please detail your significant experience in developing, delivering and evaluating community engagement campaigns.
- What digital platforms have you managed, particularly those related to community engagement?
- Please tell us about events you have coordinated and/or facilitated for various group sizes.
- How have you used your interpersonal skills to manage relationships, influence outcomes and resolve conflicts?
- DESIRABLE: Are you certified in IAP2 (International Association of Public Participation) practices?

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- OFFICE USE ONLY_
- Unit_
- Communication & Engagement_
- Job Grade_
- 6_
- Industry_
- Communication & Engagement_
- Employment Type_
- Full-time_