Community Wellbeing Project Assistant

**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 Project Assistant an integral support role within the Community Wellbeing team at Inner West Council and reports to a Community Wellbeing Coordinator. The role is responsible for assisting on projects, working with a multidisciplinary team that develops, funds, implements and evaluates a wide range of projects, programs, grants and partnerships delivered by Inner West Council.

This role and the team, work with Inner West residents, community and not for profit organisations and bother local, State and occasionally, Commonwealth government agencies.

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

**Remuneration**

$71,080 - $80,330 + 12% Superannuation

**Some of the required skills, experience and qualifications**
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in coordinating the implementation of community
programs or initiatives.
- Experience or understanding of working with young people, seniors, Aboriginal people,
LGBTQ+ community, people living with a disability, culturally diverse and vulnerable
communities.
- Demonstrated interpersonal, collaboration, community engagement and stakeholder
engagement skills
- Capacity to collaborate, network and engage relevant partners and stakeholders to support
the delivery of programs and initiatives for older people of the Inner West.
- Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills.

**Enquiries**

Mark Jones, Community Wellbeing Coordinator, available on 9392 5844.

**Closing Date**

Sunday 28th September 2025, 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 proud to be an inclusive and equitable employer**

This commitment to diversity and inclusion is one of the many reasons we were named the 2023 AR Bluett Award Winner as the most progressive council in NSW. We’re also proud recipients of the 2023 Australian Business Awards Employer of Choice and the 2025 NSW Local Government Excellence Award for Organisational Diversity and Inclusion.

**Reasonable Adjustment Assistance