Community Engagement Manager

**Job no**: 498151
**Work type**: Permanent Full Time
**Location**: Sydney
**Categories**: Marketing and Digital

**Your opportunity**

Join us in a pivotal role that drives meaningful community engagement at Westfield. As a member of the Community team, you'll lead key workstreams like Westfield Local Heroes, oversee fundraising programs, and enhance workplace giving and volunteering efforts. You'll collaborate with internal teams to deliver major campaigns such as the Westfield Christmas campaign and build lasting connections within the Westfield Local Heroes alumni network. This role offers a chance to make a tangible impact, streamline communication across teams, and support Scentre Group’s dedication to positive community outcomes.

**About the Role**:
You will also play a crucial part in delivering the tools and resources that enable Westfield Destination teams to engage with their communities in ways that are both relevant and impactful. By ensuring high-quality initiatives and consistent communication, you will help create experiences that encourage more visits and longer stays, contributing to positive outcomes for staff, customers, and communities alike.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Lead the marketing and PR efforts for the Westfield Local Heroes program, ensuring all program elements are delivered on time and to a high standard in collaboration with the program lead.
- Drive the strategy for the Westfield Local Hero alumni network, fostering connections between alumni and Scentre Group, and coordinate impactful community seminar events.
- Develop and manage processes for fundraising events at Westfield centres, overseeing reporting across platforms such as Humanitix, Tyro terminals, and others.
- Take charge of workplace giving and volunteering initiatives, guiding the Community Assistant to lead these programs.
- Lead Community Site elevation and collaborate with the Brand and Content team to bring the community elements of the Westfield Christmas campaign to life.
- Support the National Community Manager by collating and validating community data for the Responsible Business Report.
- Work closely with the community team and colleagues across the business to ensure alignment, smooth communication, and effective planning for key moments, while also supporting Direct Report(s).

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a dynamic team and make a real impact on the community.

**What sets you apart**
- **Project Management**: Ability to manage programs and events, ensuring deadlines are met and quality standards are maintained.
- **Strategic Thinking**: Experience in developing and executing community engagement strategies that align with business objectives.
- **Communication**: Clear and effective communicator, skilled at working with stakeholders and leading PR initiatives.
- **Relationship Building**: Proven ability to foster strong connections with alumni, partners, and internal teams to drive success.
- **Collaboration**: Team player who works well across different departments, ensuring alignment and smooth communication.
- **Attention to Detail**: Strong focus on managing processes accurately and ensuring everything runs smoothly.

**About us**

Scentre Group owns 42 Westfield destinations across Australia and New Zealand. We create extraordinary places and experiences that connect and enrich communities.

We are focused on our customers and creating more reasons for more people to visit our Westfield destinations more often and for longer.

With approximately 75 professions within our business, our team has the expertise to design, construct, operate, manage and market our Westfield destinations and platforms.

We want to be the place where talent thrives. To support you thrive with us, we promise to respect, inspire and develop you, and that you will do work that matters.

Diversity, equity and inclusion underpins our culture, and our vision is that ‘Everyone Belongs’. We foster a workplace experience where everyone feels valued, supported and motivated to realise their full potential.

We offer a range of unique benefits designed to support your wellbeing, career development and lifestyle, including five days paid Life Leave on top of your four weeks annual leave (pro-rated for part-time), 18 weeks gender neutral paid parental leave, for primary carers, with no qualifying period and super paid for the duration of the leave period and free parking at your local Westfield destination.

Discover more about working with us.

Applications close**: 21**st** February 2025 (unless filled prior)**.

**Advertised**: 28 Jan 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 21 Feb 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time

**_Scentre Group exclusively recruits for roles based in Australia and New Zealand. If you are contacted regarding employment opportunities with Scentre Group based in any other country, we encourage you not to disclose any personal information. _