Community Insights Partner

**Full Time or Part Time Opportunity / Fixed Term Contract until February 2025**

**Classification: GO6 ($97,107 + superannuation)**

**How would you like to work in an environment where you’re encouraged to bring your whole** **self to the workplace and be responsible for the decisions you make?**

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Community Insights team as a Community Insights Partner on a fixed term basis until February 2025.

**About Us...**

As one of the fastest growing council areas in South Australia, the City of Playford is focused on building sustainable foundations and places the community at the heart of everything we do. With our urban centre as the CBD of Northern Adelaide, our city is enriched by growing and diverse communities in new and established suburbs, rural and hills townships and horticultural lands.

The work that we do and the decisions that we make are in the best interests of the whole and contribute to a sustainable organisational future. Modelling open decision making, we provide a supportive and collaborative environment where employees feel engaged and connected to the work of the organisation, to each other, and the community.

**About the Role...**

With an agile approach, community first focus and well-rounded understanding of market research, you will actively partner with the organisation to garner, analyse and present information to inform decision making, service delivery and business planning.You will also be managing end to end research initiatives whilst telling stories through data to derive insight and recommendations.

A key accountability of this role will be working on the development, integration and maintenance of a community research framework based on best practice and governance.

**About You...**

You have a natural curiosity for data and analytics and are passionate about seeing others succeed through better decision making enabled by the voice of the community. You enjoy partnering with your organisation with a willingness to share information and interpret the ‘why’ to ensure strategy connects to everyday delivery.

You possess advanced knowledge of data analysis (qualitative and quantitative) and with your excellent verbal and written communication skills have the ability to tell stories through data. You also possess a high level of software skills across a number of systems, databases and MS Office packages. Experience with survey and data analysis programs is essential.

Working effectively with your team, you are able to align your work to strategy and develop, test, integrate and maintain frameworks and processes within the organisation. You also have ability to develop new frameworks based on market research best practice with ability to integrate and maintain within the organisation.

Whilst tertiary qualifications in Business or Marketing are high desirable, we welcome applicants with demonstrative experience in market research, customer experience, community engagement or marketing and communications.

**The Playford Employee Experience...**

Our team work hard together, but also celebrate together, learn together and support each other. We have a commitment to work/life balance through flexible working conditions and we remain focused on providing a high level of service and positive experience for our customers and stakeholders.

You will also get access to employee benefits, some of them are:

- Excellent leave entitlements including; Paid Parental leave and Purchased leave.
- Attractive salary and benefits including; salary packaging, income protection, free onsite parking and a strong health & wellbeing focus including corporate discount on health cover and gym memberships & free employee assistance program
- Ongoing professional development supported by study assistance and secondment opportunities

**More information...**

Further information on the role accountabilities, and essential and desirable criteria can be found in the Position Description.

For further information please contact**Linley Bertram**, Manager - Community Insights on**(08) 8256 0468**.

**How to apply...**

**Applications close at 12.00pm on 30 August 2024**

Incumbents in this position are required to possess a National Criminal History Clearance and DCSI Working with Children Clearance.

The City of Playford values diversity and work life balance.