Community Development Worker

**_Do you want your work to make a difference for NSW?_**:

- Together, we create thriving environments, communities and economies._
- Community Development Worker Role
- Ongoing Full Time located in Campbelltown + Flex/Hybrid work model
- Salary ranges from $89,707 to $98,982 + super

Our NSW Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) team is currently seeking to appoint a Community Development Worker within the Southern NSW Community Renewal Team for Delivery South Division. This role is responsible for coordinating the development, implementation and evaluation of the stakeholder engagement component of projects to achieve project outcomes and support the achievement of organisational objectives.

Our Community Development Worker role involves working very closely with the DCJ Housing community. You will truly get to make a difference to the community through working on innovative projects and delivering programs and activities that will directly benefit some of the most vulnerable in our community.

**About you**
Are you daring? Are you someone who wants to get out there and do the best you possibly can in your role to make a difference? Are you community conscious?
If you answered yes to these questions, this could be your next opportunity

We are seeking someone who has an understanding of social housing residents and who can appreciate the complexities that come with working with some of the most vulnerable people in our community. We are seeking someone who wants to take this role, make it their own and really make a difference.

**Essential requirements**
- Qualifications in marketing, public relations, communications, community engagement and/or
- Demonstrated experience in community engagement in a property development or infrastructure environment will be an advantage

For more information read the full Role Description: Community Development Worker

**About Us**
The Department of Planning and Environment's (DPE) vision is to create thriving environments, communities and economies for the people of New South Wales. We strive to be a high-performing, world-class public service organisation that celebrates and reflects the full diversity of the community we serve and seeks to embed Aboriginal cultural awareness and knowledge throughout the department.

LAHC is a Public Trading Enterprise within the DPE cluster responsible for the public housing portfolio. LAHC owns and manages the Government's public housing portfolio of some 125,000 properties within New South Wales.

Future Directions for Social Housing in NSW (Future Directions) sets out the Government's vision to transform the social housing system over the next 10 years with LAHC playing a critical role in delivering the benefits of this new and innovative model for social housing. A key feature is the Communities Plus program, which is designed to fast-track the redevelopment of LAHC's social housing portfolio in partnership with the private and community housing sector to deliver significant new and replacement social housing dwellings that are integrated with affordable private dwellings.

**To Apply**

DPE strongly recommends all applicants who can be safely vaccinated for COVID-19, to be so.

**Applications close 7th May at 11:55PM.**
- A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available over the next 18 months._

**Looking for more information or assistance in applying?**
Our Diversity team can assist to:

- provide alternative formats to apply
- make adjustments to the recruitment process
- offer information about workplace adjustments and support networks

LAHC is a workplace that values our First Nations employees, their culture and their experiences. We are committed in becoming the employer of choice by creating a safe and welcoming environment. We are committed to work alongside our First Nations communities to support their social, cultural and economic aspirations and as a culturally inclusive workplace, provide a safe environment, where employees feel secure in their own identity, culture and community.

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