Community Engagement Coordinator

Make an impact and join a passionate community engagement team, strengthening connection in the community.
Permanent fulltime, Monday to Friday – 35 hour working week.
Enjoy non-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900 per year of your salary tax free plus an additional $2,500 for meals, entertainment and accommodation.
Access Health and Wellbeing programs including Employee Assistance Program – free confidential support for you and your family.
Paid parental leave and other great employee benefits.
Great office locations, close to public transport.
Work with an experienced and collaborative Community Engagement team.
What we do
St George Community Housing (SGCH) provides sustainable, safe, and affordable housing as the foundation for our customers to connect to opportunities and build their communities. With a business head and a social heart, we deliver together with passion and purpose, guided by our values. Recognised as Employer of Choice (Public Sector and Not For Profit) at the 2022 Australian Business Awards, at SGCH you can realise your potential, whilst being supported to balance and achieve.
About the Community Engagement Coordinator role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Community Engagement Coordinator to join our Customers Services team at SGCH.
Work for purpose as a Community Engagement Coordinator and accelerate your career in placemaking. You will work with social housing tenants and communities to strengthen connections and empower tenants to become involved in their local community. You will lead the planning and facilitation of community engagement events, and support the operation of local tenant groups. Other activities you will support include tenant surveys, workshops, project planning, management of social media, reporting and other engagement activities.
To succeed in this role, you are customer service focused and have exceptional interpersonal skills with a passion for working with communities.
This is a
full time permanent role
, based across our Bonnyrigg, Riverwood and Liverpool office sites.
About you (essential requirements)
To succeed in the role, you will have the below key attributes:
Tertiary qualification in relevant field and/or sound experience of delivering community focused outcomes for customers of diverse backgrounds and vulnerability.
A current NSW Driver's Licence and willingness and ability to travel regularly to SGCH region sites and offices.
An ability to use community development tools to develop community activities and services.
Demonstrated skills in customer service, organisational and time management, prioritising and planning, communication and digital literacy, and the ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to develop effective community services.
Ability to work with a business acumen and a social heart with self-motivation, compassion and resilience to manage competing priorities, deadlines and multiple stakeholders, to continuously improve, and deliver the best outcomes for the business and customers.
Applications for this role will be reviewed as received; therefore, we encourage you to submit your interest at your earliest.
Please note we may establish a Talent Pool from this process.
This position involves relevant pre-employment checks. The appointment of a suitable candidate will be subject to employment screening including a National Police Check.
How To Apply
Please refer to the full Community Engagement Coordinator position description for further details including the
essential criteria.
If this sounds like you,
please send a cover letter addressing the essential criteria
and
a copy of your up-to-date CV
using the form below.
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