• 12 month parental leave vacancy
• Part-Time: 2 days per week, 15.2 hours p/week.
• 2 days are negotiable on a job-share arrangement.

Be part of Darebin City Council’s Equity and Wellbeing department. Deliver programs and strategies that address disadvantage within communities and neighbourhoods experiencing homelessness in Darebin. Based at East Preston Community Centre in Reservoir.

The Community Development Officer has a focus on working to support the needs of people experiencing homelessness. You will work to inform policy and provide advice to ensure relevant Council policies and programs seek to support and reach our most disadvantaged community members.

About the role:

As a Community Development Officer, you will use a place based approach with the community, providing access to a range of external partners to identify needs, assist and facilitate access to resources and build community capacity. One of the key settings for this role is the East Preston community, with a portfolio focus being food security and supporting the needs of people experiencing homelessness.

This role is parental leave part-time (2 days per week), on a job-share parental leave arrangement.

To be successful, you will be able to demonstrate your:

• Experience and understanding of community development and place-based approaches.
• Experience in project management, relating to community-based projects preferred.
• Demonstrated capacity to manage time and plan and organise one’s own work, often under pressure and with competing priorities and expectations of stakeholders.
• Ability to work within a large organisation and develop cross functional working relationships to gain cooperation of colleagues and community organisations.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island people, people with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Benefits of joining:

• Training and professional development opportunities.
• Cultural, parental and other leave provisions.
• Salary sacrifice options available.
• Walking distance from Preston train station and tram stops.
• Social activities and social club as a member of the Darebin Council.
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing program, including free access to physio, yoga and fitness classes.
• Provided with laptop and mobile phone.
• Green travel incentives.

The City of Darebin is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organisation, or other non-merit factors. Darebin are committed to providing a safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, and thorough ‘Safety Screening’ processes apply.