About The Organisation

The Smith Family is a national, independent children’s charity helping disadvantaged Australians to get the most out of their education, so they can create better futures for themselves. In partnership with Michael Page, they are seeking a Project Officer for their Communities for Children Facilitating Partner program to join their growing team. Reporting to the Project Manager, Communities for Children Facilitating Partner and working with a dedicated and passionate team, community stakeholders, and building community capacity, contributing to The Smith Family’s vision.

About The Role

A day in the life of a Project Officer (Community For Children) might look like this, but every day can be different. Primarily, you will be responsible for the following:

• Take responsibility and demonstrate initiative for the development and support of various project works that reflect CfCFP outcomes e.g. Professional Development Days for Community Forums.
• Support Community Partners with information on evidence-based programs, practice models, and research to inform service development activities.
• Assist in the analysis of community data and identification of trends to inform ongoing planning.
• Through demonstrated initiative and upon advice from the CfCFP Project Manager, support the Community Strategic Planning process by organising and actively participating in stakeholder meetings, forums and events.
• Lead strategic networking opportunities that support the CfCFP goals of service integration.

About You

It takes a special kind of person to be the Project Officer (Communities For Children) at The Smith Family. The successful candidate will bring the following:

• Tertiary qualification or equivalent in Social Science, Humanities or equivalent.
• Full current Driver’s License (or ability to obtain one).
• Knowledge of the child, family and community services sector and service systems
• Thorough understanding of Outcomes Based Accountability frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and apply capacity building methodologies across the community sector.
• High level communication and influencing skills (verbal and written) and the ability to work positively.

Living up to their employment promise, The Smith Family team members tell us that working for The Smith Family provides them with great job flexibility and the ability to work alongside committed, passionate, and professional team members, whilst engaging in challenging, fulfilling, and diverse work. In turn, their team members believe that they offer commitment to their vision, mission, and values and effective collaboration with fellow team members to deliver strong performance outcomes.

For any other information, please contact Conor Grace at [email protected] using the subject line: Project Officer - Communities For Children - The Smith Family - Brimbank enquiry via EthicalJobs or +61 431 983 152.

Due to the nature of this role, the successful candidate must be prepared to undertake a National Police Check and a Working with Children’s Check. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to principles of cultural diversity. Applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are encouraged.

A position description is attached.