• A perfect role for someone with great collaboration skills and passion for working with children and young people.
• Based in Auburn, travel to Lewisham and other locations covered within the Sydney metropolitan region as required.
• Some flexibility to work from home.
• Not-for-profit salary packaging tax-free benefits, increasing your take-home pay!

The St Vincent de Paul Society is a leading provider of community support services, whose mission is to shape a more just and compassionate society.

We believe our employees are key to our success and offer Learning and Development programs to enhance and grow your career across a range of teams and services. Our staff are recognised for their achievements and are offered promotional opportunities on a meritocracy basis within a collegiate and values driven team environment and culture.

Your new role:

The Schools Engagement Officer will assist in growing the participation of schools in our good works through planning and implementation of a variety of engagement projects and initiatives within the Sydney metropolitan region.

The role will work collaboratively with the Schools and Youth team and the Central Council Youth representatives.

The Schools Engagement Officer's responsibilities include:

• planning and implementing projects, events and initiatives aimed at strengthening school engagement
• collecting information, analysing data, and preparing documents relevant to the delivery of projects
• building relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

To be successful, you will need:

• Demonstrated passion for working with children and young people in an empowering capacity.
• Proven project coordination skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Demonstrated experience providing operational and administrative support in teams working remotely and across various locations.
• Proven communication (including public speaking) and interpersonal skills across a range of mediums.
• Proven ability to effectively engage with internal and external stakeholders, including teachers, members, volunteers and staff delivering a variety of services.
• NSW driver licence and capacity to travel within the region.
• Capacity to work intermittently out of hours, including weekends and evening events.

If this sounds like you, don't wait - apply now, we are interviewing applications as we receive them.

Submit your application with a resume, for more about the role, see Position Description.

See also our Recruitment process.

If you have questions about this role, or require an easy read Position Description, please email [email protected], using the subject line: Schools Engagement Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs, and quoting: Schools and Youth Officer, Metro /VIN3018.

St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW) welcomes people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to engaging a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, candidates of any or no religious beliefs and applicants of all ages.

The Society is committed to being a Child Safe organisation, further information can be found in the Society's commitment to Safeguarding Children & Young People. Prior to an offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete the pre-employment checks including a Police check & Working with Children check. A health / medical assessment may be required for some roles.

St Vincent de Paul (NSW) has a COVID- 19 vaccination policy that has identified this role as requiring a full COVID-19 vaccination. Medical exemptions with the NSW government contraindication form will be considered, subject to a satisfactory risk assessment.