• Full time - Contract Position (until 30 June 2024)
• $ 41.52 per hour - $ 44.68 per hour + Superannuation + NFP Salary Packaging
• Rainbow-Tick accredited organisation

The Role:

VincentCare Community Housing is seeking an appropriately qualified Project Worker to develop a Community Engagement Strategy.

In this position, you will be identifying opportunities for improvement and increased renter participation in the design and delivery of our housing services.

By assessing our renter-base and property portfolio and researching other community engagement strategies, you will help drive process improvements within VincentCare's Community Housing functions. Additionally, you will also be assessing existing renter satisfaction measurement mechanisms and reporting on your findings to help the team design and implement an improved feedback mechanism.

VincentCare Victoria:

VincentCare Victoria is an award-winning organisation established to provide a range of accommodation and support services to people that are facing disadvantage throughout metropolitan and regional Victoria.

Our aspiration is to be the leader in providing care, hope and advocacy for those facing disadvantage. Our purpose is to create opportunities and lasting change for the most marginalised. VincentCare is well equipped to provide a continuum of services that effectively meet the needs of people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Working with VincentCare:

A key strategic priority is attracting and retaining skilled and committed employees aligned to our values. VincentCare has over three hundred dedicated, talented and enthusiastic staff working across a range of programs and services and offers a number of benefits including:

• Career Development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program
• Salary Packaging
• Choice of Superannuation fund
• Family friendly and flexibility
• Study leave

Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to the principles of social justice and aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation or religion.

Key Selection Criteria:

• Tertiary Qualification in relevant field (e.g. Community Services, Social Work, Quality Management Systems, Sociology etc);
• A full current driver's license (Mandatory);
• Working knowledge of community engagement/community development principles;
• Knowledge on the importance of social inclusion in the prevention of homeless or housing instability;
• Demonstrated experience in developing, strengthening and maintaining positive engagement with communities, specifically communities experiencing marginalisation and disadvantage;
• Knowledge of designing consumer feedback systems that are accessible, innovative and effective;
• Highly developed communication skills;
• Strong organisational and planning skills with the capacity to prioritise and deliver on multiple tasks;
• Demonstrated ability to identify, develop and maintain strategic relationships with key stakeholders.

How to apply:

Applicants must submit their CV together with a detailed and separate response to each of the key selection criteria in the position description which is available below.

VincentCare welcomes applications from people from diverse cultural & linguistic backgrounds including people who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander.

All appointments within VincentCare Victoria are subject to satisfactory completion of a police officer check and character/performance reference checks. Police checks will be undertaken for the selected candidate prior to any job offer being confirmed. Police checks are also undertaken on a periodic basis during the period of employment.

All appointments are subject to disclosure of any relevant employment history of formal disciplinary action for improper or unprofessional conduct taken by current or previous employers or any other integrity body within or outside Australia.

The incumbent for this position must have and maintain a current Victorian Working with Children Check or equivalent.