Coordinator Community Support and Programs - Hillsdale, Australia - Bayside Council

Bayside Council

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Hillsdale, Australia

1 week ago

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Description

Coordinator Community Support and Programs
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Lead, coach and develop your team of passionate professionals:

Located at Hillsdale, free all day undercover parking and 5 minutes from sunny Maroubra Beach:

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Enjoy a great work environment with fantastic benefits

Our team

At Bayside Council, we are committed to a positive, flexible and supportive workplace culture, where our people and customers feel respected and valued.

We are proud to serve our community through operating with transparency, integrity and in the best interests of the Bayside community to deliver exceptional service.

The City Life directorate delivers high quality services and activities to enhance community life, in particular for vulnerable community members.

About the role

If you are a highly motivated leader who enjoys working as part of a busy and dynamic environment, then this is the job for you This role will involve leading a team of community specialists who deliver high quality community services in partnership with key stakeholders in the not-for-profit and public sectors.

You will also have overall responsibility in conjunction with other Council business units for delivering on key Council strategies including:

Reconciliation Action Plan (currently being reviewed for progress to Innovate RAP)
Disability Inclusion Action Plan
Age Friendly Communities Strategy
Domestic and Family Violence Action Plan

You can also expect to:

Develop constructive relationships and work with community organisations and agencies to undertake needs analysis and identify gaps and opportunities to improve local community service delivery.
Collaborate with community partners to deliver appropriate programs for culturally and linguistically diverse communities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Work with community groups and notforprofit organisations to expand their reach to isolated community members.
Ensure the team works collaboratively with organisations and groups to deliver key educational and awareness days throughout the year, notably Seniors, Reconciliation, NAIDOC and Disability Awareness Weeks, and Council's 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence program.
Identify opportunities for improved community services to improve the health and wellbeing of our community.

About you

We are looking for a someone who demonstrates:

Tertiary or other qualifications and/or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
Current Drivers Licence Class C
Current First Aid certificate.

Our benefits and culture

As an organisation, we pride ourselves in offering a flexible working environment centred on delivering great outcomes for our customers, whether internal or external.

The Business Transformation team have a strong culture of collaboration and delivering exciting new initiatives.

On top of the competitive salary, our people enjoy: