Wollongong City Council

Community Engagement Coordinator

At Wollongong City Council we have a steadfast commitment to creating an Extraordinary Wollongong. We are in an exciting period of transformation and focused on delivering exceptional services, infrastructure and facilities for our community.

Our strength is the diversity of our people. Together our responsibility is to create an inclusive place where everyone is welcome, valued and belongs. We lead with courage, openness and curiosity. Our conversations and actions celebrate diversity, inclusion and belonging. Learn more about us here.

Are you passionate about working with the community? Do you have experience leading teams and engagement strategies? Then this is the opportunity for you!

About the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and enthusiastic Engagement Coordinator to join our team. This role will see you play a key role in developing and implementing strategies to engage our community and stakeholders effectively.

As a qualified, experienced and talented Engagement Coordinator, you will lead Council's community engagement activities, utilise your skills to build stronger communities and provide opportunities for diverse communities to participate in decisions that effect their lives.

This is a Permanent full-time role, salary from $105,571.26 up to $126,222.85 per annum plus superannuation (salary package will be assessed based on skills, experience and qualifications). This role may require manual handling activities, and you may be required to work additional hours on weekends and evenings. Applicants should be suitably fit to undertake the duties as outlined in the job description.

Under Part 2, Section 6 of the Child Protection (Working With Children) Act 2012, this position has been designated as requiring a paid Working With Children Check.

What You will be doing:

Leading a team of Engagement Officers, you will be responsible for developing and implementing engagement strategies for a range of Council projects. You will provide expert advice on community engagement related matters to help deliver effective engagement outcomes. Along with developing and implementing these strategies, you'll foster best practice engagement across the organisation. This opportunity will see you develop effective working relationships with all levels of Council management and the community.

Find out more about what we do here.

Wollongong city council Aboriginal Engagement Framework

Community-Engagement-Strategy-2024.pdf

About you:

You are passionate about community engagement, possess excellent communication skills, and have a knack for building strong collaborative relationships. With extensive experience in community engagement, project management, and staff supervision, you bring a proven ability to lead, inspire, and motivate teams. Your strengths lie in guiding and mentoring others, fostering a positive and high-performing work environment, and driving successful outcomes through effective negotiation, communication, and relationship building.

Benefits of working at Council:

• We provide flexible working arrangements such as hybrid working and flex- you just need to ask!
• We are value-led, support and encourage personal and professional growth, recognise and reward performance and embrace change.
• We provide generous leave provisions including 5 weeks annual leave per year of service
• Long Service Leave after 5 years
• We are committed to providing a safe working environment for all, (everyone, every day and everywhere) and make available wellbeing programs to support mental, physical and social wellbeing of our staff to be at their best.
• Access to Fitness Passport

Interested?

For more information, click on Apply to be redirected to Wollongong City Council's E-recruitment site.

Contact Alison Bradford, Community Development + Engagement Manager, on (02) 4227 7622 for questions related to the job

For assistance in submitting your application, please contact the Talent Acquisition Team on (02) 4227 7065.

Applications close 11:59pm, Monday 24 March 2025.

We encourage applications from everyone regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, cultural background, faith, disability or gender identity. People with disability are encouraged to reach out so they can be supported in recruitment processes, to enable them to demonstrate their skills and capabilities to meet the requirements of the job.

Wollongong Council adheres to the principles of a child safe organisation and is committed to the care and protection of all children and young people in the community.

Applicants are required to undergo a rigorous employment screening process which will include Reference, Identity and Medical History Checks, and may also include a Criminal History and Working with Children Check. Employment is subject to clearance of all these checks.