Permanent | Part Time | 38 Hours Per Fortnight (0.5 FTE)

Premium Recquatic Membership | 12.5% Superannuation

PACS Band 7 ($88,997 – $97,595 p/a pro rata)

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What’s On Offer
An amazing opportunity exists for an enthusiastic and experienced arts officer to join the Community Development team at the City of Kwinana! This is a permanent part-time position reporting to the Coordinator Community Development and working alongside a superstar team. This position is a shared portfolio across two permanent part-time officers. The successful candidate will have the opportunity for additional hours, due to maternity leave, at the time of recruitment until mid-December 2025

Your role will be to develop and strengthen community identity by building capacity and leading the development and coordination of community arts, cultural, and heritage programmes, policies, and activities within the City of Kwinana. You will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of stakeholders such as our local residents, community groups, Government agencies, funding bodies, and City of Kwinana staff.

Who Are We?
The City of Kwinana is a thriving ocean-side community at the heart of Western Australia’s major industrial development and has the second fastest growing population within any local government area in the state. The City has seen extensive redevelopment including new residential areas, schools, retail precincts, community facilities and transport links that continue to transform Kwinana into a unique and liveable City. This is an opportunity to make some significant contributions to the City and progress your career.

What You’ll Need
To make an impact in this role, the successful candidate will have:

Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar or related role, preferably in a local government setting.

Well-developed knowledge of and demonstrated commitment to community development and community engagement.

Sound knowledge of contemporary practice and theory relating to arts, cultural development and heritage.

Highly developed interpersonal, communication, teamwork, networking and relationship building skills with a demonstrated ability to be able to work effectively with diverse stakeholders.

Well-developed analytical, creative thinking, and problem-solving skills.

Tertiary qualification in arts, cultural development, community development, related fields, or relevant industry experience.

Advanced written communication and computer literacy skills, with experience in report writing, record management and preparing funding submissions and acquittals in line with grant requirements.

Driver’s license and willingness to obtain Police Clearance and First Aid Certificate.

Ability to work after hours and weekends.

What’s In It For You?
At the City of Kwinana you will enjoy a true work-life balance, with access to flexible working arrangements and a fantastic workplace culture borne from a collaborative team environment.

Other perks include, but are not limited to…

A fantastic workplace, recently ranked alongside the top 10% of the most constructive local governments in Australia and New Zealand for workplace culture!

Competitive salary plus 12.5% superannuation.

A robust employee wellness program with initiatives designed to support employees' physical and mental wellbeing.

A generous Celebration and Recognition Policy for employees.

The opportunity for flexible working arrangements.

Career development, training opportunities and study support.

Premium Kwinana Recquatic Centre membership.

This is your opportunity to take the next step in your career and make a significant contribution to the growing and changing community at the City of Kwinana.

Want To Know More?
To be considered for this position, applicants must submit a CV, a cover letter and a statement addressing the relevant Selection Criteria with specific examples in no more than two (2) pages.

For more information relating to the position please call Donna Howatson, Coordinator Community Development, on 9439 0236.

Apply online: www.kwinana.wa.gov.au

Applications close: 5.00 PM, Friday 06 June 2025

The City of Kwinana reserves the right to commence recruitment prior to the closing date, and will not accept or consider late applications

The City of Kwinana promotes and values diversity to create a unique work force. Applicants from diverse backgrounds, such as Aboriginal people, people living with disability or people from different cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply. The City also strives to be a customer centric organisation, with the customer at the centre of everything we do. As such, all employees play an important role in helping us to achieve this by ensuring they provide best-practice customer service. The City has the goal of zero harm for its employees, this includes providing a smoke-free environment and minimising exposure to the elements. Conditions of employment are in accordance with the City’s current Enterprise Agreement. For further information, please contact our Recruitment team on 9236 4618 or 9236 4628.

Please note: As part of the City’s recruitment process, the selected applicant will be required to undergo a pre-employment medical which includes a Drug and Alcohol screen test.