The City of Casey is Victoria's largest and one of it's fastest growing municipalities. Casey is home to over 400,000 residents with a remarkable diversity of cultures, languages, faiths, identities, landscapes, and stories. The Council takes pride in planning and delivering quality services and infrastructure to those who call Casey home, with the goal of making Casey a more connected, bold and resilient community.

Our workspace is located within Bunjil Place, a must-visit destination nestled within Narre Warren in Melbourne’s south east. Bunjil Place reflects and enhances the city’s rich diversity by providing an energetic and cosmopolitan atmosphere through a lively community meeting place.

Our Benefits:

Benefits | City of Casey

• Experience a flexible, supportive work environment with a strong culture of collaboration and growth.
• Access to diverse professional development opportunities.
• Conveniently located near Westfield shopping centre, with an adjacent gym/pool offering Free Workout Wednesdays, discounted memberships, and an onsite café.
• Work in a multi-award-winning, architecturally designed office with fully equipped kitchens, free coffee, community library on-site, free parking, and more.

We live our values of dreaming big, empowering each other and making our community proud.

A bit about the role

We're looking for a passionate and analytical Social Researcher to join the City of Casey’s Connected Communities team. This role will play an important part in helping the organisation to understand the needs, experiences and priorities of our diverse community - so we can plan and deliver services that make a positive impact on health and wellbeing.

You will lead and support a range of projects, using qualitative and quantitative data to identify social and demographic trends, health challenges and emerging issues. Using disaggregated data you will support the organisation to understand the needs of different demographic groups within the community, to guide evidence-based and data-informed planning, that promote health equity. This is a dynamic and rewarding role that combines research, data storytelling, stakeholder engagement and policy development.

We offer a monthly Rostered Day Off (RDO) based on a 40-hour work week, along with flexible work arrangements and work-from-home opportunities to support your work-life balance.

What you’ll deliver

• Conduct qualitative and quantitative research on health and social planning issues, to better understand community needs and provide an evidence-base to guide policy and program development.
• Undertake literature reviews to support evidence-informed decision making.
• Synthesise data and research findings into visually appealing reports, presentations, dashboards and infographics to support organisational planning.
• Deliver presentations and training sessions to build organisational capacity to access and use available data.
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders across the organisation to enhance effectiveness and efficiency of interventions to improve community outcomes.
• Provide evidence-based, outcome-focused recommendations to senior management on social policy issues, to drive positive community outcomes.
• Develop approaches to monitor and report on effectiveness of strategies, policies, projects and planning outcomes.

What you’ll bring

• Degree or higher in public health, health promotion, epidemiology, biostatistics, health science, or other relevant discipline with several years of relevant experience; or higher formal qualifications with a shorter period of experience.
• Strong research skills, with experience in data analysis, survey design, and qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience in strategy or policy development, preferably with working knowledge of Local, State, and Federal policy and legislative contexts.
• Sound understanding of the social and commercial determinants of health and the associated planning levers that support improved health outcomes (some familiarity with urban planning will be highly regarded).
• Proven experience in developing innovative community-based projects or solutions to support enhanced social outcomes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for a variety of audiences, with demonstrated success influencing stakeholders at both the strategic level and operational level.
• Willingness to undergo pre-employment background checks including National Criminal History Check, Working with Children Check, Eligibility to Work check.
• A curious, collaborative, and inclusive community mindset.

What’s next?

If you think this role might be for you, we would love to hear from you.

Please apply by following the links and attaching a cover letter and resume. We do not require any selection criteria to be addressed.

Position Description: Social Researcher

To find out more about the role, please contact Melanie Keech, Team Leader Health and Social Policy at [email protected].

Applications will be accepted until 11.55pm on Sunday 8th June 2025.

We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

At the City of Casey, we are proud to be an inclusive, child safe, and equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, cultures, backgrounds, and abilities, including those with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTIQA+ communities, multicultural communities, and refugee or migrant backgrounds.

We are committed to providing a diverse, safe, and inclusive environment where everyone can grow and succeed. We promote gender equity and actively address barriers to employment, ensuring participation without discrimination and supporting workplace adjustments.

For any reasonable adjustments or access needs during the application or interview process, please contact the Talent Team at 9709 9777 or [email protected].

The City of Casey reserves the right not to make any appointments for this position.

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