Fixed-term | Part Time | 60.8 hrs Per Fortnight

Premium Recquatic Membership | 12.5% Superannuation

This position is classified as a Band 7 ($85,987 to $94,294 p.a pro rata) under the City of Kwinana’s structured remuneration system.

What’s On Offer
A rare opportunity is available for an enthusiastic, specialist Community Development Officer (Inclusion and Healthy Ageing) to join our remarkable 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 stellar team of passionate and dedicated Officers.

As the successful candidate you will facilitate partnerships and connect local community members and groups to foster a broad understanding of access and inclusion priorities. Your highly developed interpersonal skills will guide you as you strive to build connections and capacity in the community for seniors and people with disability by facilitating a wide range of community development and engagement activities and projects.

Together with a team of like-minded professionals you will support local identity, encourage a sense of belonging, and celebrate Kwinana’s unique strengths.

What You’ll Need
To make an impact as our new Community Development Officer you 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, community engagement, and social inclusion principles.

Sound knowledge of contemporary practice and policy relating to healthy ageing, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Highly developed interpersonal, teamwork, communication, 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 community development, social justice, behavioural science, sociology, 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 licence, willingness to obtain Police Clearance, 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…

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

Want To Know More?
For more information relating to the position, please contact Donna Howatson, Coordinator Community Development on 9439 0236.

To be considered for this position applicants must submit a statement addressing the above criteria giving specific examples in no more than two (2) pages, along with your cover letter and resume.

What Are You Waiting For?
If you suspect this role might just be the one you’ve been searching for - don’t delay. Apply Now!

We look forward to hearing from you.

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

Applications close: 5.00 PM, Tuesday 17 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.