About the role

Temporary Full time up to February 2026. The Place Activation Project Officer works to support a fine grain approach to the management of significant places within our city and supports a clear line of sight from Council’s objectives through processes and outputs to expected outcomes and deliverables. This professional role is generalist in nature and can having changing portfolios over time. Current work plans will be focused on delivering a broad range of activities that strengthen and support the revitalisation and renewal of our significant places including the Penrith City Centre, St Marys Town Centre and Kingswood Traders area. The role works with a range of partners internally and externally to build strong relationships and deliver targeted programs.

Essential criteria

• Tertiary qualifications with a focus on Community Engagement, Communication, Event Management, Arts or Business.
• Demonstrated excellent communication, negotiation and relationship building skills.
• Demonstrated experience in delivering innovative and effective place-based strategies to enhance and support activation.
• Capacity to build networks and collaboration for the purpose of delivering outcomes.
• Experience in all aspects of event promotion, management and delivery.

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of the needs of small business.
• Understanding of risk management within a local government context.
• Experience in working with artists for the purpose of delivering creative programs.

Commencing salary: $99,060.00 per annum, plus 12% Superannuation.

You will be required to undertake employment checks, which may include a Criminal History Check, Qualification Check, Working with Children Check, Medical Declaration and/or a Functional Test, as relevant to the position for which you have applied. Where a Criminal History Check is required and has returned a result that indicates disclosable court outcomes, you will be required to provide a copy of the report to Penrith City Council, for review, in order to progress through the recruitment process.

Visit careers.penrith.city to view the position description and to find out more information about employment with Penrith City Council. To submit your application, please apply online using the link below.

In addition to a cover letter and resume, applicants are required to submit comprehensive responses to the selection criteria (listed above) as a part of their initial application. Applicants who do not meet the essential criteria will not be considered.

Completed applications must be received by 11.55pm on the closing date. Please allow 4 weeks from the closing date for the processing of your application.

For further information about the position, please contact Graciel Som, Place Activation Lead on 4732 7410.

About us

At Penrith City Council, we’re passionate about people; in our community and in our workplace. We want you to be able to be your best self and we get that work is just one part of your life, so we’re here to support you in the moments that matter. As the winner of the 2020 Local Government Excellence in People and Culture Award and an Excellence Award winner in the 2020 Australian HR Awards, you can be confident in joining a workplace that offers truly outstanding benefits, including:

• A range of flexible work arrangements
• 18 weeks paid maternity leave
• Health and wellbeing leave
• 15 days personal leave
• Significant financial and leave support for undertaking further education
• Diverse salary packaging
• Free access to all Ripples venues
• And much, much more!

The City Economy and Marketing department consists of a dynamic team of professionals passionate about stimulating the Penrith economy through an exciting range of marketing and economic development programs.

Council is a Child Safe Organisation, for more information about this please see our website.

Applicants must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this position.