Community Engagement Officer

 

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual to provide assistance in the successful delivery of community engagement activities across our client and its partnerships with the community in accordance with the values expressed in their strategic plan.

Position Requirements

You should have:

• A tertiary level qualification with relevant work experience, or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education and training.
• Demonstrated ability to use well developed interpersonal skills to foster and build effective stakeholder relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively assist in the formulation of community engagement policies and activities.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise initiative and judgement in the coordination of projects of limited complexity.
• Demonstrated ability to work under general direction, contribute to a cooperative team environment and deal effectively with a range of topics, including identifying desired outcomes, manage competing workloads, set priorities and organise work to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated experience in Microsoft Office Suite of products.
• Basic understanding of the role community engagement plays in our client’s relationship building with government, the private sector and the general community.
• Basic understanding of marketing and communication techniques.
• Knowledge of records/database management.
• Ability to follow policies and procedures.