Community Development Officer

Job description

Skylight is recruiting for a Community Development Officer for the Community Connections Program, a DHS funded service to support vulnerable and isolated individuals connect and/or reconnect to their community for positive wellbeing outcomes. The successful candidate will be based at Skylight’s Mile End office. This role is classified at SCHADS Level 4 and 0.8 to 1.0FTE Under the general direction of a Supervisor, the Community Development Officer will coordinate and support the partner agencies to provide appropriate services for community members. The role includes planning and chairing community partnership meetings, networking across the Western Metro Community, and a portion of direct 1 to 1 individual service delivery. Working closely with the Skylight Community Connections team members in other regions, there will also be administrative and reporting requirements. The successful candidate will need to have both the DHS NDIS Worker check and the DHS Working with Children check, have excellent community development skills, the confidence to plan and lead community meetings, and good administrative skills. We would like to hear from applicants able to meet the skills, knowledge...