About the role
The Youth Engagement and Connections Officer plays a crucial role in fostering connections and participation among young people by serving as their primary point of contact to access programs and connect with services they require. This position involves works collaboratively within their team to offer a diverse range of programs, activities, and events to help young people engage with and connect to their local community. Additionally, this position will have a lead role in the implementation of the Geelong Youth Hub pilot, focusing on building partnerships, promoting meaningful youth involvement, and collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure the programming meets the needs of young individuals.

Work type: Permanent Full Time
Classification: Band 5 $76,355 - $86,617 pa plus super

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead the activation of the Geelong Youth Hub pilot by coordinating and maintaining oversight of day-to-day operations under the guidance of the Team Leader.
• Assist in the coordination and implementation of the Youth Hub Reference Group in collaboration with the Youth Development Officer – Youth Voice Activation and other team members as required.
• Establish and maintain positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and develop partnerships with youth focused community services and organisations across the municipality.
• Plan, develop, implement and evaluate programs and events that address the needs of young people in collaboration with other team members in the Youth Development Unit (YDU).

About you
The ideal candidate for this role will have previous experience working with a diverse range of young people from varying backgrounds. You will possess a warm, caring and engaging personality, with a high level of resilience and the confidence to work autonomously and make decisions utilising your professional judgement. You will have a keen eye for detail, be methodical and diligent in your approach to your work and be willing to roll up your sleeves and get involved!

Essential Experience:

• Tertiary qualification in Community Development, Social Work, Youth Work or a related discipline with several years of experience, or less formal qualifications and extensive relevant experience.
• Experience in planning and delivering youth events, inclusive of diverse cohorts of young people.
• Detailed knowledge of digital platforms and ability to develop and implement promotional strategies.
• Experience in youth participation and engagement and the development and implementation of community development and/or youth programs.
• Detailed knowledge of the youth work sector and the ability to establish relationships with key stakeholders and networks.
• The ability to operate effectively, efficiently, and flexibly with experience in managing competing priorities and multiple workflows.
• Experience working in a youth hub or with large numbers of young people.
• Experience facilitating and working with groups of young people using a youth participatory framework.
• Experience in authoring a range of high-quality formal communications including correspondence, briefings, speeches, media releases, funding submissions and reports.
• Victorian Working With Children Check (WWCC), National Police Check and an Australian Drivers Licence.

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Child Safety Responsibilities   
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Diversity and Inclusion  
At the City we want a workforce that reflects the community we live in. We welcome and embrace everyone, all people with their own unique experiences, and support and encourage all our employees to do their best work, have equal access to opportunities and a just working environment. For this reason, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from First Nations people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, from the LGBTQIA+ community, people with disability and people of all genders, ages and diverse experience.  

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Applications and Enquiries

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Enquires: Danielle Parker – Team Leader Youth Engagement and Connections | 0403 580 346 | DParker@geelongcity.vic.gov.au

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