About us

Byron Shire Council is focused on working alongside our community and offers pristine beaches, diverse lifestyles, a magnificent natural environment and a subtropical climate. 

Byron Shire Council has a high performance, collaborative culture and we value our employees.

As an employee, you would partner with an organisation that is taking steps in all areas to reduce our carbon emissions and be an innovative and sustainable council.

We provide a rewarding and flexible working environment and celebrate our values:

• We lead with enthusiasm and purpose
• We are open, honest and respectful
• We foster well-being and creativity
• We achieve our goals and succeed together

If you are looking for an exciting opportunity, then this may be the role for you.  We have passion and enthusiasm and are looking for like-minded people to join us on our journey.

We are looking for:

Byron Shire Council is currently seeking a dynamic, adaptive Backbone Lead for the Ending Rough Sleeping Byron Shire Collaboration – a place-based, community-led Collective Impact initiative that aims to reduce and end rough sleeping and homelessness in Byron Shire. The role leads a small Backbone Team and is responsible for the strategic development of the collaboration, including building relationships with partners across local, national and international contexts to progress the initiative from early to mid-phase outcomes. The role also provides support and leadership to the Homelessness team.

About you: 

• Tertiary qualifications in social sciences, community services or related discipline and demonstrated experience.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in a collective impact or collaborative, systems change setting. 
• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders such as community members, including people with lived experience of homelessness, external organisations, staff, management and elected representatives.
• Demonstrated advanced skills in program design and evaluation, project management, and quality improvement with the ability to meet agreed deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

We offer: 

• A term role until August 2025, part-time position (28 hours per week, and fewer if preferred for the right candidate). Please note this engagement is pending receipt of funding (anticipated February 2024). 
• Flexible working arrangements
• Salary and Conditions will be in accordance with the NSW Local Government (State) Award with an appointment at a salary at Grade 11 in the range of $1,878.98 to $2,177.08 per 35 hour week (dependent upon skills and experience)

Other benefits include:

• 11% superannuation 
• Access to Long Service Leave from 5 years service
• Education and training support
• Flexible work hours
• Attractive salary packaging scheme.
• Employee Assistance Program (4 sessions per year)
• Fitness Passport
• Health and Wellbeing days

Location: 

This position is based at Mullumbimby however Council can require you to work from other work sites as required for operational reasons.

Contact:  

Deborah Stafford, Backbone Lead - Ending Rough Sleeping Collaboration (02) 6626 7122.

We believe in diversity, inclusion and equality and are committed to ensuring that our workplaces are a reflection of our community. We recognise the benefits that diversity and inclusion brings, and in turn encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply for our vacancies.

We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements and encourage our people to explore new ways of working – including part-time, job-share or working from different locations. Everyone can ask about it.

We strongly encourage applications from people with disability and will provide reasonable adjustments in our recruitment process and in the workplace. If you need an adjustment during the recruitment process, please call or email the contact person listed above, and also advise us of your preferred method of communication. 

Pre-Employment Screening Process:

• Reference Checks: Referees will preferably be your current or most recent supervisor and must be able to comment directly on your abilities in a work situation. If you have any objection to this action, your concerns should be raised in your application and be discussed with the Selection Panel.
• Functional Health Assessment: If applicable, the functional health assessment evaluates your physical and functional capacity against the physical demands necessary to safely perform the job for which you have applied. 
• Background Screening: Background checks verify the information you have provided in your application, and where applicable, also check for relevant criminal history. Checks may also include, for example, a confirmation of your employment history, qualifications/tickets and working with children clearance.

A position description is attached.