Townsville: City of Opportunity

Townsville is the capital of Northern Australia, and Townsville City Council is the largest regional council in Queensland. Our Council is undergoing a whole-of-organisation transformational change which will place our customers at the heart of everything we do and allow us to take advantage of exciting opportunities to revolutionise the delivery of services to a community of more than 190,000 residents. Council strives to facilitate sustainable economic development for our region, enhance quality of life for our residents, and identify and unlock the potential of our City through inspired leadership, co-design of services with the community, and sustainable and innovative business partnering.

The role of Community Development Officer (Recovery) is to develop and deliver a range of community development programs and projects and build networks and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders and the community to achieve sustainable community outcomes.

This project position is funded through the Community Recovery package funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments through the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA). The funding is administered by the Department of Communities, Child Safety and Seniors with funding available to support the position until 30 June 2021. Using a community development framework this project position will develop the capacity of the community to recover following the impact of the unprecedented January/February 2019 monsoon and build community resilience to manage any future disaster events.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Degree or postgraduate qualification in Social Sciences, Community Development, Social Work or related discipline with 3 years’ experience working within a community development framework.
• Demonstrated community engagement practice including the facilitation of community led initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience in the successful delivery of community development including project management.
• Knowledge of and the ability to apply place based, asset based and collective impact and community development frameworks.

A full position description is available below.