The Opportunity

We are currently seeking a Local Community Coordinator to work closely with the WA Advance to Zero Team and local community partners in an effort to make homelessness rare, brief and once-off in the Bunbury community. Ending homelessness requires a whole of society approach and one of the key responsibilities of this position will include identifying, maintaining, and managing relationships with government, organisations, services, and individuals.

You will be a skilled influencer and relationship-builder, with an interest in stakeholder engagement and continuous improvement. Demonstrating highly developed communication skills, and a high degree of proactivity, autonomy, professionalism and accountability, the Local Community Coordinator will provide direction to the Bunbury Advance to Zero community, supporting them to make decisions and problem solve.

If you have the energy, the drive, an open mind, and an open heart, and are ready to make a real difference in people’s lives, we’d love to hear from you.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Leading the Rough Sleepers Coordination Group by assisting in coordinating services, with the aim of linking people experiencing rough sleeping with support and/or housing solutions.
• Chairing the Improvement Team, guiding their initiatives to drive solution-focused systemic changes and contribute to the WAAEH Accountability Framework. Using a data-driven approach to directly coach the community to develop a place-based action plan, reach and celebrate identified milestones, whilst also striving to achieve functional-zero homelessness.
• Contributing to the broader national AtoZ movement to end homelessness through active dialogue and knowledge sharing, ensuring their community remains connected to best practices and innovative solutions.

Essential requirements

• Tertiary qualification in a Community Development, Community Services or similar
• Experience working in homelessness and/or community services.
• Demonstrated experience in stakeholder engagement and building effective and collaborative stakeholder relations.
• Demonstrated communication skills, and a high degree of proactivity, autonomy, professionalism, and accountability
• Demonstrated experience in writing submissions, prepare briefs on case trends, and case studies.