Campus Location: Canberra, Australia | North Sydney, Australia | Strathfield, Australia | Brisbane, Australia | Ballarat, Australia | Melbourne, Australia

• Provide opportunities for ACU staff, students, and affiliates to contribute to their community.
• Full time, continuing, in Melbourne, North Sydney, Brisbane, Strathfield, Blacktown, Ballarat or Canberra.
• Supportive and inclusive culture where you can make a difference.

About ACU

Australian Catholic University (ACU) is an inclusive community which welcomes students and staff of all beliefs. ACU has over 2,500 staff supporting more than 34,000 students across eight campuses - Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, North Sydney, Strathfield, Blacktown and Rome.

As valued members of our community, all staff members are expected to have an understanding of ACU's mission and values and to demonstrate an active contribution to them.

At ACU we pride ourselves on offering a welcoming environment for everyone. At the same time, we are a university committed to standing for something clear. We stand up for people in need and causes that matter. Our Mission is at the heart of the University, and informs all our actions – integrating the dignity of the human person, the common good, and ethical and social justice considerations into student learning and teaching, research and service.

About the role:

Reporting to the Associate Director, ACU Engagement, you will be responsible for the managing and leading of ACU Engagement's mission-focussed outreach programs and activities within the community which provides opportunities for ACU staff, students, and affiliates to contribute to their community. Your key area of responsibility is the provision of leadership and management to one of ACU's flagship community engagement programs, Clemente, which is located within ACU Engagement.

More specifically the role entails:

• Providing high-level strategic management of ACU Engagement's community-engaged outreach activities
• Establishing, maintaining, and managing relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
• Contributing to strategic discussions and providing advice in relation to the setting and monitoring of Outreach goals and the direction of ACU Engagement
• Promoting and providing community-engaged outreach best practice advice and support to the wider university
• Managing the Clemente program, a flagship community-engaged outreach program at ACU
• Providing effective supervision of Clemente staff
• Functioning effectively and collaboratively as a member of the ACU Engagement management team

You will need to have:

• A Bachelor's degree in the either Arts and Humanities, Social work, Education, or Counselling or Psychology with experience working in a large and complex organisation; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
• Demonstrated experience working in and/or contributing to university outreach programs. Experience with program management.
• Demonstrated experience in effective budget management and submission of funding applications either internal or external to a university setting.
• High-level relationship management and interpersonal skills as well as a proven ability to work collaboratively with staff, community organisations and other external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and within a team, using initiative, judgement and discretion to confidently make decisions and to meet business requirements.
• Demonstrated experience working with communities who experience disadvantage using practices that empower and affirm the dignity and strengths of community members.
• Knowledge of contemporary theory, models, and academic literature concerning best practice university-community engagement.

This position requires a Working with Children Check (WWCC) and/or Working with Vulnerable People Check (WWVP) (ACT only).

The University pursues an excellence agenda and offers an environment where staff are welcomed and safe, and valued through development, participation and involvement.

About ACU Engagement

As a Catholic university, ACU is a university of service. Inspired by our mission, we stand up for people in need and causes that matter. Because of this we are proud to be a sector leader in community engagement.

ACU Engagement is responsible for the development and implementation of ACU's Community Engagement Strategy that includes integration of community engagement into ACU's teaching and learning, research, and outreach across all Faculties and organisational units; contribution and expansion of community stakeholder relationships; and, broadening and deepening community engagement as a defining representation of the University's mission.

ACU Engagement collaborates with Campus Ministry, Faculties, Research Institutes and other operational units in order to achieve enhanced opportunities for our staff and students to experience community engagement that is both academically rich and exemplifies the principles of Catholic Social Teaching.

ACU Engagement also works to provide opportunities for ACU staff, students, and affiliates to contribute to their community in a manner that meets their skills, capabilities, and capacity; and to provide opportunities for our partner organisations to access the skills and resources of ACU to achieve goals that are mutually beneficial and in accord with our mission.

How to Apply:

Obtain the Position Description from the website. Applicants are expected to address all selection criteria listed in the position description and outline how they would support the mission of the university. To apply for this role click the 'View Position Description and Apply' buttons above or below. Visit Hints and Tips on how to apply.

Total remuneration valued to $122,298 - $136,729 total rem (pro rata) pa, including salary component $103,343 - $115,538 (pro rata) pa (HEW 8), employer contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.

General enquiries can be sent to Dr Matthew Pink, Associate Director - ACU Engagement to: [email protected], using the subject line: Manager, Community-Engaged Outreach - Flexible location enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Candidates must hold Australian work rights to apply for this position. For permanent/ continuing roles, applicants must have permanent work rights.

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Find out more information on the benefits of working at ACU at: www.acu.edu.au/about-acu/careers-at-acu/why-work-at-acu

ACU is committed to diversity and social inclusion in its employment practices. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities and people from culturally diverse groups are encouraged.