• Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term
• Contract length: 4 months
• Pay: $30.00 – $55.00 per hour
• Expected hours: 20 – 30 per week
• In person and online
• Working with an existing team

The Position

We’re looking for a community organiser to support our grassroots community group, Independent for Sturt, to find and support a community independent candidate to run in the seat of Sturt at the next Federal election to be held no later than 24 May 2025.

The Community Organiser will be responsible for building and mobilising a volunteer base in preparation for independent representation in Sturt. This role is critical for engaging with community members and activating the community to have their voices heard and represented by our endorsed candidate. Key responsibilities include identifying community groups and leaders and developing relationship with them, volunteer recruitment, training, and onboarding, as well as managing outreach efforts, such as door knocking, in targeted neighbourhoods.

Key responsibilities:

The appointed community organiser has a primary focus on recruiting, activating and up-skilling volunteers, which will include responsibilities such as:

Recruiting

• Develop relationship with key community groups on behalf of I4S
• Identify local community groups and cultural networks within the Sturt electorate and develop outreach plans to these groups.
• Meet with community leaders within the electorate to generate support and collaboration.
• Recruit volunteers and identify volunteer leaders - support development of self managed sub groups.

Activating

• Coordinate volunteers to do voter outreach such as door knocking, distributing flyers, phone-banking and street stalls enabling meaningful conversations with the Sturt communities.
• Mobilise volunteers to turn out to events and voter outreach activities.
• Assist with the management of the NationBuilder Customer Relationship Management (CRM).

Up-skilling

• Conduct training and workshops to build capacity and scalability of the volunteer base.
• Support volunteers and committee members to organise and deliver community events.
• Provide the Independent for Sturt committee with regular progress reports
• Meet with committees (Coms, Fundraising etc) to collaborate and support volunteer work.

Performance goals:

• 400 volunteers added to the Independent for Sturt Nationbuilder CRM
• 20 volunteer training workshops conducted to build capacity of the team
• 50 volunteers engaged in voter outreach on a weekly basis
• 5 meetings per week with community groups

Selection criteria

Values Alignment

• Commitment to the guiding values of Independent for Sturt as per our website

Community Organising Experience

• Ability to organise people to build community impact and social change
• Ability to identifying and nurture leadership qualities within volunteers
• Already have existing networks in the seat of Sturt / database of contacts

Goal Oriented

• Can solve problems and achieve results under time pressure
• Can delegate tasks and manage conflicting priorities
• Can work autonomously

A People Person

• Passionate about empowering and motivating others
• Ability to work within diverse teams of people
• High level of accountability and communication
• Can manage conflict and difficult conversations
• Is patient and respectful of the varying abilities of volunteers

Arrangements

• 4 days a week on a casual basis - renumeration depending on experience
• Up to 4 weeks in late November early December - reconvening in Mid Jan for 8-10 weeks.

Apply Now

Please click 'Apply Now' to submit your application.

Benefits:

• Work from home

Experience:

• Volunteer Coordination: 1 year (Required)
• Community Outreach: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Authorisation:

• Australia (Required)
• Work Location: In person and online - BYOD
• Expected Start Date: 18/11/2024