• Become part of our family and make a difference to young Australians through supporting their education
• Temporary Full Time position until March 2025
• Brimbank (Sunshine), VIC

The Smith Family is a children’s education charity that helps young Australians experiencing disadvantage to create better futures for themselves through harnessing the power of education.

We are seeking an experienced Project Officer, Communities for Children to join our family. Reporting to the Project Manager, Communities for Children and working alongside dedicated, energised, and passionate team members, this role will be part of a small team, the Project Officer will work closely with the CfCFP Project Manager to support the CfCFP Committee, community stakeholders and community partners in building community capacity. Key areas of focus will include: activity planning, implementation, reporting and evaluation and developing strategies for a cohesive child and family services system.

About our role

You will be responsible for:

• Provide administration and project support to maintain positive active partnerships
• Attend meetings as needed and keep accurate records (minutes and notes) when required
• As directed lead and organise small project works that contribute to CfCFP outcomes e.g. Professional Development Days or Community Forums
• Support community partners capacity to understand and implement Outcomes Based Planning and to develop evaluation mechanisms in their projects
• Develop and maintain appropriate data management processes for monitoring the Brimbank CfCFP area funded activities e.g. contracts, invoices and evaluation/data reports
• Creating relevant data collection information and process documents (collateral)
• Support the Community Strategic Planning process particularly through community data collation and recording consultation data

About you

As well as passion for community, you will bring the following:

• Tertiary qualification or equivalent in Social Science, Humanities or equivalent
• Hold a Current Victorian Driver’s License
• Demonstrated experience in community capacity building and or community planning
• Working knowledge of social research projects, including evaluation, service mapping and gap analysis
• Ability to use a computer and all relevant technology, including devices which allow for mobility and working remotely along with Computer literacy, focusing on Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel
• Demonstrated experience in data collection and data management systems
• Excellent administrative, verbal and written skills
• Have or willing to obtain an employee Working With Children's Check

About our culture

The Smith Family has employees at the centre of its values and operations. We nurture a supportive and inclusive culture that enables people to achieve personal and professional goals, through collaboration and innovation. With a proven work-life balance, wellbeing and health are our top priorities. Enjoy many other benefits, such as tax concessions and flexible working arrangements.

If you are passionate about what you do, committed to make a difference and this sounds like your next role, please click apply, we’d love to hear from you. You may view the position description here. 

Due to the nature of this role, the successful candidate must be prepared to undertake a National Police Check and a Working with Children’s Check. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to principles of cultural diversity. Applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are encouraged.

A position description is attached.