• Opportunity to make a difference in a purpose-led organisation.
• We are looking for a passionate Youth Engagement Officer!
• Not-for-profit salary packaging benefits, where a portion of your income is tax-free!
• Work from home flexibility
• Enjoy valuable and meaningful work empowering and making difference in the community.

The St Vincent de Paul Society is a leading provider of community support services, whose mission is to shape a more just and compassionate society.

We believe our employees are key to our success and offer Learning and Development programs to enhance and grow your career across a range of teams and services. Our staff are recognised for their achievements and are offered promotional opportunities on a meritocracy basis within a collegiate and values driven team environment and culture.

Your new role:

The Youth Engagement Officer will creatively engage young people, family and friends, service providers and the general community.

Your responsibilities:

• Planning and implementation of projects, events to strengthen youth engagement.
• Delivering timely and relevant communications to young people utilising technology and social media.
• Attracting youth member participation in the Society's activities.
• Supporting the Regional Directors, and other members of the Regional Operations team.

To be successful, you will need:

• Experience working with and effectively engaging young people.
• Relevant tertiary qualification/s in human services, teaching, business, office administration or equivalent.
• Experience using social media and other digital platforms to deliver engagement strategies to young people.
• Experience providing operational and administrative team support working remotely and across various regions.
• NSW driver licence and capacity to travel within the region.

If you have questions about this role, please email Mary Musolino (Manager, Youth and Schools Engagement) on [email protected], using the subject line: Youth Engagement Officer (VIN2598) enquiry via EthicalJobs.

The Society is committed to being a Child Safe organisation, further information can be found in the Society's commitment to Safeguarding Children & Young People. Prior to an offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete the pre-employment checks including a Police check & Working with Children check.

St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to engaging a diverse workforce. We take pride in the diversity of our people and encourage applications from people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQIA, candidates of any or no religious beliefs and applicants of all ages.

St Vincent de Paul (NSW) has a COVID- 19 vaccination policy that has identified this role as requiring a full COVID-19 vaccination. Medical exemptions with the NSW government contraindication form will be considered, subject to a satisfactory risk assessment