Social Inclusion Lead
Reference number: 10438
Closing date: Friday 1st November 2024
- Permanent Full-Time
- Classified as Band 6
- Salary commencing at $94,996 per annum plus 11.5% superannuation (commensurate with experience)
About Us
Moonee Valley City Council is a vibrant and diverse municipality. We are a local government within the north-west metropolitan area of Melbourne, providing a range of services to some 127,000 residents and over 10,000 businesses.
At Moonee Valley City Council, we recognise the needs of employees with family responsibilities and we want to help them balance their home and work life. Council provides a number of benefits to our staff including generous paid parental and pre-natal leave, carer's leave, salary sacrifice options, flexible work opportunities, and an alternate model of employment where staff may purchase up to six additional weeks of annual leave.
The Opportunity
Working as part of our Umarkoo Wayi - Equity, Access and Youth Unit, this position will play an important role in developing and coordinating Council's approach to diverse and inclusive community-based policy, programming, practice, and initiatives. This includes applying an inclusive practice and intersectional lens to MV2040 priority populations to improve social outcomes of equity, participation, and human rights.
Responsibilities
- Coordinating policy and program development within Council to ensure positive social outcomes for the community, with a particular focus on MV2040 priority populations experiencing structural disadvantage.
- Provide strategic advice and advocacy that aligns with portfolios within the Unit and across Council initiatives, utilising an intersectional and inclusive lens.
- Coordinate and lead the delivery of key events, training, workshops required to deliver on the portfolio area utilising an evidence-based approach.
- Oversee and maintain the Rainbow Tick accreditation with support from Aged & Disability and Youth Services Teams.
- Develop and strengthen partnerships with key community partners, to ensure diverse representation and support within Council and across the municipality.
- Liaise and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure efficient and effective operations and coordinate relevant projects within the portfolio areas to empower and build inclusion for diverse communities.
- Provide advice and guidance on wider diversity, equity and inclusion projects and programs where relevant and required.
- Ensure a current working knowledge of government initiatives and priorities, relevant research and good practice in the diversity, equity and inclusion sector.
About You
To be suitable for the role, you will possess the following:
- Completion of a degree or diploma course with some relevant experience; or through lesser formal qualifications and substantial relevant experience.
- Current Working with Children Check
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted through our online system and should be in line with the Moonee Valley City Council Application Guide. Applications that do not meet these requirements may not be considered. As part of your application, please ensure you upload a separate document addressing the Key Selection Criteria which can be found at the bottom of the Position Description.
For further information, please view the Position Description or contact, Ilz Aslan Senior Coordinator Umarkoo Wayi - Equity, Access and Youth Unit on (03) 9243 1876.
In line with Council Policy, Council positions require you to be vaccinated against COVID-19. If you are successful in our recruitment and selection process, you will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status.
