Ready to make a splash in your career? WaterNSW is seeking an experienced Community Engagement Officer (6-month term) to join our team. This is for a parental leave cover.
This is an opportunity to work with an essential organisation creating a more sustainable future for the state.
This role offers the flexibility to work around life, your contribution will be valued, and you’ll be supported to build a rewarding career.
Our perks and Benefits:
At WaterNSW, we believe that our employees should be as well taken care of as our rivers, dams, and pipelines, that’s why we offer a load of benefits.
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Flexible working
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Work a 9-day fortnight at Full pay on the Enterprise agreement
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Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
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Fertility leave
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Yearly corporate wear allowance
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Professional development and educational assistance
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Salary Range starting from Base $131,851 + Super
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And so much more!
What you’ll do:
- Ensure the development, implementation and evaluation of communication and community engagement plans to support the promotion of WaterNSW’s projects in the community.
- Ensure communication materials are developed to support communication and community engagement plans, including intranet and internet content, newsletters (internal and external), brochures and flyers, display materials, presentations, fact sheets and draft media releases in order to support the promotion of community engagement activities and projects.
- Provide advice across WaterNSW regarding community engagement activities and obligations.
- Manage community engagement databases for reporting and stakeholder relationship management
- Plan and manage major project events, to meet organisational community engagement schedule and coordinate formal community engagement forums and committees.
- Serve as the key contact point for particular community engagement related inquiries
What we are looking for:
- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field such as community engagement, communications, public relations or significant equivalent community engagement experience.
- Preparedness to travel within NSW to meet the demands of regional engagement projects.
- Availability to work on call and out-of-hours duties particular during incidents.
- Proven high level experience in managing community engagement projects including the development and implementation of community engagement plans
- Proven experience in writing and editing complex material to meet the needs of a target audience.
How we will support you:
At WaterNSW, we balance flexibility – and the way we work – with the needs of the business, our teams, and us as individuals.
When it comes to working in an office, we work in a hybrid way. If you’re required to be in the field or on site, the benefits of flexibility can be achieved in other ways, such as through a condensed work week.
We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer and are committed to providing equal opportunities for women. Visit ourWORK180 page to access our benefits and career development opportunities
More about our team/ culture:
No matter how or where you work, safety is the number one priority. This means the physical and mental safety of you, your colleagues, and the public.
WaterNSW operates the state’s dams, capturing and storing water, and then supplying it ready for distribution – for the environment, agriculture, industry and the community. With 41 major dams and hundreds of waterways across the state, we play a vital role at the source of the state’s water, delivering two thirds of all water used in NSW.
We’re the people taking care of the state’s water at the source – capturing, storing, delivering. Find out more at waternsw.com.au
For more information, please reach out to: Talent Acquisition Partner Azmine Amer at azmine.amer@waternsw.com.au
Please note applications for this position will close on 19 August 2024.