Climate Action & Community Engagement Officer (Hybrid PT)

Yarra City Council; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 86,000 - 105,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working Policy

Personal leave and other entitlements

EAP counselling

Salary sacrifice childcare options

Job summary

Yarra City Council is seeking a Climate Emergency Engagement Officer to lead community campaigns and engagement around the climate emergency. This temporary, part-time role focuses on delivering communications, mobilising communities, and empowering young people to act as leaders in climate action.

The successful candidate will design and evaluate initiatives with diverse stakeholders, work across internal teams and partner organisations, and support flexible hybrid work arrangements in a

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and implementing community sustainability campaigns.
• Strong communications skills and ability to manage complex projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience engaging and mobilising communities, including youth, around climate action.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver communications and campaigns to support climate action programs.
• Design, deliver and evaluate initiatives centred on empowering communities most at risk, with youth leadership.
• Collaborate with internal teams and partners on shared projects to drive climate action.

Skills

Campaign design

Community engagement

Stakeholder management

Communications

Job description

Yarra City Council is seeking a Climate Emergency Engagement Officer to lead community campaigns and engagement around the climate emergency. This temporary, part-time role focuses on delivering communications, mobilising communities, and empowering young people to act as leaders in climate action.

The successful candidate will design and evaluate initiatives with diverse stakeholders, work across internal teams and partner organisations, and support flexible hybrid work arrangements in a