Community Engagement & Inclusion Coordinator

Belgravia Leisure; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 44,000 - 52,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Free facility access

Community impact

Job summary

Belgravia Leisure is seeking a part-time Community Engagement & Inclusion Coordinator to lead the implementation of the 5 Year Access & Inclusion Plan in Banyule. You will develop programs that promote accessibility and participation and report on outcomes to the Centre Manager.

The role focuses on building networks, researching local needs, and delivering sustainable community programs within our aquatic venues. Experience in community work and strong collaboration skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Identify, engage and collaborate with key community members and groups to enhance social capital.
• Through robust research, identify local community needs for programs in disability/diversity spaces.
• Collaborate with coordinators and stakeholders to develop programs and collect data to evaluate impact.
• Identify opportunities to ensure programs are sustainable and self-sufficient.
• Develop professional reports on actions and outcomes of implemented programs.

Skills

Community engagement

Stakeholder relations

Job description

VIC, WaterMarc Banyule - Greensborough 3088

• Great career paths and development with an entrepreneurial organisation
• Free facility access
• Opportunity to make a real difference to our community

We are looking for an individual that shows leadership, is friendly and passionate about delivering the Belgravia Leisure - 5 Year Access & Inclusion Plan within the Banyule Community.

The Role

We are seeking a part time Community Engagement & Inclusion Coordinator to work with our community. The role will oversee the day to day implementation of the Belgravia Leisure - 5 Year Access & Inclusion Plan within the area and will be responsible for the implementation of programs and initiatives to promote accessibility and participation amongst those that have been marginalised from such opportunities.

Reporting directly to the Centre Manager, the primary focus of the role will be to:

• Identify, engage and collaborate with a network of key community members and groups that can assist in the implementation of programs within that aquatic venues that will enhance social capital;
• Through a robust research process, identify local community needs that may be enhanced by programs delivered within the aquatic venue’s disability, diversity and disadvantaged space;
• To collaborate with coordinators and other key stakeholder to develop programs that address the identified needs and emerging issues, and collect relevant information and data to evaluate and report the impact of community programs.
• Identify opportunities to ensure that established programs are, where possible, sustainable and self-sufficient.
• Develop highly professional reports on the actions and outcomes of the implemented program highlighting the benefit to the community

The delivery of a fundraising strategy for the Belgravia Foundation, with all funds providing programs, services and education that promote access to leisure.

Responsibilities

The Community Engagement Coordinator is responsible for building meaningful and lasting relationships within Banyule to service and support community needs, including but not limited to:

• Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) with attention to people of diverse faiths, those who experience language barriers, newly arrived people, in particular newly arrived migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, and international students
• People living on low and/or insufficient incomes to meet basic rights and needs, with attention to people living in public housing, families with young children and single parent families
• Homeless people and/or those in housing stress
• Children of all ages, with specific attention to the first thousand days (pregnancy to two years old)
• Young people, with attention to those who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, from CALD backgrounds, early school leavers, and those living in families with insufficient incomes and/or in neighbourhoods with limited infrastructure
• Older people, with attention to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples, from CALD backgrounds, and older people living in public housing, living alone or in neighbourhoods with limited infrastructure
• People with disability or mental illness
• Carers
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Gender Diverse, Intersex, Queer, Asexual and all other identities (LGBTIQA+)
• Socially, locally and technologically isolated people
• People at risk of exclusion due to reasons not listed above and which may include family violence, pay inequities, unemployment gender stereotypes, being single parents, divorced or widowed.

The delivery of a fundraising strategy for the Belgravia Foundation, with all funds providing programs, services and education that promote access to leisure.

We will provide innovative recruitment strategies to remove any barriers that may prevent potential suitable applicants. These includes:

• A dedicated contact person to receive expressions of interest in the job, and complete a verbal job application during which the person answers questions over the telephone.
• Allowing a short video submission describing their application for the job
• Allowing a support person during an interview

The Company

Belgravia Leisure is part of the Belgravia Health and Leisure Group (BHLG) and is the fastest growing leisure organisation in Australia. Our core areas of business and facilities stewardship include health clubs, wellness and spa, golf, aquatic and sporting venues in 200 locations across Australia and New Zealand.

We are in an exciting period of growth, and look to continue to diversify and deliver results while being a strong community citizen. With an annual turnover in excess of $180m, the group are looking for the best and brightest to assist with taking the organisation into the future.

We value diversity and encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people of any age or gender, people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex and/or queer (LGBTIQA+) and people with disability.