School Community Partnership Facilitator (Identified) - Balaclava State School

Queensland Government; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Government seeks a School Community Partnership Facilitator for Balaclava State School in Cairns. The role focuses on developing partnerships among schools, families, government agencies and community organisations to improve educational outcomes and strengthen local service delivery.

You will coordinate community engagement, co-design, analyse demographic data, identify local priorities and mobilise tailored support to build community capacity and improve school performance across

Qualifications

• Develop partnerships between schools, families, government agencies and community organisations to improve educational outcomes.
• Coordinate community engagement and co-design to support equity and excellence.
• Analyse demographic and regional data to identify local priorities and plan actions.

Responsibilities

• Manage key relationships to enhance planning and service delivery processes.
• Prioritise, schedule and perform work to meet deadlines and client service standards.
• Collaborate with school leaders, families and agencies to design tailored supports.
• Analyse information sources such as demographic data, regional plans and papers to inform planning advice.
• Contribute to Partnership Initiative priorities and mobilise differentiated supports.
• Develop place-based action plans and assist cross-agency responses to improve outcomes.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Project coordination

Community engagement

Job description

The School Community Partnership Facilitator at Balaclava State School develops partnerships between schools, families, government agencies and community organisations to improve educational outcomes and strengthen local service delivery.

The role involves coordinating community engagement and co-design, analysing demographic and regional data, identifying local priorities, developing place-based action plans, and mobilising tailored support to build community capacity and improve school performance.

Balaclava State School is a Prep to Year 6 primary school located in the centre of Cairns. Our students are drawn primarily from the surrounding residential suburbs of the local area. We work to continually foster positive relationships with our families, local businesses, surrounding schools, clubs and professional associations. Our commitment is to give our students a strong start to education through creating a learning environment in which each child can thrive and become an independent, creative and connected learner. It is through these solid foundations that unlimited potentials will emerge.

As the School Community Partnership Facilitator, you will develop, connect and engage with key school, family and community stakeholders to inform local place-based action plans for shared outcomes as part of the Equity and Excellence Partnership initiative targeting tailored and differentiated support to regional, rural and remote Queensland state school sites, as well as assist partnership school leaders engage their communities through co-design as well as deliver in-school and cross-agency responses that promote effective service delivery, performance improvement and strengthened community connections.

• Manage key relationships to enhance planning and service delivery processes.
• Proven ability to prioritise, schedule and perform work to meet deadlines, commitments and client service standards.
• Ability to participate in a work team and to undertake a variety of project activities.
• Develop and maintain working relationships with the local, regional, state, commonwealth and local government officers and local peak bodies to prepare and provide timely information and advice to stakeholders in relation to future planning for the delivery of services in line with government policy.
• Access and analyse information sources such as demographic data, community data, regional development plans, local government planning documents, recommendations and papers to inform planning and coordination advice and support.
• Contribute to and support the implementation of Partnership Initiative priorities, including using local knowledge to mobilise differentiated and relevant supports to Partnership Initiative Schools and their community settings, in partnership with the region and the Education Futures Institute.
• Contribute to the local Partnership Initiative response plans by identifying local priorities and addressing emerging issues and trends for quality improvement and integrated service delivery.
• Identify responsive planning and coordination strategies as well as activities to build community capacity and enhance performance to optimise outcomes for key stakeholders in the Partnership Initiative.

A Mandatory Requirement Of This Role Is

• For this position, it is a genuine occupational requirement that it be filled by an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander person as set out in Section 7 of the Anti Discrimination Act 1991 for the purposes contained in Section 25 of that Act.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

Occupational group

Education & Training