Social Impact Practitioner

UTS; Broadway; On-site; AUD 112,000 - 124,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work practices

Parental leave

Salary packaging opportunities

Job summary

UTS in Sydney is seeking a Social Impact Practitioner to join the Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion. The role supports community engaged research and programs across UTS Shopfront, SOUL Award, Social Impact Grants and related initiatives, with a focus on building partnerships and advancing social impact.

You will manage projects, coordinate stakeholders, supervise casual staff, and contribute to evaluation and reporting of social impact activities, while promoting inclusive practices on

Qualifications

• Demonstrated community engagement skills, including listening and collaborating with community.
• Demonstrated facilitation skills engaging diverse stakeholders toward common goals.
• High-level written and verbal communications skills across diverse audiences.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team.
• Understanding of social impact and participatory research and evaluation methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Engaging with diverse internal and external stakeholders to build partnerships.
• Project management and implementation including planning, budgeting, timelines, and reporting.
• Contributing to the Community Engagement Charter implementation.
• Managing communications, case studies/reports, promotion of initiatives, and dissemination of outcomes.
• Supervising casual staff and volunteers, including contracts and timesheets.
• Contributing to knowledge, evaluation and reporting of social impact programs.

Skills

Community engagement

Facilitation

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Tools

Research methods

Job description

Our vision is to be a leading public university of technology recognised for our global impact. We are a dynamic and innovative university, ranked by the Times Higher Education as Australia's top young university, and located centrally in one of the world's most liveable cities. With a culturally diverse campus life and extensive international exchange and research programs, UTS prepares graduates for the workplaces of today and tomorrow.

About the Team

Social justice is core business for UTS, with the Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion (CSJI) committed to providing strong leadership in equity and diversity in the higher education sector and ensuring an inclusive work and study environment for our staff and students. The Centre supports a range of staff- and student-focused equity and inclusion strategies, activities, training and events in areas including cultural diversity, disability, gender and sexual orientation.

About the Role

The Social Impact Practitioner sits as part of the UTS Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion's Community Engagement and Impact Team, which has a focus on community engaged research, teaching, learning and practice. Key programs include UTS Shopfront, UTS SOUL Award, UTS Social Impact Grants and the Social Impact Lab. The position provides overall research and program support to a range of community engagement initiatives relating to the enhancing social Impact broadly at UTS and the Social Impact Lab.

If successful in applying for this role, you will be responsible for:

• Engaging with diverse internal and external stakeholders, developing and building impactful partnerships and maintaining relationships.
• Project management and implementation, including developing overall project plans, tasks, deliverables and milestones, budgeting, timelines, resource support, data management and reporting.
• Contributing to the implementation of the Community Engagement Charter.
• Managing communication needs, liaising with relevant colleagues and partners including the development of case studies or reports, promotion of social impact initiatives to internal and external stakeholders, and the dissemination of program outcomes and social impact narratives in relevant ways and formats.
• Supervising casual staff and volunteers that contribute to the program including appointing and managing their contracts and timesheets.
• Contributing to the ongoing knowledge, evaluation and reporting of social impact programs including undertaking community-based and engaged research.

With examples, please outline within your Cover Letter, how you meet the following five (5) key selection criteria:

• Demonstrated community engagement skills, including experience in listening and collaborating with community
• Demonstrated facilitation skills and the ability to engage a broad range of stakeholders to work towards a common goal
• High-level written and verbal communications skills, with the ability to engage diverse audiences
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to work in a team environment and collaborate with others
• Understanding of social impact and participatory research and evaluation methodologies

Remuneration

Base Salary Range: $111,740 - $123,611 per annum (HEW 7) pro rata

This role attracts 17% superannuation (pension) in addition to the base salary.

UTS staff also benefit from a wide range of Employee Benefits include flexible work practices, generous parental leave and salary packaging opportunities.

This position is part time (0.6FTE) and appointment will be made on a continuing basis.

Closing Date: Friday, 6th November 2026 at 11:59pm (AEST)

Applicants must have current and valid work rights in Australia.

UTS prioritises safety, respect, and inclusion for every member of our community. In support of this, and in line with our statutory obligations under the National Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence 2026, all prospective employees must declare any past investigations relating to gender-based violence. Employment at UTS is contingent upon completion of this declaration, and, where necessary, assessment of any identified risk factors. We appreciate your role in upholding the standards and behaviour expected of our community.

At UTS, the concepts of equity and social justice are key to our core and purpose - we are recognised widely as supporting inclusivity and valuing diversity through our Wingara Indigenous Employment Strategy, Social Impact Framework and UTS Access and Inclusion Plan.

Cited as a WGEA Employer of Choice since the inception of the award, we are now among the first Australian institutions to receive the Athena SWAN Bronze Accreditation for our commitment to action addressing gender equity in the STEMM disciplines.