Community Development Officer - Access and Inclusion

Blacktown City is a growing and thriving city, located halfway between Sydney City and the Blue Mountains. With 450,000 residents, we are the largest and most diverse city in NSW, spread across 54 suburbs. Blacktown City is vibrant, dynamic and multicultural, home to a large First Nations community and people from more than 180 different birthplaces and languages.

With $24.8 billion regional economy, Blacktown City is also home to 35,000 businesses. Working at Blacktown City Council provides widespread, exciting professional opportunities. Our Council is leading the transformation of Blacktown City and Western Sydney. We are implementing a vision for a modern city, full of opportunity for our residents and businesses.

Our Council is led by highly skilled and experienced professionals, working with talented and passionate teams across a diverse range of business units. We are delivering high quality, customer-focused services, experiences, and facilities, and leading a program of strategic planning, activity and investment.

Blacktown City Council strives to be an inclusive workplace for all people. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, the LGBTIQ+ community, veterans and people with disabilities.

About the opportunity

Our Community Development team plays a critical role in shaping the capacity and cohesion of our City. Charged with working specifically with the youth, culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD), disability, children's, senior's and women's sectors and with our large and growing First Nations community, the team works with specialist staff across Council and specialist agencies within the community.

Working as a Community Development Officer - Access and Inclusion on a permanent, full-time basis, you will possess the qualifications, experience and passion to take a lead role in identifying and harnessing opportunities for members of our diverse community, of all ethnicity and abilities. An ideal candidate will have high-level analytical and negotiation skills and have a proven record of delivering innovative solutions to identified community needs. 

As a member of our Community section, you will have the ability to support and enhance the work of the section’s social planning and community facilities teams. 

Qualifications and experience

Essential:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications 
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge working with people with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse communities
• Demonstrated experience working as a member of a team to deliver collaborative outcomes
• Demonstrated high-level written and interpersonal communication skills
• Computer literate in basic office applications and the ability to quickly learn corporate applications
• Current class C driver's licence.

Desirable:

• Experience in, or an understanding of the diversity of services offered by local government.

Remuneration and benefits

The salary and conditions of employment are in accordance with Blacktown City Council’s Enterprise Agreement.

• Entry level for this position starts at $1,861.14 per week
• 35-hour working week 
• Car allowance
• Opportunity to participate in Council's flextime arrangement
• Employee benefits such as leave entitlements (where applicable), 12% employer contribution payable to your nominated superannuation fund, Fitness Passport, gym membership discounts, and social clubs.

Our commitment to safety

Blacktown City Council is committed to safety. We have introduced alcohol and other drug testing at the pre-employment phase, and via a series of random and cause testing.

We are a child safe organisation that supports and promotes the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of children.

Position description 

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  Apply now using our fast and easy-to-use online application process:

1. Have your resume and any other relevant documentation ready to attach. 
2. Have a personal email address ready to use and complete your application without 'logging out' of the system.
3. Review the questions and decide on your responses before commencing your application.
   
   Best of luck.

Closing date:           Friday 18 July 2025, 11.59 pm    

Contact officer:       Claire Simmonds on 0456 245 489

Internal ref:              BCC1067