Community Hub Team Leader (Western Sydney)

• Based in Bankstown – frequent travel is required to various SSI sites
• Contract to December 2019
• Part Time – work a 30 hour week!

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Community Hub Team Leader (CHTL) provides coordination, liaison and support functions for up to 12 Hubs in a designated geographic area of West Sydney.

Community Hubs aim to engage culturally diverse communities and primarily help migrant and refugee families with preschool and primary school aged children. They connect families with each other, with their school and with existing services, including local organisations that can provide education, health and settlement support. Hub Leaders work collaboratively with families, and school and community centre staff to develop programs that respond to local needs and build families’ confidence, skills and knowledge of child development and parenting. Specific duties and responsibilities include:

• Monitor data collection and reporting to ensure accurate and comprehensive records that reflect Program priorities and SSI Policy and Procedures
• Provide administration supervision to Hub Leaders, including monitoring additional Hub Leader hours worked and associated records and reporting to payroll
• Provide leadership support to Hub Leaders with regards to planning and managing programs at their relevant hubs/schools
• Organise team meetings on a regular basis to help Hub Leaders participate in professional discussions and development, to boost team spirit and to increase the effectiveness of decision-making
• Ensure consistently high-level services are provided across Hub sites to migrant and refugee families
• Ensure compliance with specified budgetary parameters

SELECTION CRITERIA

• Degree or Diploma in Community Development/Social Science/ or related discipline or equivalent experience.
• Experience in working with CALD communities in particular, recently arrived migrants and refugees.
• Experience in a team management/team leader role in the community services or education sectors
• Experience in application of community development principals and community capacity building
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage networks and maintain stakeholder relationships
• Demonstrated experience in drafting reports
• High level administration and IT skills
• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• In depth understanding of the needs of and strategies for working with and engaging people from CALD communities
• A valid NSW driver’s licence

Please respond to the “Selection Criteria” section in your cover letter.

WHAT WE OFFER

We offer the opportunity to engage in meaningful work that makes a real difference to the lives of our clients, their families, carers, and communities.

We have a fantastic benefits package that promotes work/life balance; something we are very passionate about! This includes flexible working arrangements and generous salary packaging options so you can increase your take home pay!

SSI is passionate about social justice and diversity and is committed to being an EEO employer. We embrace diversity in our workforce and encourage applications from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including those from Aboriginal, Torres Strait Island heritage and people with lived experience of disability. 

We strongly believe in protecting the safety and wellbeing of children and vulnerable communities and take child protection very seriously. All employees will undergo a National Police Clearance and a Working with Children Check as a condition of employment.

Applications close date: Wednesday 8th August 2018