Organisation : Hume Community Housing
Location : Sydney
Work type : Full-time
Sector : Homelessness & Affordable Housing
Salary type : Annual Package
Application closing date : 31 Mar, 2022
About the organisation
ABOUT US
Hume Community Housing is a sector-leading Community Housing Provider that operates from the principles that access to a safe, secure and appropriate home is a fundamental human right, and that homelessness is an experience not an identify.
Currently, Hume provides homes and services to more than one in every 1,000 residents of NSW. Hume’s purpose is “To Create Opportunities for People to Prosper”. We develop and construct new properties, undertake the tenancy and property management of social and affordable housing, as well as housing for people with a disability, and provide services and support to our diverse customers through a range of partnerships and in-house programs. Hume engages with customers to provide housing options, maintain their tenancies, build resilience and participate in local community life. Hume’s goal is to support our customers to thrive and prosper. Hume works within a collective impact approach, working with community stakeholders and identifying appropriate partners to design and deliver services that are tailored to locally driven need.
We are a values-driven organisation, so it is important that you share and reflect our values:
We are Champions of change, Creators of connectivity, Builders of resilience and Determined to succeed.
WHY WORK FOR US?
A career in community housing is extremely rewarding, knowing you can contribute to positive social impact and work towards generational change.
Hume offers above Award salaries, 35 hour working week, flexible working arrangements, long service leave after 5 years, salary packaging, career development opportunities and access to great technology; utilising social media to communicate with other employees. We are a terrific organisation which is truly values led and focused and committed to our purpose, which is to create opportunities for people to prosper.
Working for a not for profit also allows you to increase your take home pay by salary sacrificing into your everyday expenses. Meaning you pay less tax and could equate to $5K + extra in take home pay per year.
Want to know more, see our website for more information https://www.humehousing.com.au/index.html.
About the role
ABOUT THE ROLE
In this role, you will be developing programs and initiatives to improve the education and employment outcomes of our customers. In collaboration with a range of stakeholders, you will work towards increasing Hume’s understanding of local employment needs, opportunities, and pathways, ensuring our customers can effectively access employment, education and training opportunities.
Your responsibilities will be:
- Working with Hume’s multi-traders and other partners to create positive economic and education outcomes for customers
- Driving and managing the development and delivery of employment/ training programs based on evidence of what works
- Identifying and seeking funding opportunities to support ongoing operations and to strengthen and grow Hume’s employment and training activities
- Collecting, storing, and analysing program data in economic and education domains to measure outcomes
- Building networks and partnerships with employers, government, funding bodies and education services to develop and deliver programs
- Maintaining knowledge and adhering to relevant legislation, guidelines and workplace policies
ABOUT YOU
You are a collaborator with demonstrated and evidenced success in developing and delivering programs in the education, employment or training space. You will have a natural ability to build and maintain trust and can demonstrate an organised and methodical approach in recording and monitoring outputs.
To be successful in this role you will need to address the following selection criteria;
- Experience in program or project development and delivery in a similar role
- Sound understanding of the employment and education/training/skills sectors
- Demonstrated experience in working within a collaborative framework to achieve positive customer outcomes
- Demonstrated experience building and utilising networks and partnerships to achieve outcomes
- Relevant Community Development or Social Sciences or equivalent qualification
We need you if you love our values, have a passion to learn and help others, are self-motivated and pride yourself on being customer focused and a team player. It is essential that you are able to communicate clearly in all formats with excellent report writing skills. You will also need to possess a current NSW driver’s license and have access to a fully insured vehicle for work.
As a community housing provider, Hume regularly engages with and provides face to face services to customers in the community, and these roles require full COVID-19 vaccination status.
How to apply
Applications not allowed for this job listing.
Please quote in application: Program Officer – Training & Employment via Pro Bono Australia.
Sector: #Homelessness_and_Affordable_Housing
