Central Coast Council

Senior Engagement Officer

We are seeking an exceptional communicator and natural collaborator who is passionate about achieving high-quality community engagement outcomes. If you have these skills this might be your chance to rewrite the future with Central Coast Council.

• Be part of a dynamic team passionate about community and stakeholder engagement
• Work/life balance - 9-day fortnight with flexible/hybrid working arrangements available
• Permanent full-time position available

About the role

This position creates value for the community by leading and delivering community engagement projects that ensure community voices are heard in key Council projects, strategies and plans.

You will like making complex topics understandable, building internal and external relationships, managing multiple projects and be able to handle competing priorities/deadlines. Your strengths will lie in, listening to what the community is telling us and storytelling using data and insights in your reporting.

Working in engagement at a local government level is a challenging and rewarding career where you have the opportunity to guide our internal leaders on the best way to achieve community participation and gain quality data and insights to inform important decision making. You will also contribute to real change by building a positive engagement culture across the organisation through contributing and leading an engagement Community of Practice.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• a degree qualification in Social Science, Social Planning, Strategic Planning, Communications, Public Relations or, Public Participation or related field OR demonstrated solid contemporary experience in a similar role combined with ongoing professional development
• a current Class C Drivers Licence
• extensive experience in community engagement programs for a large organisation with a high public profile, with experience in Social Pinpoint and Consultation Manager (Open Point) highly desirable
• excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to form trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• proven experience in working with communities and managing contentious projects.

Ourposition descriptionprovides more information for you to learn more about this role.

Other important information

• The salary for this position ranges from $92.9k per year to the maximum salary of $107.7k on completion of assessment of skills and performance plus12% superannuation
• We have a permanent full-time role available
• This role will be able to access a 9-day fortnight
• We are able to offer hybrid and flexible working conditions for this role - 2 days from home and 3 days onsite (Wyong Administration Building)

Council may create an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.

Extra benefits

At Central Coast Councilwe provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check-ups. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.

Other extras include:

• Long service leave after 5 years of continuous service
• Free flu vaccination program
• Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, breast screen and blood donations
• Access to professional development with career development and learning programs through various platforms
• We reward and recognise our staff with our Cheers program
• Novated leasing partnerships.

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

Want to know more?

The contact person for this role isMadeleine Evans, Section Manager Communications, Engagement and Digital Marketing.You can contactMadeleineon0484 922 215.

This position will close for applications atmidnight on Monday, 27 April 2026.

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Location

Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia.

How to apply

We have put together some additional resources to help youapply for a roleat Central Coast Council.By completing and submitting this online application you confirm that any information that you provide in this application is true and correct and acknowledge that any offer of employment may be withdrawn should the information that you have provided in support of your application be shown to be false.You also consent to employment screening checks being conducted where appropriate. This may include associated checks including reference checks, Pre-Employment Medical checks including drugs and alcohol testing, Working with Children Check, Entitlement to Work in Australia, employment history and an Australian Federal Police Check, as well as substantiation of educational qualifications, industry memberships, previous Central Coast Council employment history and association with professional bodies.You also acknowledge that you will be required to provide proof of eligibility (including photo identification) to work in Australia if selected for an interview.

To lodge your application, please follow these steps:

1. Answer the on-line questions shown below.
2. Attach your resume
3. Attach your qualifications and licences.

Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.

If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing[email protected]to discuss what reasonable adjustments you may need.If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727.

Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail.For further instructions please clickhere.

You will have the ability to save your application as you go using the 'Save Application' button. You can start an application and return to it later via the automatic follow-up email once you have the time and required information at hand to finalise your application.

If you don't have access to a computer or electronic device, you can lodge your application at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1-hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest libraryhttps://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries/our-branchesor ask at the enquiry counter.

We will not accept unsolicited resumes or applications being presented by recruitment agencies.