Community Strengthening Officer - Infrastructure

• Part time (0.9 FTE), Ongoing
• Band 6, Starting salary $94,713 (pro rata) plus superannuation

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The City of Greater Bendigo is in the heart of central Victoria on Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Country. Located just 90 minutes’ drive from Melbourne, our region offers all the benefits of a large city with a warm and welcoming country feel. 

Greater Bendigo is an attractive region that is famous for its food and wine, and boasts the Bendigo Art Gallery, theatres, stunning heritage buildings and natural surrounds that provide great recreational opportunities. There are also high quality education and health services, a wide range of housing options, excellent rail and road networks, and Bendigo Airport has regular direct QantasLink flights to Sydney. 

We provide more than 65 important services to support our community, which is heading towards a population of 200,000 by 2050. Now is a great time to join us!

The Role

You will work closely with our community to contribute to the strategic development, implementation and review of community facilities, in line with the City’s Community Hub and Precincts Strategy (currently in development), to ensure equitable participation and access for the community.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Contribute to the development and facilitation of project planning, delivery and evaluation
• Provide recommendations about the future need for community infrastructure by collecting and analysing financial and planning data, community consultation and usage
• Proactively engage with a range of stakeholders and working collaboratively to achieve organisational and community outcomes
• Review, update and develop policies and prepare project proposals, funding submissions, consultancy briefs and partnership and licence agreements.

This is a part‑time position (up to 9 days a fortnight) with flexibility in days and hours worked.

We currently have advertised a Community Strengthening Officer – Community Halls position, further details available on our website

About You

You will be a capable and experienced community development practitioner with a demonstrated commitment to assets (strengths) based community development principles. You will also bring:

• Experience using change management principles and project management frameworks to develop, implement, deliver and review projects.
• Demonstrated capabilities in collaborating and building strategic partnerships
• Research, analysis and benchmarking capabilities, with an ability to apply findings to policy, strategic plan and strategy development
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines

A current Police Check, Working with Children Check (Employee) and driver’s licence are required for this position.

Benefits

• Part time position with flexible work options | Achieve work/life balance
• Contribute to our community | Work close to home in beautiful Bendigo
• Paid parental leave| Purchased leave| Study leave| Training & development opportunities

Contact

If you require any further information regarding this position, please contact Vanessa Wait, Acting Coordinator Community Strengthening, 03 5434 6389.

To Apply

Please submit your cover letter, outlining why you are interested in this position and detailing your relevant experience with your current CV/resume by Thursday 5 February 2026.