'Resilient Villages' Pilot Project - CDWs

'Resilient Villages' Pilot Project – Recruiting for 3 CDW Positions.

MCRN is seeking to contract three new CDW positions, to March 2025, to implement a pilot project of 'Resilient Villages' as part of a three-year Preparing Australian Communities grant, funded by the Federal government.

The project aims to draw together current/planned individual village-based initiatives and to assist each community to develop local, community-led Resilience Action Plans for each village/locality. This pilot project is designed to build on work underway in the Blue Mountains since 2013 to increase the resilience of our communities - street by street, and each village at a time.

The Project is looking to engage 3 x skilled community development workers (1 x PT Project Lead, SCHADS 6.1;  2 x FT CDWs, SCHADS 4.2) to assist with coordination, capacity-building and support to each participating community, and assist in ensuring sustainability. The lessons learned in the course of the project will be shared with other villages participating in the pilot, and any others interested in the model (in what we hope will be Stage 2 roll-out across the LGA).

In addition, the project will involve significant expansion of our coordinated annual 'Get Ready! BM' preparedness program across the LGA.

If you have a background in grass-roots community development, or community-led recovery or resilience-building, one of these exciting roles may be for you! Remote working/WFH will be combined with on-ground connection and liaison with participating communities in the Blue Mountains over the course of the project.

Details

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Essential Criteria

• Demonstrated background/expertise in community development (including specifically grass-roots community consultation/co-design processes, genuine community engagement).
• Demonstrated skill in building trusting relationships and productive networks (in community, with project partners/stakeholders, in a team).
• Demonstrated active listening skills.
• Excellent written skills (including report-writing, analysis, data-analysis, developing case-studies and stories, recommendations for follow-up action).
• Excellent verbal communication skills (including clarity, matching message to target audience, chairing or convening public meetings, public speaking).
• Ability to deal with conflict (including in community meetings, or in a team).
• Driver’s Licence; and
• Proof of up-to-date COVID vaccinations.

Desirable Criteria

• Demonstrated understanding of Blue Mountains community (shared values, unique villages, geography, history, socio-economic factors, experiences with emergencies, etc.).
• Previous experience with long-term Recovery or community preparedness programs following an emergency would be highly regarded.
• Ability to work from home if required (NB laptops, mobiles, etc supplied).

Other Information

An Employment Pack (including full Position Descriptions & Selection Criteria - copy attached) and a copy of the Detailed Project Plan, can be found at: https://www.mcrn.org.au/index.php/our-sector/community-sector-jobs.

Applications which do not address the Selection Criteria will not be considered.

How to Apply

Interested applicants MUST address essential and desirable selection criteria (see above & full details in Employment Pack);  any applications which do not address the Selection Criteria will not be considered.

Please provide at least two referees, with at least one being a previous employer/supervisor. All applicants must be willing to provide proof of/undertake criminal record and Working With Children checks.

Enquiries about the position are to be directed to Kris Newton, MCRN Manager on 0458 626210.

Applications should be addressed to: manager@mcrn.org.au by close of business Friday 10th June, 2022. Late applications will not be considered.

Mountains Community Resource Network (MCRN)

Mountains Community Resource Network (MCRN) is the local peak body for the community sector in the Blue Mountains. We have been coordinating community recovery, resilience-building and preparedness across the LGA since the 2013 bushfires.