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Part Time 15.2 hours per week (0.4EFT) ? Fixed Term until December 2025 Ballarat Location Salary Range $97,535 to $101,942 pro rata base Superannuation Generous salary packaging options Award winning inclusive employer Our opportunity We are seeking a compassionate and skilled Gambler?s Help Community Engagement Officer to join our dedicated team. This role offers an incredible opportunity to make a meaningful impact within the community to raise awareness of the risks and harms associated with gambling, delivering a Schools Education Program to secondary school students to educate the risks and harms of gambling. In this role you will undertake activities that build community knowledge and understanding of gambling. This will include attending events and speaking engagements and building strategic local partnerships. If you are passionate about supporting community engagement and education, this could be the perfect fit for you. To find out more view the position description on our job ad at cafs.org.au About you You are a compassionate and highly skilled professional with a strong background in community engagement, health promotion and capability building. In this role you will have or be able to: Work with clients with varying service requirements and needs Positively influence awareness, understanding and attitudes about gambling risks and harms. Work to timeframes and KPIs Use your highly developed cultural awareness and sensitivity, partnered with excellent communication skills, to build strong relationships with our stakeholders Alignment to Cafs values of Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, Kindness & Innovation QUALIFICATIONS Tertiary qualification in either Education, Community Development, Public Health or Health Promotion. ? OUR ORGANISATION AT CAFS, YOU MAKE THE DIFFERENCE Cafs (Child and Family Services Ballarat) is a proudly independent community service organisation, with our head office located in the Ballarat Community. We celebrate diversity and strive to be inclusive in everything we do. For over 156 years, the heart of our service has been the wellbeing of children, young people and their families. Today, that commitment stands strong, and we extend our programs to include everyone who needs assistance across the Grampians and Central Highlands ? Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA, people of all abilities, people of different race, ethnicity or cultural backgrounds and people of all religions. Cafs have adopted TBRI as our preferred model of care and Cafs way of strengthening relationships with others. TBRI uses?Empowering Principles to address physical needs, Connecting Principles for attachment needs, and Correcting Principles to disarm fear-based behaviours. Our services are aimed at providing early help and intervention, targeted support and ongoing assistance. Cafs is a value driven organisation, which means we use our values to hold ourselves to account in how we work together and how we serve our clients What is on offer at Cafs? Join an organisation that lives their values Inclusive, supportive and innovative teams Above award entitlements, including 3 days paid Christmas Leave Rewarding Careers with professional development and dedicated resources to support your growth Salary Packaging options up to $15,900 plus meals and entertainment To find out more go visit our careers page INTERESTED? We would love to hear from you, to find out more about this opportunity contact Linda Borner, Team Leader Financial & Gamblers Help Community Engagement or Stacey Brownhill, People & Engagement Business Partner on 03 5337 3333 . WANT TO APPLY? To apply for this role please submit your application through the online portal by selecting the ?apply now? button on our careers webpage. Please note all applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and will be subject to a satisfactory Police Check outcome and an employment Working with Children Check. Cafs encourages all staff to fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Applications are now open and will close? Tuesday the 15th of April, 2025 at midnight. Please note applications will be reviewed as they are received and applicants may be contacted for interview prior to the closing date. At Cafs we welcome applications from all people and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, People with disabilities, LGBTI people and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply for our positions at Cafs. Need support with your application? If you require additional assistance with your application please contact people@cafs.org.au