About The Role: Passionate about place, community and connection? We’re seeking a community-minded and creative Project Officer with a hands-on approach to support and deliver place-based initiatives that bring our public spaces to life. This role will primarily support local community-led events, facilitate civic storytelling, and coordinate grants and partnerships that enhance local identity and social connection across the City of Charles Sturt. About You: You’ll thrive in this role if you enjoy turning ideas into action and working side-by-side with communities to shape places people love. You’ll bring practical project coordination skills, a strong eye for detail, and a passion for collaboration. If you can: Support the delivery of engaging local events and activations Build strong relationships with community members and stakeholders Uncover and share the cultural and historical stories of our City Provide practical support to community event organisers Coordinate grant processes and facilitate in-kind support for community projects Collaborate with internal teams to help deliver safe, inclusive and vibrant local initiatives then we’d love to hear from you! About Our Organisation: The City of Charles Sturt is a vibrant community home to around 130,000 people across 105 different cultures. We champion unity in diversity and strive to reflect our community within our workforce - wherever you are from, you are home in the City of Charles Sturt. We prioritise customer and employee experience and a supportive environment where everyone belongs. With over 500 employees, our people and our community "Means the World" to us which highlights the importance of our places, our people and our service to the community. We work flexibly and support one another. Visit our careers page to explore the benefits of joining our team and talk to us about what flexibility works for you. About Our Team: The Place Making team drives the delivery and activation of spaces that foster arts and cultural outcomes. The team also create exceptional place-making experiences and implement equitable community open space projects to contribute to a rich, vibrant, and inclusive City. The Detail: The position is offered on a part-time, fixed term basis until 30 June 2026, working 45 hours per fortnight (0.6FTE) and is classified at Level 5, with a salary range of $103,798 to $108,265 per annum (pro-rata) Super Annual Leave Loading. A current unprohibited Working with Children Check must be maintained for the duration of the employment period in this prescribed position. Click ‘Apply for this job’ to submit your application for this vacancy by 5pm, 1 September 2025. For further information about this vacancy, please view the attached position description. Enquiries about this position may be made to the following: Cat Conidi, Coordinator Place Making cconidi@charlessturt.sa.gov.au 0417 787 885 Position Description - Project Officer Place Making
