South Melbourne, VIC $95,000 - $110,000 / Year FP - Full-time Permanent Community Engagement & Partnerships Lead Full-time or Part-time (24-40 hours per week) | Hybrid | Dandenong, Yarraville, South Melbourne & WFH Position overview You’ll become the face of foster care recruitment across priority communities. You’ll build trusted relationships with community organisations, businesses, schools, sporting clubs, cultural groups and local leaders to help raise awareness of foster care and encourage more people to take the first step. You’ll have the autonomy to identify new opportunities and see the direct impact of your work through foster care enquiries and partnerships.

Your role - Build and grow partnerships with schools, sporting clubs, businesses, cultural organisations and community groups.

- Develop local engagement plans for Dandenong and Melbourne’s west.
- Attend community events, expos, markets and information sessions.
- Identify new opportunities to connect with people interested in foster care.
- Work closely with OzChild’s foster care recruitment team to convert enquiries.
- Develop quarterly local engagement plans and report on results.
- Manage community relationships and activity through our CRM. What a successful candidate looks like - A confident communicator who enjoys starting conversations with new people.
- Naturally outgoing and comfortable presenting to community groups.
- Self‑motivated and able to work independently.
- Organised and confident managing multiple projects at once.
- Comfortable working flexibly, including occasional evenings and weekends.
- Passionate about making a positive difference in your local community.
- Experience in community engagement, partnerships, stakeholder engagement, business development, marketing or a similar role.
- A tertiary qualification in marketing, communications, community development,



public relations or equivalent experience.
- Strong relationship‑building and networking skills.
- A current driver’s licence and access to a reliable vehicle.
- Residency within metropolitan Melbourne.

Experience working with culturally diverse communities will be highly regarded.

We offer

- Salary up to $110,000 per annum (including car allowance).
- Salary packaging of up to $15,900 plus $2,650 for meals & entertainment / general expenses card which increases your take‑home pay.
- Ex Gratia days during Easter & Christmas.
- Flexible hybrid working across Dandenong, Yarraville, South Melbourne and home.
- Full‑time or part‑time arrangements (24–40 hours per week).
- A supportive, collaborative and energetic Marketing & Engagement team.
- The chance to see the real impact of your work in the communities you support. Interested? For a confidential discussion about the role, contact: (Details to be provided). Applications will be reviewed as they are received. Start date for this role will be September 1 st , 2026 Successful applicants will be required to undergo a police check and all safety screening before commencement as well as hold a current WWCC. OzChild is an equal opportunity employer and encourages individuals of diverse backgrounds to apply. OzChild is committed to providing a recruitment process which embeds the values of equity, diversity, and inclusivity, and commit to making reasonable adjustments where necessary to ensure all individuals have equal opportunity to fully participate in the process. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage individuals of diverse gender identity, sexual orientation, cultural and religious backgrounds to apply. OzChild is a child‑safe organisation committed to protecting children and young people from all forms of abuse, bullying, exploitation and neglect, and to creating environments in all our programs and services where children are safe and feel safe.

📌 Community Engagement & Partnerships Lead (Melbourne)
🏢 OzChild
📍 Melbourne