We're looking for a Community Development Coordinator (CDC) with a passion for disaster resilience, relationship-building, and grant funding!
CLASSIFICATION / SALARY: Level 7 of the SCHADS Award 2010
DESIGNATION: Part‐time, 24 hours per fortnight. Must be able to work Tuesday and/or Thursday, commencing by the week of 20 July 2026.
About the Organisation
The Benarrawa Community Development Association Inc. (Benarrawa) is a small community‐managed not‐for‐profit organisation based in the inner south‐west suburbs of Brisbane (Chelmer‐Oxley and surrounding area). It is based on more than 30 years of intentional community development practice.
Benarrawa acknowledges the Yagarabul Peoples, the Traditional and Spiritual Custodians of Yagara (Yuggera) Country. "Benarrawa" is a Yagara name for the waters and lands of Oxley Creek. Elders gave permission to use it upon incorporation in 1995.
Benarrawa is a community development organisation that works directly to create opportunities for people to increase their social, economic, political and personal choices. Community Development Coordinators seek out and sustain relationships across the local community, actively bring people together who share common concerns, interests or ideas and collaboratively develop actions and activities in response.
The work of Benarrawa is relationship‐defined rather than geographically defined. Although the Community Development Coordinators at Benarrawa have traditionally worked in the suburbs of Oxley, Chelmer, Corinda, Sherwood, Graceville, Indooroopilly, Tennyson, Yeronga and Rocklea, the relationships formed with people outside these areas mean the work at Benarrawa shifts and flows where people's energies and passions lie.
Role Description
The Community Development Coordinator position is a permanent part‐time position (24 hours a fortnight) that undertakes locality‐based community development work in response to the economic, social and cultural needs of people living in the inner south‐western suburbs of Brisbane (Chelmer‐Oxley and surrounding suburbs).
The Coordinator operates within Benarrawa's shared leadership model, where the Coordinators collectively hold responsibility for the organisation's work, decision‐making and practice, with mutual accountability to one another.
For employment and governance purposes, the position is accountable to the Management Committee as the employer, with day‐to‐day coordination and support shared collaboratively between the Coordinators.
The Coordinator is required to be self‐directed and work in collaboration with the other Coordinators using the "three‐legged stool model" – a shared leadership model based on mutuality, shared accountability and trust. Coordinators collaborate closely and share responsibility for decisions and outcomes rather than working within a traditional hierarchical structure.
The organisation has close auspice relationships with several groups working on issues and actions, and the Coordinator will support these groups, particularly.
Key responsibilities include:
* Managing time, setting priorities, and planning and organising work.
* Engaging and networking with individuals, groups, organisations and new and emerging community associations through the south‐west corridor and beyond, fostering inclusion and developing welcoming communities.
* Applying knowledge and skills gained through experience in community development practice, and preferably holding relevant qualifications in this field.
* Contributing to the effective, efficient and safe day‐to‐day functioning of the workplace and Benarrawa Place for all groups and individuals who access it.
* Upholding Benarrawa's commitment to child safety and wellbeing, ensuring safe and inclusive practices for children and young people and compliance with organisational policies and legislative requirements.
Qualifications and experience:
* Experience in community development practice.
* Relevant qualifications in community development or a related field is preferable.
* Self‐directed working style, ability to collaborate within a shared leadership model.
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