Community Spaces Project Coordinator

Caring for our city, creating a future for all

Be part of a purpose led organisation with care at its core. You'll make a difference by acting in the best interests of our communities and city. Be better together with collaborative and inclusive partnerships. Embrace possibilities and be open to new ideas and creating bold solutions.

About the role

Our City Spaces contribute to the City of Sydney's vision for a socially just and inclusive city by providing the community with access to a variety of public facing Community Centres and Venues for hire, as well as a range of other community buildings used for diverse programmes and activities.

The City Spaces Project Coordinator position is responsible for a range of projects which facilitate the use of community buildings by a range of community organisations, as well as supporting existing community tenants who operate from City of Sydney properties.

We are seeking a highly motivated person with existing project management skills, developed and honed in a community setting, or transferrable experience and skills. You must be interested in and capable of working in a very fast paced, deadline driven and politically sensitive environment. The person will work with a council team and with external stakeholders who may have competing demands and priorities. These will need to be managed in a way that contributes to the achievement of council priorities.

Key requirements

• Highly developed problem solving and project delivery skills, including the ability to manage multiple, high priority and often competing tasks which are required in a short timeframe. Excellent time management is essential.
• Ability to find, read, digest, summarise and prioritise both familiar and unfamiliar information quickly, and use this information to confidently make professionally sound recommendations in relation to buildings, projects and stakeholders in a highly politically sensitive environment.
• Demonstrated experience in managing relationships, projects, contracts and agreements with a diverse range of community organisations, non government organisations and other stakeholders in a government or complex organisational context.
• Demonstrated experience or tertiary qualifications in relevant disciplines, including project management, community focussed asset management, social impact management or community property management.

The role is office based and will require attendance at council properties and meetings with external stakeholders on a regular basis. The expectation is the role is primarily based in Town Hall House and there are limited opportunities for working from home.

This role has the option of a rostered day off each month, known as a 19 day month.

The recommended applicant must complete a pre employment health declaration and criminal history check.

Applications must be submitted online by 11:59pm, Thursday 23 July 2026.

You'll work with passionate, welcoming and supportive people who care for our communities and create a future for all.

Benefits

• 3 days of care and cultural leave each year for health and wellbeing activities, cultural and religious days or events of significance
• Collaborative approach to flexible working
• City centre head office, with many public transport options
• Leadership and management development program
• Further education program providing reimbursement of course fees, and study and exam leave
• Opportunity to attend external courses and conferences
• Long service and employee recognition awards
• Employee assistance program offering free, confidential counselling

Supporting families

• We provide 26 weeks of paid parental leave for all new parents, supporting diverse and inclusive families
• Paid and unpaid adoption and long term fostering leave
• Paid superannuation for up to 52 weeks of parental leave
• Part time and job sharing options available
• Supportive return to work environment

Inclusive culture

• Recognised as an Inclusive Employer by the Diversity Council of Australia
• Active employee networks including City Women, City Pride, DiverseCity, Inclusive City, Young Professionals and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander network

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds in a workplace as diverse as our communities. We're passionate about gender balance, with an executive team two thirds female and half of leadership roles held by women.

All applicants, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, veterans and people of diverse sexualities and genders, are encouraged to join us.

We're a disability confident recruiter. If you identify as a person with disability and require support for your application or the recruitment process, contact us at or .

The City of Sydney acknowledges the Gadigal of the Eora nation as the Traditional Custodians of our local area.