Local Area Coordinator in Coffs Harbour

Blue Sky Community Services is seeking to employ a professional and values-aligned person to join our supportive and friendly team as a Local Area Coordinator based out of our Coffs Harbour office. This role is full-time, 38 hours per week, and is offered on a fixed-term basis until 30 June 2027 with the possibility of extension beyond this date.

Blue Sky Community Services values diversity and encourages applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of all ages, and people who identify as LGBTQIA+. We welcome the skills, experiences and perspectives of all people to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities we work with and live in.

About Us: Blue Sky Community Services is a not-for-profit community organisation committed to supporting people to thrive and creating communities where everyone belongs. We work in partnership with individuals, families, and communities to support meaningful change through inclusive, strengths-based, and person-centred approaches. With strong roots in the Mid North Coast of NSW, Blue Sky has been supporting communities since the mid-1970s and continues to grow and expand our reach across New South Wales. We deliver a wide range of services focused on children, young people and families, disability and inclusion, and community and sector development, always guided by our belief in people’s strengths, potential, and right to belong.

Why Work for Us?

• Be part of a values-driven organisation where culture, kindness, and integrity genuinely guide how we work every day.
• Make a real difference for children, families, and communities and feel proud of the impact you create.
• Access salary sacrificing benefits to boost your take-home pay.
• Feel connected and supported through our active staff club and regular connection activities.
• Celebrate growth and achievement at our end-of-year development days and team gatherings.
• Join a workplace that prioritises belonging, trust, and collaboration.
• Work alongside passionate, purpose-driven colleagues who care about each other and the work they do.
• Be supported to thrive in a positive, inclusive, and people-centred environment.

About the Role: This position sits within Blue Sky’s Local Area Coordination Service funded by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The Local Area Coordinator:

• Supports eligible people with disability to access the NDIS and to implement their NDIS Plan.
• Assists NDIS participants, their families and carers to identify and pursue goals that enable participants to live a good life.
• Builds the capacity of participants, their families and carers to exercise choice and control, and to manage their NDIS Plan and lives as independently as possible.
• Builds the capacity of people with disability who are not eligible for the Scheme, their families, carers and broader circles of support to generate options and implement solutions, and to access other services and supports within the broader service system and community.
• Builds community capacity for greater inclusion of people with disability and creates and utilises beneficial linkages within the community to expand options and possibilities for people with disability.

About You: The successful applicant for this position will have:

• Relevant qualifications, skills or lived/work experience transferable to delivering Local Area Coordination services to a high professional standard.
• Demonstrated understanding of the NDIS, including participant pathways, plan implementation, capacity building, and the broader service and community support systems.
• Ability to deliver supports that are person centred, strengths-based, solutions-focused, culturally safe, and aligned with human rights and inclusion principles.
• Highly effective verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to build rapport, manage expectations, provide impartial information, and communicate with diverse stakeholders.
• Proven ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with participants, families, carers, community organisations, and other key stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a high-volume workload, meet KPIs and timeframes, maintain accurate records, and use required technology systems confidently.
• Sound understanding of duty of care, privacy, WHS, child safe standards, and professional boundaries, with consistent compliance across all work practices.
• Strong alignment with Blue Sky Community Services’ values, including a commitment to diversity, social inclusion, cultural competence, and continuous improvement.