Address- Fixed Term, Part time (30 hours per week)
- Hourly rate $47.50 + Super (14%)
- Free onsite parking
- Location - Yarralumla ACT
St Vincent de Paul Society Canberra/Goulburn (Vinnies) has been serving the local community since 1924. The Society’s Migrant and Refugee Program connects and empowers children and young people from a migrant, refugee, or asylum seeker background to support them to thrive in their new communities. This is your opportunity to be a part of the Migrant and Refugee Program which holds a valuable place within the Society’s Youth Programs.
The Position
We are seeking an energetic and values-driven individual with strong cultural awareness to join our team as a Migrant and Refugee Program, Youth Liaison Officer. This is your opportunity to combine a passion for cultural inclusion with a commitment to providing positive outcomes for children from Migrant and Refugee backgrounds. Working as part of a vibrant and committed team, including volunteers, you will help deliver our strength-based, trauma informed and relationship focused programs, including In Schools programs and Kids Clubs.
The Program provides additional learning support to children from a migrant or refugee background, while also building their social connections in the broader community. It is founded on the understanding that, while children from Migrant and Refugee backgrounds often face numerous challenges and complex transitions upon settling into Australia, they also bring a range of strengths and a well-developed sense of resilience. Using a strengths-based approach, we seek to ensure that the children achieve their full potential as active and engaged members of their local community.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will require a strong work ethic, excellent communication and relationship building skills and a commitment to collaboration and innovation. Bringing a clear understanding of the refugee experience, the settlement process and challenges arising from these, you will have the opportunity to make a positive impact on our community. We strongly encourage people with lived experience as a migrant or refugee to apply. We also greatly value people who can speak languages other than English.
Your Qualifications
You will have, or be working towards, a tertiary qualification or equivalent in a human service-related field such as community services, education, youth work or related discipline and/or have 1-3 years’ experience in these fields, including settlement services. You will require a current WWVP card, current ACT or NSW Driver’s License and First Aid certification or be willing to obtain them.
Why Vinnies?
You will be working in an environment that promotes work/family life balance, you will also have the opportunity make a difference to the lives of others, with every role helping us to give people “the hand up” they need. You will also access a range of staff benefits including generous tax-free salary packaging, an employee assistance program for you and your immediate family members, career development opportunities and free onsite parking.
The position description can be downloaded by copying and pasting the following link in your Browser https://applynow.net.au/jobs/ni/OS255-migrant-and-refugee-program-youth-liaison-officer
If you would like more specific information about the role, please contact Joanna Bragg, Migrant and Refugee Program,Team Leader on 0448 203 *** or email ************@vinnies.org.au
Applications close: Sunday 16th June 2024 (11.30pm). To apply, please submit your resume and a concise covering letter outlining your personal and professional capacity to fill this position.
St Vincent de Paul Society Canberra/Goulburn is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to engaging a diverse workforce. The Society strongly encourages applications from people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds
