Stakeholder Engagement Officer

Are you passionate about mental health reform and ensuring people’s voices are heard for systemic change? Do you have experience in running or facilitating events, training sessions, and webinars? Do you get excited about finding ways to better engage with people?

We are excited to announce that we are seeking a full time Stakeholder Engagement Officer!

The SEO role will provide administrative, coordination and secretariat support for MHCN’s Stakeholder Engagement Team (SET) with Stakeholder Engagement and capacity development activities. 

The role provides secretariat support for the SET and will report to the Engagement Coordinator for work allocation and to the CEO for HR management such as probationary meetings and performance reviews, liaising with other teams as required. 

What we are looking for:

• Demonstrate work experience in an engagement, training, and/or capacity development role.
• Strong writing skills and verbal communication skills including facilitating online and face to face events.
• Strong technical skills using Microsoft Office, Teams, PowerPoint, and other relevant software and programs such as CANVA, ZOOM, Survey Monkey, Mailchimp, Demio. 
• Strong attention to detail, time management skills and the ability to prioritise tasks.
• Capacity to develop and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders. 
• Demonstrate experience or the ability to communicate with a range of audiences in an engaging, empathetic and trauma informed manner.

Please request a copy of the Recruitment Kit for details of the Position Description as well as the essential & desirable selection criteria.

Benefits of working with MHCN

• A full-time fixed-term position to 30 June 2024, with possibility of extension and a competitive salary:
  • Social, Community, Home Care & Disability Services Award Level 3, Pay Point 1 – 4 (experience dependent), plus Super & the option of Salary Packaging to increase take home pay.
• Additional days off, above the Award leave, (between Christmas and New Year's Day). 
• Flexible working arrangements such as flexible start/finish times and working from home options. 
• A workplace wellbeing program which includes membership of Uprise Wellbeing and EAP services and regular wellbeing events. 
• Work for a peak-body organisation with a systemic approach to raising the voice of carers to create change. 
• Opportunity to work in a modern workspace shared by a like-minded, community-managed organisation, conveniently located in Sydney’s CBD. 
• Welcoming and inclusive culture encouraging diversity and equal opportunity. 

MHCN is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from all qualified applicants. We strongly encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds including First Nations people, LGBTQIA+ people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people living with disabilities and people with a lived experience of or caring for someone living with a mental health condition and/or psychosocial disability.

MHCN encourages applicants to request reasonable adjustments to facilitate the recruitment process. MHCN will consider reasonable adjustments requests to facilitate employment of the right candidate. 

For further information or discussion and to request a copy of the Recruitment Kit available, please contact Alex Brown at *********@mentalhealthcarersnsw.org

Interested?

Please read the application guidelines in the Recruitment Process and send your completed application via email (resume and responses to the selection criteria) to Alex Brown, Administration Coordinator at: *********@mentalhealthcarersnsw.org

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Application Process:

• Applications are to be submitted by email to Alex Brown, Administration Coordinator at: *********@mentalhealthcarersnsw.org
• The closing date for applications is 11.59pm, Monday, February 12th, 2024.
• Late applications will not be considered.
• Applications must include a current resume, and a statement addressing all Essential Selection Criteria. Desirable Criteria should only be answered where it enhances the application. Selection Criteria are found in the Position Description in Section 4 of the Recruitment Kit, available on request.
• Applications will not progress to an interview if all the essential selection criteria is not addressed or if we receive incomplete applications. 
• All applications will be acknowledged that they have been received by email.

Selection Process:

• Selected applicants will be invited to attend an interview and will be given at least one week’s notice of the time and date.
• Interviewees will be sent the interview questions at least 1 day prior to the interview.
• Interviews will be conducted online via ZOOM or in person and will last 45 minutes – 1 hour.
• All interviewees will be asked the same set of questions, although the panel reserves the right to include set tasks to complete as part of the interview process and/or to ask additional clarifying questions if necessary.
• The panel will rank eligible applicants in order of preference.
• The panel will check references as provided by the selected applicants.
• The successful applicant will be offered the position. If they decline, the position will be offered to the next ranked applicant.
• All unsuccessful applicants will be notified via email as soon as possible after the recruitment process is completed.
• Applications and questions can be addressed to *********@mentalhealthcarersnsw.org

This role requires evidence of the following checks/clearances:

• National Criminal History Record Check in accordance with the Disability Inclusion Act 2014.
• Primary COVID19 vaccination shots 1 & 2.
• Eligibility to work and live in NSW, Australia.
• Education or Skill Qualifications if requested and if used as part of your application or a requirement of the role.

Evidence of the above checks must be provided by the successful applicant prior to or within a specified period of the role starting.  Employment is conditional upon satisfactory completion of these requirements.