AddressWho are Girl Guides Western Australia?
Girl Guides Western Australia (GGWA) is a not-for-profit member organisation who are part of Girl Guides Australia, and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). Our Mission is to empower girls and young women to discover their potential as leaders of their world, explore possibilities, and make a genuine difference in their world through girl-led programs that champion fun, friendship and adventure.
Our benefits
- A welcoming and supportive team with a shared vision
- Competitive salary plus 11% super
- Flexible working opportunities considered
- Training, development and growth opportunities
- Employee Assistance Program
About the role
Reporting to the CEO, this is an exciting opportunity supporting our highly motivated volunteers to provide a fun, inclusive and engaging girl-led program whilst ensuring adherence to our frameworks, procedures, legislation and strategy. Working closely with the Senior Leadership Team, you will support the delivery of a high quality, compliant Guiding program, fostering a culture of continuous improvement among volunteers contributing to their overall satisfaction. You will support volunteers by providing guidance and support so that volunteers understand their responsibilities for safe and compliant operations of their Unit as well as ensuring they feel engaged and supported. Through this support, contribute to membership growth and overall satisfaction for both Guides and volunteers. This includes contributing to their training and development to provide growth and opportunity, and ensures competency, confidence and alignment with the program mission.
The role builds strong rapport with volunteers, staff and key stakeholders within the Guiding community, including the GGWA State Commissioner, professional associations, the public, and government departments through strong administration, regular effective communication, and data management, reporting and analysis to identify strategic trends and opportunities. This is a really varied role where you can have a genuine impact on the leaders of tomorrow.
About you
With your familiarity with Girl Guides, Scouts, or youth-work programs, you will be able to hit the ground running and provide exceptional operational support to our volunteers and the GGWA community using your interpersonal and communication skills to support us through a period of change. We are looking for someone who has experience working in a teaching or community setting who has supported volunteers, and can understand the intricacies of their engagement and work effectively and resiliently to drive outcomes. You must have strong IT and administrative capability with an eye for detail who can multi-task using a proactive attitude, and in support of our vision of empowering young girls and women to discover their potential as future leaders.
Flexible working hours may be required in order to attend meetings or events that may sit outside of normal working hours.
To Apply
Applicants are required to submit a current CV and a cover letter, no longer than 1 page, that addresses the requirements set out above, and:
- Why you believe you are the best person for this role.
- Your working rights in Australia.
- Your expected annual base salary (exclusive of superannuation).
Only applications with a resume and cover letter will be considered. We ask that you please upload your application documents as a PDF.
Applications close on 7 June 2024 at 11:59pm. Rolling interviews may occur throughout the application period and if the position is filled prior to the application closing date, this position listing will be updated.
Applicants will be required to complete the relevant screening checks as part of the recruitment process, and to honour our commitment to fostering a child safe and child friendly culture where children and young people are safe, respected and protected. Checks will include:
- National Criminal History Check
- Working with Children Check in WA
- Confirmation of Australian working rights.
Have any questions? Contact Sophie on ***********@talenting.com.au.
We are an organisation that welcomes and actively seeks applicants from all racial, ethnic, religious and socio-economic groups.
