Workforce Development & Trainer In Family And Domestic Violence

About Stopping Family Violence

Stopping Family Violence (SFV) is a not-for-profit, focused on stopping violence against women and children through fostering relationships, advocacy, policy, research, and training. Advancing and promoting best practices in perpetrator responses for the safety of victim-survivors as the peak body in Western Australia. 

About the Role

The Workforce Development and training role is responsible for the management and delivery of a range of training events and capacity building in Family, domestic and sexual violence (FDSV). This includes delivery of a wide range of training events, developing content, market research, promoting and filling training events, report writing, consultation, advocacy and review. Developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders as well as meeting criteria and managing tasks to meet key performance indicators. The role is flexible and is available either four days per week or on a 9 day fortnight roster (pro-rata) or full time on a contract for 12 months. This role includes regional travel, weekend delivery and some evening trainings. Weekend delivery is compensated at a higher rate under the SCHADS Award  in return we offer flexibility around structure of the role as well as sharing of weekend rostering. 

Training and Workforce Development is a key part of the role as a peak body in Western Australia. Organisations that engage with SFV can be from a range of backgrounds such as specialist Family and Domestic Violence workers, frontline workers, intersecting health or allied health professionals in mental health, disability, alcohol and other drugs and counselling as well as a range of organisations that recognise their role as a workplace to better respond to Family and Domestic Violence. Training is often the start of the journey for organisations to shift to Family and Domestic Violence informed practice and we encourage and provide as many supports to organisations to help them embed the learning from training. Ongoing support includes supervision, policy review, peer support, onboarding review, and ongoing reviews and development of ongoing training plans. This role will be responsible for the success of training and Workforce Development activities for Stopping Family Violence and forms an integral part of the team. 

Key Duties 

• Managing all aspects of training events and Workforce Development from delivering training, managing bookings, coordinating consultations, IT, administration, review and reporting deadlines. 
• Prepare concise impact-oriented reports of activities and events, analysing key information and metrics to optimise current and future training.
• Managing administrative tasks, such as document and information distribution, report collation, communication support with internal and external stakeholders and providing updates and reports.
• Coordination of training and Workforce Development including logistics, administration, and scheduling. 
• Establish and maintain key-stakeholder partnerships and contractor relationships including finding new organisations to engage in training. 
• Develop training calenders and plans to ensure key deadlines are met. 
• Prepare necessary reports using appropriate language, format, referencing and with regards to the intended audience. 

About You

You will be an engaging, self-driven and enthusiastic individual, who is professional and highly adaptable to the needs of the organisation. You will show exceptional capability to build relationships with key stakeholders and have a genuine interest and passion for delivering training and developing those who engage our services. This is the perfect opportunity to make an impact in a meaningful and fulfilling work environment. 

Selection Criteria 

• Formal tertiary qualification and experience in; social work, psychology, community services (required)
• An understanding and familiarity delivering Family and Domestic Violence training and a keen interest to develop and learn more about the sector (required) 
• Strong experience in facilitating small and large groups in a range of training settings (required) 
• Demonstrated performance within a team ensuring well-planned and well-executed training and events (required)
• An understanding of community services and not-for-profits (desirable).

This position will be located in Victoria Park, however there will be a requirement to work from various locations around Perth metropolitan and regional travel and weekend work as part of the role. 
 

SFV fosters a sense of safety, diversity and inclusion and we encourage people from all abilities, backgrounds and walks of life to apply. If we can provide any further information to decide whether this role or SFV will be the right organisation for you we welcome your enquiry, we offer:- 
 

• A family friendly organisation 
• Mission and values-driven organisation
• A collaborative team environment
• Close to cafes and public transport
• SCHADS Award conditions 

  To apply online please click the 'Apply' button below, we strongly encourage applications with a cover letter. Suitable candidates will be shortlisted immediately for an interview and this advertisement will close when a suitable applicant is placed. Due to the nature of our work, the successful candidate will need to provide a Police Clearance, COVID-19 Vaccination or proof of exemption and Working with Children Check.