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Project Coordinator - Your Service, Your Rights and NT

Inclusion Australia Limited
  • Position Status: 0.8 – 1.0 Full Time Equivalent (30.4 – 38 hours per week)
  • Contract Expiry: January 2023 (12-month contract)
  • Location: Darwin. Applicants in other NT locations may also apply. Remote working from home (excellent internet connection required) or local office. Territory-wide and interstate travel may be required
  • Level 5, Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services (SCHADS) Award

About Inclusion Australia (NCID)

Inclusion Australia is a national Disability Representative Organisation representing the rights and interests of Australians with intellectual disability and their families.

Inclusion Australia undertakes systemic advocacy, project, information and communication activities that advance the rights and interests of people with intellectual disability.

project Aim

To coordinate the Your Service, Your Rights project and assist with the rollout of Inclusion Australia’s national projects in the Northern Territory.

About the Your Service, Your Rights National Rollout Project

The Your Service, Your Rights National Rollout is a two-year project funded by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission.  

Inclusion Australia will work in partnerships with state-based member organisations and with First Peoples Disability Network (FPDN), National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA) and Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) to: 

  • Develop, adapt and deliver educational resources and training material to support people with intellectual disability from a variety of cultural, geographic and age backgrounds.
  • Assist people with an intellectual disability all over Australia to contribute to an increase in the quality of the services and supports they receive.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Coordinate delivery of the national rollout of the Your Service, Your Rights project in line with the project plan
  • Support people with intellectual disability to perform in Peer Worker roles, including preparation for and participation in meetings, workshops and training
  • Work with a national network of people with intellectual disability and key project partners to review and develop project materials, workshops and training
  • Assist with project monitoring, reporting and administrative requirements
  • Prepare and deliver train-the-trainer sessions and workshops online and in the Northern Territory.
  • Work together with Project Officer/Facilitator to facilitate monthly consultation groups for the Towards Inclusive Practice project and send feedback to the national team.
  • Establish and support a self-advocacy network for people with intellectual disability in the Northern Territory
  • Support participation of people with intellectual disability and families in IA’s work
  • Travel to other states and territories when needed

Selection Criteria – Qualifications, skills & experience

  • Demonstrated commitment to the human rights of people with an intellectual disability including the right to participate and be included.
  • An understand the social model of disability, and how to work in ways that are person-centred and based on people’s strengths.
  • Experience facilitating groups, workshops and training with people with an intellectual disability.
  • Excellent time management, and interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively as a team player and independently.
  • Excellent computer literacy including Microsoft Office (especially Teams).
  • Current drivers licence preferred.
  • Experience writing in plain language and Easy Read formats is highly regarded. 
  • Personal or family experience of disability is highly regarded.
  • Experience providing direct support to people with an intellectual disability is highly regarded.

We encourage people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, LGBTIQ+ and people from diverse cultural backgrounds to apply.

If you need an adjustment in the recruitment process, please email [email protected] using the subject line: Project Coordinator - Your Service, Your Rights and NT enquiry via EthicalJobs and advise us of your preferred method of communication.

The successful applicant is required to complete reference and background checking prior to employment, including a National Police Check and Working with Children Check.

A position description is attached.

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