ABOUT US

Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH) is a national, community-based organisation which is led by and for women from immigrant and refugee backgrounds. We are committed to advancing the health and wellbeing of immigrant and refugee women, through our research, leadership, education, and advocacy: our experiences, our stories, and our voices.

MCWH works together with immigrant and refugee women, community organisations, health practitioners, employers, communities, and governments to build and share knowledge, achieve equity, and improve health and wellbeing for immigrant and refugee women.

ABOUT THE ROLE

To work as a member of the Health Promotion team to ensure the successful and timely completion of the Getting Equal Project. The Project is funded by the Federal Department of Social Services. The Project engages recently-arrived migrant and refugee women in Victoria to reduce the social and economic isolation that they experience and to build their capacity to participate more actively in the workforce and in the community.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure open and regular ongoing communication with key project stakeholders, including MCWH project staff
• Collaborate with MCWH Health Educators to meet project deliverables
• Coordinate health education sessions and follow-up interviews and facilitate debriefing meetings with Health Educators
• Develop and implement communications strategies
• Develop and implement evaluation and data collection plans for Health Educators
• Comply with reporting for funding bodies
• Promote Health Education series and register participants
• Write final project evaluation report

SELECTION CRITERIA

Essential

• Relevant tertiary qualifications
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Commitment to, and understanding of, immigrant and refugee women’s issues from an intersectional feminist perspective
• Excellent project/program planning and implementation skills
• Excellent analytical and report-writing skills
• High-level research and evaluation skills
• Understanding of the issue of PVAW and experience working in the field
• Experience engaging migrant and refugee communities in the promotion of wellbeing
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a project implementation role;
• Satisfactory police check

Highly Desirable

• Experience developing and delivering training and capacity building activities
• Fluency in a language other than English
• Current Victorian drivers licence

PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT

Fixed term part time, six months till end of June 2022.

HOW TO APPLY

Submit your application by clicking 'Apply Now'. Applications should address the key responsibilities and selection criteria and include an up-to-date CV.

A position description is attached.