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?

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 see the position description on page 6 of the Recruitment Kit attached for all 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 ina 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, please contact Alex Brown at [email protected] using the subject line: Stakeholder Engagement Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Interested?

Please read the application guidelines in the Recruitment Process and send your completed application (resume and responses to the selection criteria) to Alex Brown, Administration Coordinator, via the "Apply Now" button.

Questions can be addressed to [email protected]

A Recruitment Kit and a Selection Criteria Template are attached below.