ABOUT YOUR ORGANISATION

The National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners (NAATSIHWP) is the peak workforce organisation with responsibility for ensuring Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Health Practitioners, the only culturally based health workforce underpinned by national training and registration in the world, are embedded as a vital, valued and professional part of Australia’s health care system.

We play a key role in the delivery of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, education and employment outcomes; support a large and growing national network of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Health Practitioners; and work in partnership with other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Organisations, governments and a broad range of stakeholders to:

• Address the under representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people employed within Australia’s health care system
• Expand and strengthen the professional capability of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Worker and Health Practitioner professions across all health service types (Aboriginal Community Control, Government and Private Practice)
• Promote the delivery of culturally safe and effective evidence-based models of care and
• Affect the self-determined development of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the transformation of policy and practice at the national level.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The successful applicant will hold responsibility for delivering a major nationally and internationally significant project that:

• Is designed to address the key issues that have been impacting on the recruitment, retention and professional utilisation of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Health Practitioners for well over a decade
• Will contribute to implementation of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce Strategic Framework and Implementation Plan 2021–2031 and
• Seeks to drive reform by uniting all key stakeholders (including Australian and International, Commonwealth, State and Territory Government agencies and industry partners) behind a nationally and internationally consistent approach to the roles and responsibilities of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Health Practitioners.

Project deliverables involves:

• Initially the completion of a Discussion paper followed by a gap analysis’s to demonstrate difference and the impacts of the professions of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Health Practitioners on health systems and
• Leading a national and international consultation processes that will result in recommendations to Government Agencies on what nationally and/or internationally standardised careers structures, scopes of practice and legislative reforms to harmonise drugs and poisons and how the professions should look like and involve.

As part of the role the successful applicant will be required to lead the delivery of all aspects of the project, noting key project deliverables include:

• Establishing and managing a high-level steering committee including the provision of secretariat support
• Developing a stakeholder engagement plan
• Managing procurement and contracts in line with NAATSIHWP policies and procedures
• Researching and analysing international jursdictions, national, state and territories workforce policies and legislation
• Developing key messages and communication products
• Supporting engagement and consultation
• Analysing feedback from the face to face and online consultation processes
• Supporting the development of a comprehensive and persuasive final report
• Monitoring and reporting on project progress.

To deliver the project effectively the successful applicant will have to represent NAATSIHWP and advocate for the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Worker and Health Practitioner workforce. It involves:

• Understanding the role and qualifications of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Health Practitioners, NAATSIHWP’s strategic directions and policy positions
• Establishing and maintaining networks, partnerships and alliances
• Collaborating with representatives from key government agencies, Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peak bodies and organisations, and other key stakeholders
• Research and policy analysis
• Undertaking procurement, managing contracts and liaising with consultants
• Provision of secretariat support:

• • To a high-level Steering Committee and
  • During consultation and engagement

• • The development of briefing papers, presentations, talking points and reports
  • The delivery of oral presentations
  • Liaising with funders, project/funding partners and external providers and
  • Responding to stakeholder enquires
  • Working with the Chief Finance Officer to manage and report on project budget consistent with expectations of funding providers
  • Ongoing monitoring and reporting on progress.

The successful candidate will actively participate as a member of the Executive Management Team and hold responsibility for ensuring the project is delivered on time, to budget and to a high standard. They will be required to report regularly on progress to funders, the Steering Committee and NAATSIHWP Board.

ABOUT YOU

Personal abilities/aptitudes/skills:

• Demonstrated commitment towards achieving health equity and justice for Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• Demonstrated ability to work with Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and their leaders, respecting cultural values and ways of doing business
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, to a wide range of audiences on a range of sensitive and complex issues, especially regarding Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This includes the preparation of briefs, reports, submissions, policy papers and presentations.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as a member of a team, identify performance outcomes, plan activities and set priorities to achieve agreed objectives and meet timelines
• Demonstrated ability to exercise initiative and judgement, and recognise, mitigate and resolve conflict
• Demonstrated ability to research, analyse and interpret information
• Demonstrated ability to lead and coach others in the delivery of project outcomes

Experience

• Experience in project management and the delivery of high-level strategic projects in Indigenous Affairs and particularly in Indigenous health
• Experience in stakeholder engagement and consultation and specifically in working with and engaging with Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• Experience in working with non-government organisations, particularly in Not for Profit, includes an understanding of compliance and reporting regarding project and grant funding
• Experience in interpreting and analysing regulations and legislation
• Experience in establishing and maintaining high level steering committees and providing secretariat support

Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of the issues impacting on Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait health and wellbeing from both a historical and current political perspective
• Knowledge and understanding of the benefits of community control, self-determination and rights-based best practice principles and approaches
• Knowledge of best practice principles in Indigenous engagement
• Knowledge of the role and qualifications of the Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander Health Worker and Health Practitioner professions (desirable but not essential)

People and relationships

As part of the NAATSIHWP team you will be required to:

• Demonstrate our organisations values and contribute to a culturally safe, healthy, diverse and respectful workplace environment
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain productive working relationships both internal and external to our organisation
• Demonstrate ethical people management based on principles of respect, fair treatment, natural justice and administrative fairness consistent with relevant Awards, Industrial Instruments and our HR policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• A qualification in Public Health, Public Policy or a related field is desirable but not essential

If you require further information or clarification, please contact Karl on (02) 6221 9222.

A position description is attached.