WORK TYPE

• Full-time or part-time position (Negotiable) - Contract until June 2025
• Surry Hills and Wagga Wagga, NSW with flexibility to work remotely
• Some travel may be required
• Level 5 under the SCHADS Award
• Salary packaging available and above Award leave entitlements

THE NSW COUNCIL FOR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (CID)

• Are you passionate about community inclusion for people with intellectual disability?
• Do you have knowledge and experience working directly with people with intellectual disability?
• Are you confident to co-deliver and co-facilitate training?
• Do you have knowledge and experience in inclusive employment?
• Do you enjoy working collaboratively in teams?

CID is looking for experienced project officers to support the delivery of projects to promote inclusive employment for people with intellectual disability.

ABOUT COUNCIL FOR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY

CID is a disability rights organisation led by people with intellectual disability. For more than 65 years CID has worked to ensure a community where all people with intellectual disability are valued.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Inclusive Employment team at CID.

Our team leads 2 programs: More Than Just a Job and Inclusion Works.

More Than Just a Job supports people with intellectual disability in understanding their skills and strengths and identifying career goals. The project also works with services, schools and others to improve their ability to support people with intellectual disability in identifying their strengths and skills, finding jobs, and maintaining employment.

Inclusion Works focuses on inclusive employment within NSW councils. This project provides training and support to councils, helping them improve their practices to hire people with intellectual disability in meaningful roles and implement the priorities in their Disability Inclusion Action Plans (DIAPs).

ABOUT THIS POSITION

In line with the position description, the inclusion project officer will:

• Co-facilitate accessible training workshops, including one-on-one training sessions with your colleagues with intellectual disability.
• Engage with people with disability, and their supports.
• Liaise with external stakeholders to discuss the rights of people with intellectual disability to work in open employment and promote our training.
• Facilitate engaging and inclusive workshops for various participant groups (people with disability and organisations).
• Develop resources, content and activities which are appropriate for people with disability, including those with high support needs.
• Where required undertake community engagement activities at expos, local community networks, events.
• Work independently and as part of a team, working closely with other teams at CID.
• Develop and maintain effective communication networks with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the efficient and timely exchange of information and the achievement of project outcomes.
• Ongoing monitoring, recording and evaluation of data and processes to allow for continuous improvement.
• Support the participation of people with intellectual disability in CID's work.

ESSENTIAL SELECTION CRITERIA - SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrated commitment to the human rights of people with disability and the principles of participation and inclusion.
• Demonstrated experience in facilitation and/or training environments, with people with disability.
• Well-developed interpersonal, communication, facilitation and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrated understanding of the importance of supporting people to speak for themselves.
• Demonstrated experience in productive working relationships with colleagues to achieve required outcomes.
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly across NSW.
• Excellent computer literacy including in Microsoft Office.

Qualifications in teaching, adult education, training or similar field will be highly regarded. Experience using person-centred planning will also be highly regarded.

First Nations people and people with disability or people with a lived experience of mental health issues are strongly encouraged to apply.

For more information contact Juliana Benvenuto, Manager Inclusion Projects - Employment at [email protected], using the subject line: Inclusion Projects Officer - Employment - Surry Hills / Wagga Wagga enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached.