• Assist us to deliver high quality client outcomes / services
• Competitive conditions, benefits & salary packaging
• Hybrid working arrangements – full-time in Richmond

Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) is a secular, community-based, not-for-profit organisation with no religious affiliations who have been providing services to the Victorian community for over 75 years. Our vision is for “positive, respectful, safe and fulfilling relationships for all Australians”.

Open Place is a support service for ‘Forgotten Australians’/Victorian pre 1990 CareLeavers and coordinates and provides direct assistance to address the needs and issues of people who grew up in ‘care’. Open Place helps people to deal with the legacy of their childhood experiences and to support them to improve their health and wellbeing.

The role

Reporting to the Senior Manager at Open Place, your responsibilities include leading and delivering an education program to inform the wider community, including service providers and educational institutions about the history, circumstances and needs of Forgotten Australians. You will also provide education sessions/programs to service providers and educational institutions at conferences, network meetings and specifically organised forums, and work collaboratively with other senior staff at Open Place to identiy mainstream and specialist services that are used by Forgotten Australians and ensure they understand and can respond to the needs of forgotten Australians.

This opportunity is located at our Bromham – Open Place Centre and is a permanent full-time position.

About you

• A relevant tertiary qualification or extensive experience in community education.
• Demonstrated (and preferably “lived”) experience, knowledge and understanding of the challenges and difficulties faced by Forgotten Australians today.
• Demonstrated skills and experience in developing training and education material using adult learning principles.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to communicate effectively with service users, community groups, professional groups and organisations.
• Demonstrated capacity to work relatively autonomously to manage competing priorities and to meet timeframes as well as organisational objectives.

We provide

• Competitive salary including meal/entertainment and salary packaging.
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance.
• Generous employment conditions and benefits including additional paid leave benefits - parental, study, personal and compassionate, flexible, family violence leave as well as paid ex-gratia leave between Christmas and New Year.
• Access to professional development and training including our Registered Training Organisation programs where we provide accredited and non-accredited courses.
• Best practice clinical supervision and support through a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program.
• Career progression opportunities internally across Melbourne Metropolitan and Regional Victoria centres.

The base salary range is $100k to $107k per annum.

Apply

We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible by sending their application and resume so we can progress to interviews. You can view the position description for further information. If you have a specific query contact Michelle McDonald, Senior Manager at Open Place on 0429 490 121.

COVID-19 compliance

Candidates will be required to provide evidence of their COVID-19 vaccination status or medical exemption during their application process.

RAV is committed to building and supporting an inclusive and diverse workforce and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, those from cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ communities and people with disabilities. We are committed to the safety of our clients and staff and promote a child-safe work environment. We recognise the lifelong impacts of childhood trauma and recognise those who had children taken away from them. All staff must undergo a National Police Check, International Police Check (if applicable) and Working with Children Check. RAV is a public benevolent institution.