The opportunity

Reporting to the Director, Programs and Engagement and with the aim of achieving Satellite’s goal of providing supportive care for children and young people with family members who experience mental health challenges, the Facilitation Manager – Programs will lead and develop a team of facilitators (casual staff and volunteers) who attend Satellite’s flagship camps and retreats and participate in other programs and activities. You will actively draw upon the lived experience of this specialist cohort to develop their capacity to walk beside participants, building connection based on a collective understanding of shared experiences, empowerment and hope.

This role will also be responsible for the delivery and implementation of a strategy and a comprehensive workplace and work closely with internal teams across the business to facilitate growth, quality and program delivery.

Please refer to the position description (attached) for a full list of the essential and desirable skills and experience we are after. All appointments are made subject to range of special conditions, including a satisfactory National Police Check, a current employee Working With Children Check (WWCC), evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19, amongst others.

Satellite Foundation

Established in 2009, Satellite Foundation is a not-for-profit that connects and empowers young people (aged 8-25 years), who have families with mental health challenges.

Satellite aims to foster a strong connection between young people, their families, and the wider community. Satellite’s programs use a combination of creativity and the sharing of lived experience to combat isolation and promote confidence, self-esteem, and good coping strategies. Satellite offers peer support in a range of in-person and online programs, workshops, activities, and projects that are centred on connection.

Culture at Satellite Foundation

Satellite Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and committed to ensuring a safe working environment for all staff and volunteers. We provide a child safe environment for all children and young people who participate.

Satellite Foundation is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and commits to taking appropriate measures to enable everyone to access employment opportunities and benefit equally from employment-related opportunities by providing reasonable accommodations.
We recognise that there are barriers to employment for people, and we encourage you to get in touch with us to explore alternative application methods or other ways of removing these barriers for the recruitment and selection process.

We encourage individuals with lived experience of mental health challenges themselves, or within their families to apply. We encourage individuals of diverse ages and backgrounds, including but not limited to, those from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Divers and LGBTQIA+ communities to join our workforce.

Further information can be obtained by contacting Robyn Goodwill, Project Consultant, Satellite Foundation: E: [email protected]; M: 0408 235 115, using the subject line: Facilitation Manager - Programs enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached.