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Youth Program Lead

St John Ambulance NSW

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St John Ambulance NSW is a well-recognised and trusted profit-for-purpose organisation. We are a leading provider of First Aid and Mental Health Training and other products in Australia. We educate, equip and prepare people and workforces across the state to provide First Aid, Health, Wellness and Wellbeing compliance in workplaces, events, public gatherings and in every home to create the confidence and skills to save lives. 

Our St John NSW Youth Program aims to build confident, capable, resilient young people who make a real difference in our community, providing young people with lifesaving skills, team work, leadership and communication skills that set them up for life whilst providing them with an avenue to give back to their communities through volunteering.

Here at St John, we’re passionate about our Youth programs and the value these programs deliver to our Youth and our Community.  Our Youth Programs Lead role will see you support, lead, nurture and evolve our programs on a day to day basis, from curriculum development and implementation, project management, administrative support with a focus on providing consistency across Divisions to continually meet social impact outcomes for the ongoing success of our programs.  You will be integral in partnering with Volunteer Leaders, Corporate Staff, Cadets and their families being an Advocate for Youth championing a Child Safety focus at all times.  You will be a trusted and reliable source for proactively sharing knowledge and up to date information, tools and resources, to assist in equipping our Leaders with how to best integrate, provide continual learning, guide and enable our young people to be involved with a variety of key initiatives across the organisation. 

About You:

  • A genuine desire and passion to be a brand ambassador of St John NSW  and our Cadet Program
  • Demonstrated experience in Youth/Student education and/or wellbeing, counselling and/or child advocacy 
  • A successful track record of collaborating with key organisational internal and external stakeholders to 
  • Demonstrated skills and experience in Leadership centred on Youth - a Youth Development organisation is highly advantageous.
  • Experience in developing, planning, implementing and managing projects and initiatives
  • Evidence of delivering visible and tangible outcomes 
  • Clear and confident communication and interpersonal skills
  • Engaging and confident presentation and facilitation skills
  • Flexibility is required to collaborate during some evenings and some weekends to visit Cadet Divisions and Camps.
  • Preferably a Diploma or Tertiary qualification in Youth Education, Community Development, Youth Advocacy or a related discipline.
  • Evidence of having two doses of the COVID-19 Vaccine or the vaccine requirements identified in the St John NSW COVID-19 Vaccination Policy

We give back – as a proud certified Social Trader, means that every time our services are sought from us, positive social change is created. We exist to create impact socially, culturally and environmentally for community benefit to achieve tangible social and community outcomes through every interaction spent with us!

If this is your passion and you’d like to be an integral part of our Organisation – click APPLY NOW! along with your cover letter and CV.

Please note: As part of our Due Diligence and Compliance we require you to obtain a Working with Children's Check and Background Check.

"St John NSW cares about keeping children and young people safe. Protecting and promoting the emotional, physical, cultural, and spiritual wellbeing of children and young people is central to all aspects of the operations and culture of St John NSW. St John NSW commits to creating and maintaining an environment where members act in the best interest of children and young people and has zero tolerance to any form of abuse."

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