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Community Program Officer - Party Safe

St John Ambulance Vic

About the Opportunity

With a successful First Aid in Primary Schools Program in operation since 2013, we are now looking to expand into Secondary Schools. This role will assist us to drive the development and implementation of the Party Safe Program, ensuring successful launch and delivery.

You will help us create an engaging and impactful program aimed at young people (primarily within years 9/10) within secondary schools. You will also help us to deliver the program within schools and train other facilitators on how to deliver the program, ensuring program sustainability and growth.

This is an opportunity to be part of something special and make a real impact on young people.

About You

We are seeking an enthusiastic and passionate person who can build on the work already completed on the Party Safe project, create further learning materials and facilitation guides and visit schools to deliver the program.

Ideally you have had some experience with young people and may even have lived experience of emergency situations within party or youth settings. You also would like to work 3-4 days per week on a part-time basis.

We’d like to hear from you if you meet the following essential skills and attributes (selection criteria):

Essential criteria

  • Prior experience in the development and execution of successful community programs.
  • Experience delivering and presenting community programs in person, ideally targeted at young people.
  • An engaging and personable presentation style.
  • A background in physical or mental health, with an understanding of the effects of drugs and alcohol.
  • Demonstrated stakeholder engagement and management skills.
  • Sound interpersonal skills and the ability to quickly establish and maintain positive working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Proven self-direction with organisation and planning skills and the ability to exercise initiative, discretion and judgement in working independently and as part of a team.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills.
  • Strong organisational and problem-solving skills with the demonstrated ability to identify the actions required to resolve issues and take responsibility for following these through to completion.
  • Demonstrated passion for purpose.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications- Word, PowerPoint, Excel.
  • Own vehicle and a driver’s license
  • Willingness to travel throughout Melbourne to deliver the program and potentially within regional Victoria

Desirable Criteria

  • Demonstrated experience understanding and interpreting technical information such as policy and medical research.
  • Experience designing educational material and resources to meet the framework of the Victorian Curriculum.
  • Demonstrated experience training other staff to deliver program material.
  • Lived experience of emergency situations within party or youth settings.

About Us

A trusted and reassuring presence in the Victorian community for more than 139 years, St John Ambulance Victoria is a charity working for the Service of Humanity. We look to the future as a vibrant and strong organisation which exists to help those in our community who are in sickness, distress, suffering or danger.

Our desire is to serve the community further, deliver the best care possible and be a place where people are inspired to volunteer and work. We support our charitable work through a strong and diversified commercial operation, operating as a certified Social Enterprise.

How to Apply

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Our commitment to Diversity

St John is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable work environment for all our people. We encourage an environment where people feel respected, safe and valued for who they are and the contribution they make to the organisation and the community. We welcome and encourage applications from people across our diverse community, especially from Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) applicants.

Our commitment to Child Safety

As an organisation that regularly works with children, we at St John believe that all children have the right to be emotionally and physically safe at all times, and to be treated with dignity and respect, free from emotional, psychological and physical danger, abuse and neglect. St John is committed to identifying, mitigating and managing risk to children through a preventative and risk management approach.

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