• Reports to: ERMO Safeguarding Coordinator / ERMO Executive Officer
• Based at: Melbourne
• Employment: 0.5 FTE – Maternity Leave cover (Mid-September 2021 – 30th April 2022)

About the Organisation:

Edmund Rice Ministries Oceania (ERMO) has been established by the Christian Brothers Oceania Province to support and develop the association and work of 15 successful Edmund Rice community service entities across Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines.

The ministries associated with ERMO work to address a broad range of needs in the community in the areas of socio-economic disadvantage, education support, addressing social isolation, health and wellbeing, disability, social justice and reconciliation.

About the Opportunity:

Reporting to the ERMO Safeguarding Coordinator (and in their absence, the ERMO Executive Officer), this acting leadership role is primarily focused on continuing support for day-to-day Safeguarding operations within the organisation and building upon or developing the organisations preventative safeguarding measures.

The position sits as part of the ERMO Executive Team. It requires a passionate, energetic and creative professional to work collaboratively to ensure that tasks within the Safeguarding space are progressed and that they align with the vision and purpose of ERMO. The work of this position will support the continuing development of Safeguarding across our work in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines building the capacity of local initiatives to ensure the safety of children and vulnerable adults.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Ensuring the purpose, culture and vision of the organisation is represented in its Safeguarding work.
• Continuing to drive the development of safeguarding structures or processes across ERMO.
• Ensuring consultation is occurring across the development of projects.
• Develop documents as required and follow consultative processes to achieve this.
• Ensuring work is compliant with State and National requirements.
• Building capacity within the organisation in relation to Safeguarding.
• Respond to requests from external stakeholders as required.

About the Candidate:

The successful candidate will have a genuine interest in working to uphold safety and well-being of children, young people and adults.

They will have:

• Tertiary qualification in social work
• Minimum 12 months experience in child protection or family services role
• A proven capacity to provide purpose-driven leadership in the community services sector
• An appreciation of and commitment to the values and Mission of Edmund Rice Ministries Oceania
• Ability to work successfully with a religious institute or faith-based agency
• Compliance with statutory and organisational policy requirements
• Proven experience and success in the design and development of documentation including guidelines, practice or training resources
• Demonstrated ability to maintain security, discretion and confidentiality over sensitive information

• Proficient use of Information Technology such as laptops, mobile phones and their applications such as software including Google, MS Office, Outlook, Share file and intranet services

Benefits:

In return, the successful candidate will be rewarded with a competitive remuneration package and the opportunity to be part of the ERMO community which extends across Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

• Part-time (flexibility in negotiating working hours)
• 7-month contract
• Excellent working conditions; with an opportunity to combine at home and office-based work
• Competitive remuneration
• Salary packaging

ERMO’s website is under construction. Further information about our entities will be provided with the information pack. Confidential enquiries may be directed via email: [email protected], using the subject line: Acting Safeguarding Coordinator enquiry via EthicalJobs.

ERMO is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and has zero tolerance to any form of abuse.