About Women and Mentoring

Women and Mentoring – WAM Limited is an early intervention, community-based crime prevention program for adult women who are being charged, or are likely to be charged, with a criminal offence. Volunteer mentors are recruited, trained and supervised to provide support for offending women within a designated local community.

The program currently works with women presenting at eight Magistrates’ Courts across metro and suburban Melbourne. It is funded by a combination of State Government funding, philanthropic grants, individual donations and in-kind support. With a funding increase in the 2022 State Budget, we are now expanding across all metro areas and into regional Victoria.

About the role

We are seeking a part-time Mentor Coordinator to be the key point of contact for our volunteer mentors in metro Melbourne. The key functions of the role include:

• Recruit and train mentors in accordance with the WAM training program, across all court jurisdictions that WAM operates in.

• Supporting ongoing mentoring relationships.
• Plan and facilitate ongoing group and one-on-one supervision of mentors, including professional development opportunities.

• Liaise with Victoria Police, Courts, Corrections and relevant community organisations in relation to ongoing matches.

• Maintaining the WAM monitoring and evaluation database.

We are seeking someone with practical skills and experience working with vulnerable women who are in the initial stages of contact with the criminal justice system. This role requires someone with the capacity to exercise sound judgement and understand the needs of both volunteer mentors and program participants.

The anticipated start date will be in July 2022. We encourage applications from Indigenous people, and people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

It is anticipated that interviews will be conducted on Wednesday 8 or Thursday 9 June. A criminal history does not preclude you from applying for this role.