• Ongoing position - part-time 0.8 EFT
• Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 Level 6

About Women’s Health East

Women’s Health East is a women’s health promotion agency based in Doncaster East that works across Melbourne’s eastern region. WHE’s vision is equality, empowerment, health and wellbeing for all women. Our strategic priorities are to advance gender equality, prevent violence against women and improve women’s sexual and reproductive health.

Role summary

The Team Leader Gender Equality is a newly created role that is responsible for providing leadership, development and coordination of a range of initiatives designed to advance gender equality and promote gender transformative practice. This position will lead the delivery of high-quality fee-for-service products, specialist advice, education and training.

This position provides operational support and direction to staff and works as part of a team to support organisations to take an intersectional approach to Gender Equality Plans, progress associated with workplace gender equality, undertake gender impact assessments and to take positive action to promote gender equality. The Team Leader is a member of the leadership team and plays an important role in ensuring collaboration across Women’s Health East’s health promotion programs and initiatives to achieve organisational goals and objectives.

Why work for Women’s Health East

Women’s Health East is a pro-choice feminist organisation with a strong culture and a professional and dedicated staff. Employees enjoy a range of benefits that include hybrid working arrangements, special leave, training and professional development, and access to an Employee Assistance Program. Staff can salary package a tax-free component of up to $15,899 of their gross salary per year and salary package a meal entertainment and holiday accommodation benefit.

The position description is below. Learn more about Women's Health East at www.whe.org.au.

For further information about the position, please contact Melissa O’Reilly, Manager Gender Equality at [email protected] using the subject line: Team Leader - Gender Equality enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Submit applications, including a resume and cover letter addressing the key selection criteria in the position description, via Ethical Jobs.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, women with disability, women from culturally diverse backgrounds, and LGBTIQ women including trans and gender diverse people who identify as women are strongly encouraged to apply. Women’s Health East has an exemption under the Equal Opportunity Act to employ only people who identify as women – EO exemption H294/2022.

A position description is attached.