About the Youth Affairs Council Victoria (YACVic)

Youth Affairs Council Victoria (YACVic) is the peak body and leading policy advocate on young people's issues in Victoria. Our vision is that the rights of young people in Victoria are respected, and they are active, visible and valued in their communities. For over 60 years, YACVic has advocated for the best interests of young people (aged 12-25 years) and the sector that works with them. YACVic provides additional targeted advocacy and services through our key services, YACVic Rural and the Youth Disability Advocacy Service (YDAS). YDAS is in the process of transitioning to independence in 2025.

About the Deadly Democracy program

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) works in collaboration with community partners to deliver the Deadly Democracy Program. The program aims to equip First Nations young people with skills to deliver electoral participation projects and events to their communities. The projects aim to raise awareness of how to enroll, how to vote and why it’s important to participate in elections.

The Opportunity 

About the Role

This role is one of two Deadly Democracy Young Peer Facilitator roles at YACVic. The role holders will be supported and assisted to develop and deliver electoral participation projects, activities and events to their communities. This could include community workshops, mock elections, education sessions, social events with electoral focus, social media activity, enrolment drives or university events. It could even include artistic creations, with previous participants on the program having made murals and music videos.

As a Deadly Democracy Young Peer Facilitator, you will be supervised by YACVic, supported by the AEC and mentored by Ninti One to develop your leadership capacities, project management skills and electoral knowledge. In addition, you will join a larger network of Deadly Democracy participants from across the country, all delivering similar projects in their regions, who can provide each other with peer-to-peer support.

The AEC has engaged Ninti One (a First Nations organisation) to deliver training and education sessions to the network participants. These sessions aim to provide participants with leadership and cultural skills, project management and electoral education to deliver projects, activities and events to their communities and peers.

We are committed to employing people based in rural or regional areas, so your geographic location or access to travel should not be a barrier to applying for this role.

This employment opportunity is identified for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island peoples. Being an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person is a genuine occupational qualification required to undertake this role via theSpecial Measures of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic).

Benefits of working at YACVic

• Generous terms and benefits
• Flexible, disability friendly, family friendly, rainbow friendly
• Fun work culture with a social purpose
• Diversity, working with a dynamic group of youth organisations that includes regional and rural young people, the Youth Disability Advocacy Service, multicultural, Koorie and rainbow young people.
• High degree of collegial support & sector-leading professional development

Employment conditions

YACVic promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children and young people, including those with a disability, those who are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander or those from refugee or migrant backgrounds. We take child protection very seriously.

All employees are subject to screening and assessment against child safety standards, including rigorous background, identity and reference checks. The successful applicant will require a current Working with Children Check and a satisfactory National Police Check (costs reimbursed) and must agree to comply with YACVic’s Code of Conduct, Child Safe policy and procedures.

To be eligible to apply for this position you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or hold a valid work permit or visa.

YACVic is an Equal Opportunity Employer. People with disability, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply for this position.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Jen Rowan (she/her) at [email protected] using the subject line: Deadly Democracy - Young Peer Facilitator enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Please refer to the full position description attached.