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High Schools Program Manager
Employer: Employment Office
Work Type/s: Part Time
Classification/s: Advocacy & Campaigns, Disability Services, Education & Training, Social Work, Youth
Sector/s: Not For Profit (NFP)
Location: Sydney
Job posted on: 31 August, 2010.
Applications close: 27 September, 2010.
About the Organisation
Best Buddies Australia is a unique and exciting not for profit organisation that seeks to harness the power of friendship to transform the lives of people with an intellectual disability. The organisation aims to create a community where all people are connected, included, respected and valued, through friendship.
The Best Buddies High Schools Program matches a young person with an intellectual disability (ID) to another young person without a disability from the same school in a one to one friendship.
These friendships have profound and positive effects on the Buddies (students with an ID) and are also very rewarding for the Peer Buddies (student volunteers without an ID).
About the Opportunity
Best Buddies Australia currently has an exciting opportunity for a motivated High Schools Program Manager to drive the success of this innovative program, throughout Sydney.
You will be called upon to use creativity and innovation to maximise volunteer participation throughout the program, ensuring the success of each one-to-one match.
The role involves coordinating, driving and supporting successful one to one matches in conjunction with a team of volunteers including mainstream and support unit Teachers, a Student Leadership team and, at times, buddy pairs directly.
This unique role requires a person with an excellent understanding of, and interest in, the broad issues affecting young people with an intellectual disability. This includes a commitment to Social Inclusion principles and the ability to articulate this in relation to students with an intellectual disability. Relevant tertiary qualifications or experience in a relevant field (Education, Social Work, Psychology) will be an advantage.
You will be joining a supportive and close-knit team of professionals, each passionate about the organisation's goals and committed to celebrating successes. Best Buddies Australia boasts a team of people who enjoy their jobs, and still being relatively new, the successful candidate will make a real contribution towards the growth, potential and culture of the organisation.
In addition to the satisfaction you gain as part of a genuinely rewarding community program that delivers meaningful and lasting friendships, you will enjoy a generous salary circa $47,876 plus salary packaging options to increase the value of your take-home pay. You will also be provided with a laptop and mobile phone, as well as travel expenses.
For more information, or to apply online, please visit: http://ApplyNow.com.au/Job19944
