Position Details

• Job Status: Full time (part time/job share available by negotiation), fixed term contract, with potential for conversion to ongoing
• Starting Salary: Level 3 to Level 4 ($68,724 to $75,597) based on experience and qualifications, plus superannuation
• Location: Victorian Greens State Office, Melbourne CBD (work from home can be agreed as part of a flexible working arrangement)
• Start date: Flexible
• End date: 30 June 2026

About this role

The Australian Greens Victoria (AGV) is committed to strengthening First Nations representation and participation within our movement. We’re currently looking for a First Nations person to support and coordinate the activities of the Blak Greens Victoria — the First Nations Network for members of the AGV.

You will play a key part in growing First Nations membership within the AGV, supporting First Nations members to engage at all levels of the party, and ensuring meaningful consultation on

First Nations affairs and policies. The First Nations Organiser will work closely with Blak Greens members and Office Bearers, other staff, and party leadership figures to foster an inclusive and empowering environment for First Nations political engagement.

If you’re a First Nations person who thrives on grassroots organising and wants to increase First Nations representation in progressive politics, we encourage you to apply.

The Victorian Greens strongly encourage people with diverse lived experience to apply for all roles, even if you feel your professional experience doesn’t match all of the selection criteria. The Greens recognise that structural barriers make it difficult for some people to obtain roles, even in progressive organisations. When assessing candidates we look at more than just the jobs you’ve been paid to do, including the range of ways you’ve picked up skills and knowledge throughout your life.

Successful applicants may also have the opportunity to participate in a program such as the Racial Justice Program run by Democracy in Colour, offering on-the-job training, support, mentoring and leadership development for First Nations people and people of colour working in the progressive movement.

Position description

In this role you will:

• Coordinate Blak Greens activities: Liaise with the Blak Greens to organise meetings, events, and communications, and ensure high-quality record keeping.
• Grow First Nations membership: Organise engagement with First Nations communities, organisations and individuals, inside and outside the Victorian Greens.
• Support First Nations advocacy: Coordinate engagement between the Blak Greens and key stakeholders, support affirmative action efforts, and work to increase First Nations leadership at all levels.
• Empower First Nations members: Develop strategies for ongoing engagement with first Nations Members, and provide training opportunities to strengthen First Nations participation in the Victorian Greens.
• Mentor First Nations candidates: Identify potential candidates and help them to navigate preselection, develop campaign strategies, and build community organising skills.
• Manage reporting and financial processes: Track First Nations membership, assess the progress of affirmative action efforts, and work with the Treasurer of the Blak Greens Victoria to maintain budgets.
• Complete other work as required: As a part of a small, agile staff team, you’ll be supported by your colleagues with your priority work supporting First Nations members, and subject to your capacity, you may also be asked to support your colleagues with other work along the way.

Selection criteria

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t have all of the relevant skills. We’re looking for someone who is organised and effective and has a passion for our movement, which we prioritise over formal education or qualifications.

We believe there is strength in diversity and are committed to supporting the right person to grow into this role and thrive. For a confidential conversation about this role or the recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected].

Key selection criteria

• Values alignment: Commitment to the Greens policies, charter and core values: ecological sustainability, grassroots participatory democracy, social justice and peace and non-violence — and a passion for increasing First Nations representation in progressive politics.
• Community organising: Ability to develop and maintain relationships of trust, support volunteers, and work collaboratively with diverse communities to build participation and leadership.
• Stakeholder engagement: Experience connecting with First Nations communities, and helping to build positive working relationships (including genuine deep listening) with and between First Nations people and other stakeholders.
• Organisation: Demonstrated capacity to plan your work, manage information, and keep records; and the ability to document, communicate and follow clear processes and timelines (for example, establishing and maintaining the routine for a regular formal meeting)
• Training and mentoring: Experience in planning and running training sessions, leadership programs, or coaching and supporting individuals as they take on new challenges or develop new skills.
• Lived experience or connections to First Nations justice, racial justice, LGBTQIA+ justice, disability justice or gendered justice movements.

Bonus points for:

• Systems experience: Experience using basic office technology and document management systems, or organising systems such as contact databases, websites or mass communication tools.
• Event management: Demonstrated experience in planning and running successful events.
• Political campaigning experience: A working understanding of political or social change campaigning as a staff member, volunteer or grassroots activist
• Working with volunteers: Experience in a volunteer- or member-led organisation

Why work for the Victorian Greens?

We offer a friendly, flexible and supportive workplace. Some great reasons to join the Victorian Greens team include:

• Four day work week with full time pay
• Making a meaningful contribution to the political movement for people and the planet
• A commitment to creating an accessible workplace that fits your needs as a team member
• Flexibility to negotiate working hours and some work from home
• Four weeks of annual leave a year, with bonus leave between Christmas and New Years Day, and flexible leave for cultural holidays
• Above-average personal leave, including additional paid provisions for gender affirmation, mental health and domestic and family violence leave, and Sorry Business for First Nations staff
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and wellbeing support
• If eligible, a fully-funded place in the Democracy in Colour Racial Justice Program, or equivalent

Apply for this role

To apply for this role, we ask for your resume and for you to answer a few questions about your past experience. There is no need to prepare a cover letter or selection criteria response. Applications are only accepted through the online form - click the "Apply Now" button.

After applications close, we will shortlist candidates for interviews which can be held over a video call or in person at our Melbourne office. If there is a large volume of applicants, we may organise an initial phone interview to find out more about your experience or ask you to prepare a brief task to help us better understand your experience. If you are not shortlisted for this role, we will contact you via email to let you know.

If you have questions about this role, the recruitment process, or if you have any accessibility needs for your application, please contact us at [email protected] using the subject line: First Nations Organiser enquiry via EthicalJobs.