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Project Officer - Conference & Webinar Program

Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety (ANROWS)

Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) is seeking a Project Officer – ANROWS biennial conference and webinar program. 

ANROWS convenes a biennial conference and webinar program as part of its knowledge translation and exchange (KTE) function. This role will be primarily responsible for supporting the delivery of the online webinar program and ANROWS’s 2022 National Conference. This will include program coordination; speaker, contractor and delegate management/liaison; budget management; promotion; stakeholder engagement; and logistical management of the online conference.

About ANROWS

ANROWS aspires to be an innovative research organisation with authoritative leadership and high impact to support the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010–2022 (the National Plan). Our mission is to deliver relevant and translatable research evidence which drives policy and practice, leading to a reduction in the levels of violence against women and their children.

ANROWS is funded primarily by the Commonwealth and state and territory governments of Australia to assist them in achieving the National Plan’s vision of women and their children living free from violence and in safe communities.

As a national research organisation, ANROWS has three intersecting core functions: leadership, knowledge production, and knowledge translation and exchange. 

ANROWS’s leadership function includes the production and promotion of Australia’s National Research Agenda to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children (ANRA) 2020–2022, building research capacity in this area and advocating for evidence-based policy and practice. 

Through its knowledge production function, ANROWS produces evidence to guide Australian governments and practitioners in their work towards ending violence against women and their children. 

The evidence ANROWS and others produce is translated from academic research reports into accessible resources that highlight the implications of research findings for evidence-based policy and practice.  ANROWS recognises that knowledge production, translation and exchange is a multilateral process and that it has a pivotal role in the exchange of knowledge between its stakeholders.

About the position

This is a 1.0 FTE position (37.5 hours per week), reporting to the Director, Evidence to Action, and is located at the ANROWS national office in Sydney (Level 11, 31 Market Street, Sydney, NSW 2000). The appointment is from the commencement date until 30 June 2022, with the option to extend, subject to continued funding, beyond that date. 

Remuneration and leave entitlements

The salary range for this position is $80,545 to $85,457 per annum plus 9.5 per cent employer contributions to the employee’s chosen superannuation fund.  ANROWS staff are entitled to four weeks annual leave, in addition to personal and sick leave. 

Key responsibilities

  • Supporting the Director, Evidence to Action to plan, manage and deliver the ANROWS webinar program and National Conference, including coordinating program development; liaising with producers, speakers and delegates; sponsor management; coordinating contractors; and financial administration.
  • Strategic communications planning to support and report upon ANROWS’s KTE goals related to the National Conference to a wide variety of stakeholders.
  • Developing and publishing content about the National Conference on ANROWS’s online channels, including the website, fortnightly electronic newsletter “Notepad”, e-alerts and social media channels.
  • Stakeholder engagement activity relating to the webinar program and conference, including communications and consultations with the policymakers responsible for the implementation of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010–2022 and other advisory groups.
  • Assisting with the implementation and maintenance of the ANROWS customer relationship management (CRM) system.
  • Working with members of the Evidence to Action team to project manage, develop and deliver publications and resources, such as reports or research syntheses, as needed.
  • Working with members of the Evidence to Action team to develop and coordinate KTE activities and support the development of organisational communications as needed.

Selection criteria

Essential

  1. Qualifications in project or event management or a related discipline.
  2. Skills and experience in project planning, management and implementation to achieve specified goals, including speaker, delegate and sponsor management and coordinating an engaging program.
  3. Time-management skills and the ability to meet strict deadlines, plus the agility to negotiate changing circumstances and manage competing priorities.
  4. Strong relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to engage and liaise with policymakers and practice designers as well as stakeholders across academia, the community sector, government and the media.
  5. Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to synthesise complex information in plain English for a range of audiences.
  6. Knowledge of issues relating to violence against women and their children and a commitment to understanding and addressing unique barriers to help-seeking faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse women and children, women with disability, older women, women in rural areas, and LGBTQ and intersex people.
  7. Knowledge and understanding of accessibility, inclusiveness and trauma-informed practice.

Desirable

  1. Experience maintaining a CRM system would be advantageous.
  2. Experience in online event management.
  3. Experience developing and coordinating webinars, especially those involving panels of speakers. 

Any questions regarding the position should be directed to:

Michele Robinson, Director, Evidence to Action
Telephone: 02 8374 4000
Email: [email protected] using the subject line: Project Officer (Evidence to Action) enquiry via EthicalJobs

Criminal history check

The successful applicant will be offered the position subject to a criminal history check (also known as a police check).

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