• Part-time (16 hours per week) Maximum-term role (until 30 June 2020)
• Excellent Salary Packaging options
• Based in Toowoomba, QLD

Who we are

Australian Red Cross is part of the world's largest humanitarian organisation. Our aim is to improve the lives of the most vulnerable people in Australia and across our region.

About the role

Working with people made vulnerable through migration is a key priority area for Red Cross in Australia and internationally.

Red Cross has long standing expertise in coordinating, leading, implementing and supporting complex national programs that provide a range of effective and responsive services for migrants in needs, including complex case work/management support, facilitating linkages, referrals and connections with the Australian community, promoting social cohesion, reconnecting family members and undertaking individual and systemic advocacy on issues of humanitarian concern.

The Program Officer works closely with clients, client services teams, community groups, Red Cross branches, internal stakeholders and volunteers.

You would consult and working collaboratively with clients, communities and individuals from migrant, refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds.

Additionally, the role involves executing projects and delivering information sessions and community education to clients, students, internal stakeholders and community groups.

What you will bring

• Demonstrated cultural competence and experience working with migrants in transition
• Advanced project management skills and knowledge
• Experience working with and supervising volunteers
• Demonstrated capability in public speaking to deliver community education and information sessions to clients, students and other internal and external stakeholders
• Proven ability to effectively liaise, negotiate and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to work across multiple functions and manage priorities
• Proficient in MS Office and familiarity with database applications and the internet for research purposes and disciple in attending to detail
• A Working with Children Check is a mandatory requirement for the role

The benefits

Be part of one of the largest humanitarian organisations and know that the work contributes to improving outcomes for vulnerable people. Red Cross offers generous salary packaging benefits and flexible working arrangements.

Further information

For further information about this role, please refer to the position description below or contact Cassandra Walker on 0478 312 224.

Position Description:  Program Officer - Community Development.pdf