The Aiming High VCE Support Program is entering its 12th year of operation and is a flagship program for Banksia Gardens Community Services, an innovative community service organisation in Broadmeadows. Working with some of the most disadvantaged communities in Melbourne, the program works in Broadmeadows and Craigieburn, to support aspirational students to achieve their academic goals and move into further education and training.

Students are recruited from a range of local secondary schools, with a focus on those from public schools. They form a weekly study group with access to free tutoring, as well as academic and personal development workshops.

The Aiming High Coordinator is responsible for recruiting and supporting students, engaging and supervising volunteers, liaising with partner organisations. The Coordinator is also expected to create a supportive learning community for the participating students and engage guest speakers. Qualifications and experience teaching at the VCE level is desirable.

Each year, we seek to create a strong community of learners who move through the challenges of VCE together. Aiming High also prioritises inspiring young people and developing students' capacities outside of specific VCE subjects, helping them to develop more self-efficacy, and facilitating exploration and access to further study and career options.

The position is 0.6 FTE with flexibility outside of core program delivery.

ABOUT THE ORGANISATION

Banksia Gardens Community Services is a vibrant community services organisation located in the heart of Broadmeadows. With a strong commitment to community development and action research principles, our programs focus mainly on early childhood, education and training, young people, environmental sustainability and community participation and advocacy.

ABOUT YOU!

• Desirable to have had previous teaching experience and or tutoring with a good knowledge of the Victorian Curriculum
• Able to start immediately
• Passionate about empowering students and creating a learning environment that is supportive
• You are able work collaboratively and inspire a high performing team to continue delivering high-quality engagement and learning program
• Have the ability to lead a team of volunteers and to engage with stakeholders

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• Part-time 0.6 FTE flexible teaching position.
• Join a passionate and dedicated team making a positive difference in our community.
• Encouraged work-life balance and a broad range of leave entitlements, including annual leave, personal leave, purchased leave, leading paid parental leave, study leave and paid family and domestic violence leave.
• Access to a range of mental health and wellbeing supportive initiatives, including confidential counselling services and education programs, through our Employee Assistance Program.
• Salary packaging and novated lease arrangements on offer with leading provider, AccessPay, reducing your tax.
• Access to a range of ongoing learning and development opportunities that will benefit and support you in your role.

Our organisation is proud to serve the City of Hume, one of the most culturally diverse places in the whole of Australia. BGCS is committed to human rights, gender equity and fundamental freedoms, in particular the rights of minorities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the LGBTQIA+ community.

We genuinely acknowledge and respect everyone’s individual values, beliefs, efforts, ideas, language and cultural and religious backgrounds and we encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

BGCS is a child-safe organisation and is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people with zero tolerance for child abuse. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a National Police Record Check and provide Working with Children Check and or VIT registration.

A full position description is attached below.

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For more information about the role contact Jaime de Loma-Osorio Ricon or email [email protected] using the subject line: Aiming High Coordinator enquiry via EthicalJobs.