Ready to lead work that helps change the future of a community?

Big Brothers Big Sisters Australia is seeking a dynamic Primary Prevention Lead to shape and deliver the Safe Futures Workplace Prevention Project in Ballarat. This is a rare opportunity to turn prevention evidence into practical action, working with local workplaces, mentors and community partners to strengthen gender equality, respectful relationships and safer workplace cultures.

In this role, you will design an engaging workplace prevention model, create practical tools and resources, facilitate meaningful conversations, and support participating workplaces to move from good intentions to real behaviour, culture and systems change. You will support men to take an active and accountable role in prevention, while ensuring the voices, safety and experiences of women and gender-diverse people remain central to the work. 

We are looking for a confident, thoughtful program leader who can hold complexity, build trust quickly, respond safely to sensitive issues and bring people with them. You will work across strategy, facilitation, partnerships, referral pathways, evaluation and community mobilisation.

If you are passionate about preventing violence before it starts, strengthening local leadership and creating safer futures for young people, families and communities, this role offers the chance to build something practical, lasting and deeply meaningful in Ballarat.

ABOUT THE ORGANISATION

Big Brothers Big Sisters Australia is a national not-for-profit organisation supporting young people experiencing adversity through evidence-informed mentoring programs.

Our Ballarat program is a long-established community initiative with strong local partnerships and a proud history of helping local children and young people build confidence, resilience and positive pathways. Through safe, supportive mentoring relationships, we work alongside young people, families, volunteers and community partners to create connection, opportunity and lasting impact.

The Safe Futures Workplace Prevention Project builds on this work by connecting mentoring, workplace prevention and community engagement to support safer, more respectful relationships across Ballarat.

MORE ABOUT THE ROLE

Funded by Respect Ballarat, The Safe Futures Workplace Prevention Project is about helping local workplaces turn respect, equality and safety into everyday practice.

As Primary Prevention Lead, you will guide the development of a practical workplace prevention model that can be delivered across three participating Ballarat workplaces. You will work closely with our local Ballarat Program Coordinator as well as workplace employees, volunteer mentors, community partners, referral services and project staff to tailor the approach to each workplace while keeping the focus on meaningful, measurable change.

This role will involve designing resources, leading facilitated sessions, supporting workplace action planning, strengthening referral and response pathways, and contributing to evaluation and learning. You will also help connect workplace prevention with mentoring and broader community mobilisation, so the impact reaches beyond individual training sessions.

This is a hands-on leadership role with real scope to shape something new. Your work will leave workplaces and community partners with practical tools, stronger relationships and a clearer pathway for continuing prevention work beyond the project period.

ABOUT YOU

You are a confident, thoughtful program leader who can hold complexity, build trust quickly and bring people with you through sensitive and important work.

You will bring relevant experience in primary prevention, gender equality, family violence prevention, respectful relationships, health promotion, workplace culture change, community development or a related field. You understand the gendered drivers of violence, intersectionality and the importance of creating safe, inclusive spaces for learning and action.

You are an engaging facilitator who can work with mixed groups, respond constructively to resistance or discomfort, and support people to move from awareness to practical change. You are also organised and adaptable, with strong skills in relationship-building, resource development, project delivery, written communication and stakeholder engagement.

We are looking for someone with strong prevention foundations, sound judgement, emotional intelligence and a genuine commitment to gender equality, child safety, cultural safety, inclusion and community-led change.

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS

At Big Brothers Big Sisters Australia, you will be part of meaningful early intervention work that strengthens communities and changes young lives.

You will be joining an amazing, supportive and committed team that values trust, flexibility, practical support and strong relationships. We work closely together, share ideas openly and care deeply about doing work that is thoughtful, safe and useful to the community.

BBBS supports flexible and family-friendly work arrangements, with guidance from leadership and opportunities to build your practice through collaboration, project learning and specialist prevention input.

FULL POSITION DESCRIPTION

A full position description is attached below.