About CMY

The Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) is a not-for-profit organisation based in Victoria, providing specialist knowledge and support to young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds. Our vision is that young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds are connected, empowered and influential Australians.

About the Role

CMY seeks a Project Support Officer to support the planning, delivery and evaluation of youth leadership projects at CMY, including a community development project to develop audio-visual resources to improve mental health literacy in communities living in the North West of Melbourne. The Project Support Officer will support the engagement and participation of young people and communities from Karen, Arabic speaking, Vietnamese, Pasifika and South Sudanese backgrounds and facilitate a consultative and co-design process with young people and communities, as such it is desirable that candidates have lived experience as a refugee or migrant from these backgrounds.

• Hours: 30.4 hours per week (0.8 FTE) , Part Time
• Fixed Term: until September 2021
• Base Salary (SCHADS Level 3): $61,295 per annum (pro rata) plus Super and access to Salary Packaging
• Location: CMY Carlton Office. (Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this role will require you to initially work from home and it is expected that the successful candidate will be able to accommodate this. The successful candidate will participate in a comprehensive orientation and will be provisionally assigned any relevant equipment)
• Interviews: to be held in the week beginning 10 August 2020.

You will have:

• A passion for supporting young people to feel empowered, connected and influential
• Experience in addressing barriers in mental health support
• Commitment to co-design approaches
• Great communication and teamwork skills
• Desirable: Lived experience as a refugee or migrant from Karen, Vietnamese, South Sudanese, Pasifika or Arabic speaking backgrounds

For more information

• On the role, download the Position Description attached or available here.

• On CMY, visit our website.
• Contact person for the role: Jess Case, Project Officer – Youth Leadership on 9340 3437 or Duré de Winter, Program Manager – Youth Leadership on (03) 9340 3721.

How to Apply

• Provide your updated resume / CV
• Provide a statement addressing the key selection criteria outlined in the position description

CMY takes Child Safety seriously and short listed candidates are subject to child safety screening and assessment against child safety standards as part of our thorough recruitment process.

Applicants must have the right to work in Australia.