Exciting opportunity to…

• Work with us on the delivery of family violence capacity building activities with organisations and businesses across a broad range of sectors.
• Be part of meaningful change and work for Victoria's peak body for Victorian organisations that specialise in family and gender-based violence across the continuum, including primary prevention, early intervention, response and recovery
• Work for an organisation that is committed to access and inclusion and has achieved the Rainbow Tick Accreditation

Hourly rate: $75.8599 per hour, including 25% casual loading

Office Location: Carlton

About the Organisation

Safe and Equal is the peak body for Victorian organisations that specialise in family and gender-based violence across the continuum, including primary prevention, early intervention, response and recovery. Our vision is a world where everyone is safe, respected and thriving, living free from family and gender-based violence.

At Safe and Equal, we are committed to creating an inclusive organisation. We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to work with us, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people of colour and people from migrant and refuge communities, people of any age or gender, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex and/or queer (LGBTIQA+) people, people with lived experience of family violence, and people with disability. We also consider applicants regardless of contact with the justice system and experiences of criminalisation, consistent with our legal requirement.

We are committed to fostering a work environment where everybody can bring their whole self, belong and succeed. We are a proud Equal Opportunity employer and do not tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment. We celebrate and support difference and know that one size doesn’t fit all – we endeavour to be flexible, meet your needs, and support you at every stage of your contact with us.

Our office is located in Carlton, with flexible and remote options available. We encourage applications from candidates based in rural and regional Victoria. We remain open to new approaches and actively foster an inclusive workplace that celebrates the contribution made by all our people.

Safe and Equal offers employees a monthly RDO option, individual annual Professional Development budget, generous leave benefits including (but not limited to) Christmas Shutdown Leave, Gender Affirmation leave, Family Violence Leave and Cultural and Ceremonial Leave, and access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

The Role

Family Violence Advisors are responsible for delivering Safe and Equal’s capability building packages and associated offerings. This position will lead and/or support the provision of policy advice and capacity building offerings including workshop facilitation with a focus on workplace and private sector responses to family violence, as part of fee for service requests.

Here are some examples of what you will achieve in the next 12 months as a Family Violence Advisor:

• Providing consulting services across a range of areas including the review and development of workplace policy and procedures, and implementation advice
• Facilitating consultative workshops
• Working with lived experience advocates in co-facilitating selected workshops
• Delivery of defined capability packages
• Tailoring workshops and capability building offerings

The knowledge, skills, experience, qualifications and clearances required for this role are:

While the following knowledge, skills and experience will be highly valued, we recognise that meeting all selection criteria for any role can be challenging. If you feel you would be a good fit for this role but are unsure about any of these, please contact us for a discussion.

• Tertiary qualification in social work, public policy, community development, human services or welfare and/or vocational education and training (or equivalent experience)
• Lived experience and/or a sophisticated understanding of the ways that gender inequality intersects with other forms of inequality and oppression to exacerbate family violence risk factors and limit people’s access to services, support and safety.
• Experience working in family violence response or primary prevention.
• Experience in consulting on policies, strategies, frameworks, etc.
• High level written communications skills with particular experience in policy review, critical analysis and/or report writing.
• Excellent facilitation and group work skills, including the ability to work with resistance and support whole of organisation culture change conversations
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills, with the ability to build trusting, collaborative relationships and experience engaging with multiple, diverse stakeholders.
• Sound computer skills, with experience in organising and facilitating online meetings and workshops

For more information about the key responsibilities, pre-employment checks and salary expectations of the role, download the position description.

If you have questions about this position contact Robyn Stone on [email protected] using the subject line: Family Violence Advisor enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached.