• Exciting opportunity to facilitate system change and improve integration between key services responding to family violence
• Ongoing part-time role in Ringwood with hybrid options available
• Salary packaging available, SCHADS Level 6

The Regional Family Violence Partnership (RFVP) is the Family Violence Regional Integration Committee across the Eastern Metropolitan Region (EMR) which covers the Department of Fairness and Housing areas of Inner Eastern and Outer Eastern Melbourne. The role of the RFVP is to provide strategic leadership to drive effective cross-sector work to address family violence, sexual violence and violence against women.

The Partnership is made up over 50 highly engaged member agencies from a range of sectors across the EMR. Members include lived experience advocates specialist family violence specialist services, and well as services across primary prevention, child and family, justice, legal, ACCOs, homelessness and disability services. The partnership works to identify and implement creative solutions to address barriers to regional integration and to support the implementation of Victorian government family violence reforms.

The RFVP is auspiced by FVREE who are also an RFVP member organisation. FVREE is a leading not-for-profit specialist family violence service in Melbourne’s EMR providing an integrated range of support and services to empower women and children who are responding to family violence. You can find out more about FVREE here.

About the Opportunity

The Project & Partnership Coordinator is part of a small RFVP team, they provide support to the RFVP administrator and report to and work collaboratively with the Principal Strategic Advisor. FVREE is the auspice organisation for this role and provides employment and organisational support.

The Project & Partnership Coordinator is accountable to the partnership to lead and coordinate assigned projects, support partnership activities, facilitate communication, and contribute to strategic outcomes (as outlined in the partnership’s strategic plan). The role requires strong organisational skills, project management expertise, stakeholder engagement capability, and a commitment to trauma-informed, culturally safe, and inclusive practice.

You’ll need these qualifications and/or experience

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in social work, social or behavioural science or other relevant discipline or at least 5 years work experience
• Experience in working within a partnership, systems, or integration focused role
• Experience in working within or alongside the specialist family violence sector
• Experience in project management, including planning, coordination, stakeholder engagement, and delivery of initiatives.
• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary and cross-sector environments

Why work with us?

• We offer wrap around support for new people to develop skills on the job.
• We are a welcoming, supportive and inclusive team – we are proud of our culture.
• We walk the talk on inclusion: bring your whole self to work.
• We believe in lifelong learning and support you to engage in professional development.
• We have great benefits like parental leave, EAP and wellbeing supports.
• We know flexibility is important – work a day a week from home in full time roles.

We celebrate diversity in all its forms, and welcome interest in our work from people with a range of experiences.

Want to know more?

You can find more details in the position description. If you have questions, reach out to Louise Allwright on 0437 004 306 or [email protected] or our People and Culture team at [email protected] using the subject line: Project & Partnership Coordinator - Regional Family Violence Partnership enquiry via EthicalJobs or on (03) 9259 4200.

How to apply

• Click the 'Apply now' button
• Upload your resume and a one page cover letter explaining your interest and suitability for the role.
• Interviews to be held the week of 15th June 2026

Our commitment to safety, equity, diversity and inclusion

We believe that the unique and diverse contributions of all our people at FVREE create our success. To ensure that our culture and our services continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we encourage applications from people of diverse backgrounds, communities, identities and abilities.

FVREE is a Rainbow Tick Accredited and inclusive employer. We do not discriminate based on someone’s ability, age, gender, body, sexuality, relationship, faith, or culture; staying true to our commitment as an equitable and safe place of employment for our people.

FVREE is a child-focused and child safe organisation and is committed to promoting and protecting the safety and interests of children. All appointments with FVREE are subject to a police records check, working with children check and reference checks.