Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 11th Mar 2021
Fighting Chance designs, builds and scales social enterprises which move the dial for Australians with disability and their family. We work to identify the challenges, hurdles and barriers faced by people with disability in their everyday lives and then design and build sustainable social enterprise businesses to bridge these gaps. Avenue is one of these enterprises.
Avenue is not your average day program! We are a series of Co-Working Spaces for people of all abilities, regardless of their support needs; working to a vision for a world in which work is accessible for all. Our mission is to build a network of co-working spaces, bringing world-class work, social and learning opportunities to people of all abilities. Each Co-Working Space offers people with disability the opportunity to:
Work: Avenue forms and facilitates micro-enterprises to enable participants to utilise their skills and contribute to the economy
Learn: Avenue offers participants a range of learning and skill development opportunities, across a range of content areas including work skills, social skills and personal development
Socialise: Avenue offers participants the opportunity to engage actively and meaningfully in social aspects of community life and develop friendships
You will be responsible for assisting the Avenue Botany Manager in:
The effective operation of Avenue Botany
Staff recruitment, onboarding, ongoing engagement and leadership
Compiling weekly staff rosters
Developing and maintaining excellent participant and family/support network relationships as well as with other key stakeholders
Maintenance of participant database to ensure relevant and reliable data for billing and business intelligence reporting
Overseeing the effective delivery and administration of Avenue’s program elements: Work, Social and Learning
Adherence to legislation and organisational policies and procedures to ensure appropriate health, safety and wellbeing in the workplace
Rostering experience for medium-sized teams
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to work and communicate effectively with people we support, their families/carers, staff, community and other networks
Highly developed administrative and organisational skills
Intermediate level Excel/Microsoft/G-Suite
A passion for social enterprise and a commitment to shifting the dial for people with disability!
New NDIS worker screening check or a current & satisfactory National Police Clearance Certificate and Working With Children Check
A current First Aid qualification
If this sounds like you please apply today! with your current resume and cover letter addressing the above essential criteria