• $140,000 including super + salary packaging + additional leave
• Work from home in Alice Springs with travel within the region
• Dedicated nation-wide team supporting programs of change in Indigenous communities
• Indigenous Australians and friends of Jawun warmly encouraged to apply.

Who is Jawun?

Jawun is a not-for-profit organisation that leverages the capabilities of corporate, government and philanthropic Australia to support Indigenous-led development. Guided by the strategies of Indigenous leaders and organisations, Jawun works to build the capacity of Indigenous organisations to drive positive social impact at community-level.

Jawun began facilitating partnerships between corporate and Indigenous Australia in Cape York in 2001.

The Jawun model is transferable and today we work with remote communities in Cape York Peninsula (QLD), the Pilbara, East and West Kimberley (WA), Central Australia (NT, WA, SA) and Northeast Arnhem Land (NT), regional communities of Goulburn-Murray (VIC), Central Coast (NSW), Lower River Murray (LRM) and Far West Coast (FWC), the urban communities of Inner Sydney (NSW) and South West Australia (WA).

Jawun draws upon the best and brightest secondee resources from over 30 corporate and government partners in pursuit of Indigenous led change. Our current partners can be found here.

How you will contribute:

The purpose of this role is to maximise the effective use of corporate and government partner resources in pursuit of Indigenous led change in the Central Australia Region, including Central Arrente country in the Northern Territory and the NPY Lands of the Tri-State region. You will work as part of a tight knit group of Regional Directors in 12 regions across Australia alongside a dedicated central office team mostly, but not all, based in Sydney. You will be aligned to and able to advocate for the regional reform/change agendas led by community.

Core to your role will be the following:

• Maintaining strong relationships with Indigenous partner organisations and leaders
• Delivery of impactful secondments of talented people from corporate and government partner organisations into the region that support and accelerate Indigenous organisational and regional priorities
• Plan and execute immersion activities that emotionally connect senior executives from Jawun’s corporate and government partners with the region, for shared learning
• Help to scope and prioritise Indigenous partner organisation and community objectives
• Produce timely, high-quality data and impact reporting
• Manage and track to a budget
• Engage with corporate and government partners who focus support to the region
• Execution of the Regional Partnership Strategy.

As the successful candidate you will have:

• A background in community development, program and people management
• Leadership experience - confidence, charisma, credibility and ability to lead a group
• The ability to build effective working relationships with people (from Indigenous leaders to secondees to capability partners)
• Excellent communication skills and experience with reporting and report writing
• An appreciation for work safety, and the ability to prioritise and apply safety standards and policies. This includes the administrative requirements that go hand-in-hand with this critical part of the role
• Deep listening skills and can make strategic linkages and connections
• The ability to lean into the occasional difficult situation, including interpersonal conflicts
• Worked autonomously, and can effectively prioritise your work without day to day input.

Travel requirements of the role:

• This role requires occasional travel by road and small aircraft within the NPY / APY lands
• Occasional interstate travel for learning and team connection.

Is this your ideal next step?

Indigenous Australians and friends of Jawun are warmly encouraged to apply.

Jawun is not able to work with recruitment agencies on this role.

Applications close when we find the right candidate for the role. Please don’t delay your application if this role is of interest to you.

For further information please contact Jane at [email protected] using the subject line: Regional Director - Alice Springs enquiry via EthicalJobs.