About the role

• To engage with Horn of Africa communities in Melbourne’s West to better understand needs and existing responses in relation to family violence.
• To build community capability to recognise and respond to family violence.
• To build service system capability to provide culturally safe, responsive and effective services to people experiencing family violence.

Competitive remuneration, plus salary packaging benefit, is offered together with ongoing professional and career development as well as opportunities for personal growth.

What Jesuit Social Services can offer you

• An organisation that lives its values, through its day to day work
• A welcoming and supportive relational environment
• A comprehensive Induction and Orientation program
• Ongoing training and development related to your role
• Employee assistance program
• A competitive salary plus salary packaging benefits
• Generous leave

About you

This role will suit a candidate with the following skills and experience:

• Tertiary qualification/s and/or relevant experience in field.
• Understanding of family violence dynamics and the specialist family violence service system.
• Ability to communicate and build engagement and capacity with a range of stakeholders, including service providers, diverse communities and individuals with lived experience of marginalisation and family violence.
• Knowledge of the issues impacting on multicultural communities and a commitment to culturally safe practices. Connection to community and/or fluency in a relevant community language desirable.
• Proven ability to work independently to drive initiatives with enthusiasm.

About the program

Working Together is a new two year project funded by Family Safety Victoria and delivered by Jesuit Social Services in partnership with GenWest. The Capacity Building Practitioner is employed by Jesuit Social Services’ Settlement Team and co-located part time with GenWest’s Early Intervention Team to facilitate bi-directional learning and enhance the capability of both services to reduce and respond to family violence within Horn of Africa communities in Melbourne’s West.

About the organisation

Jesuit Social Services is a social change organisation working to build a just society where all people can live to their full potential. We reflect on the critical factors shaping our contemporary world; the social, political and economic contexts, and we adapt our practice to work with those most in need.

Since 1977, Jesuit Social Services has provided services to some of the most disadvantaged in our community.

We place a high priority on advocacy and are a leader in policy development and research.

A position description is attached.