Key responsibilities

Capability Building

• Provide support to MCWH bilingual health educators and project partners’ bilingual health education workforce to deliver health education sessions across Australia; including and not limited to:
• Training and onboarding
• Skill and knowledge development
• Community Engagement
• Evaluation
• Lead Community of Practice initiatives to promote stakeholder networking, collaboration and capability building
• Provide tailored support to health educators according to individual professional development needs
• Conduct administration relating to the support activities
• Work closely with the Training Team and Health Education Team to monitor health educators’ learning and support needs; and
• Submit regular reporting requirements as directed

General

• Represent MCWH externally as required;
• Participate in team and staff meetings, including contributing to planning, development, and evaluation of the organisation;
• Develop a regular work plan and participate in regular performance appraisal and professional development;
• Prepare work reports or other reporting materials as required; and
• Other duties consistent with the role and as negotiated with the Manager.

Selection criteria

Essential

• Relevant tertiary qualifications;
• Minimum of two years’ experience in a project delivery role;
• Demonstrated experience in leadership initiatives;
• Excellent project/program planning and implementation skills;
• Excellent analytical and report-writing skills;
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills;
• Experience engaging migrant and refugee communities; and
• Commitment to, and understanding of, migrant and refugee women’s issues from an intersectional feminist perspective.

Highly Desirable

• Knowledge and/or experience in women’s health and/or health education; and/or
• Knowledge/fluency in a language other than English.

Special requirements

• Some evening or weekend work may be required from time-to-time;
• The candidate must be able to work from home and a hybrid working from home/office arrangement may be possible/necessary;
• A satisfactory Police Check and Working with Children check may be required; and
• Up to date COVID-19 vaccination (unless a medical exemption applies).

Other benefits

• Salary packaging-tax benefit of up to $15,900 pa (grossed-up)
• Meal entertainment program up to $2,650 pa
• Above-award leave entitlements as outlined in MCWH EBA

Period of appointment

This is a fixed-term role, scheduled to end on 29th February 2024.

A position description is attached.