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Capacity Building and Support Officer - Granville and Regions

Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced and skilled Capacity Building and Support Officer to work with people with disability and their families and carers.

Location: Granville with frequent travel to regional and remote NSW

The position is full time (5 days per week) until 30 June 2024. Salary is based on SCHADS Award Grade 4. You will also benefit from ongoing support, training and flexible working conditions; and salary sacrifice after qualifying period.

The Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association (MDAA) is the leading NSW advocacy agency for people from Non-English Speaking Background (NESB) and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds with disability and their families/friends. Our vision is to create a community where everyone, regardless of background or disability, feels welcome, included and supported.

Selection criteria:

Essential

  • Relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent work experience in advocating for people with disability
  • Knowledge of the disability sector in Australia
  • Demonstrated experience in providing advocacy support to people with disability from CALD backgrounds
  • Experience in supporting people with disability to build their capacity to advocate for themselves
  • Demonstrated experience in community development and networking
  • Good oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to travel to regional and remote NSW frequently
  • NSW full driving licence

Desirable:

  • Ability to identify and address systemic issues
  • IT proficiency
  • Bi-lingual

All applications must address the selection criteria.

For a position description, please download from the MDAA website: www.mdaa.org.au.

For further enquiries, please contact Bharat on (02) 9891 6400.

MDAA is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and an affirmative action policy applies to people from NESB/CALD background with disability.

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