• Permanent part time | 35 hours over a 2 week period
• Week 1: Tuesday, Wednesday | Week 2: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
• Located in Surry Hills | Sounds of the Street program

About Us

Mission Australia is a non-denominational Christian charity that has been helping vulnerable Australians move towards independence for more than 160 years.

Every day we support people nationwide by combatting homelessness, assisting disadvantaged families and children, addressing mental health issues, fighting substance dependencies and much more. We are generously supported by our funders, partners and tens of thousands of everyday Australians, who make the work of our tireless volunteers and staff possible.

Mission Australia is committed to keeping children and young people safe with zero tolerance of harm or abuse, and expect all our employees and volunteers to reflect this commitment. 

Your Opportunity

Sounds of the streets (SOTS) is a 20-week TAFE accredited music course that teaches students to compose, perform and record their own music. They also have the opportunity to learn an instrument. The students’ music is professionally mixed and mastered with students performing their compositions at the annual album launch.

You will be responsible for maintaining an awareness and sensitivity of the individual needs of students who may be facing personal challenges and teaching the participants music as a creative outlet.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Develop and implement a program of lessons to support musical development
• Ensure teaching involves the individual needs and preferences of the participants
• Monitor and encourage students in the achievement of their goals
• Support students as they progress into future educational or vocational pathways
• Maintain communication with TAFE to ensure course content is in line with standards
• Manage the general safety of students participating in the SOTS Program

Requirements for Success

• Qualifications in music or vocational training experience and/or Certificate IV in training
• Technical Expertise in teaching music (preferably in a similar environment)
• Passionate about teaching music to youth and clients with complex needs
• Ability to communicate with clients requiring individual needs and influencing

Before starting work with us, you will need to undertake a national police history check, qualifications and referee checks, and have a clearance to work with children/vulnerable people. 

Culture & Benefits

A career with Mission Australia will offer you rewarding experiences to make a difference to the lives of Australians in need. We have an innovative and supportive culture guided by our values of compassion, integrity, respect, perseverance and celebration.

To ensure our employees feel valued, empowered and celebrated we provide a range of employee benefits including:

• NFP salary packaging benefits reducing taxable income (details via Advantage)
• Generous discounts with hotels, travel insurance and major retailers
• Free, confidential counselling services via our EAP
• Discounted health care with Medibank Private

Diversity & Inclusion

Mission Australia is an inclusive employer. We celebrate our diversity and strive to reflect contemporary Australian society and all the communities in which we work, in order to better serve our clients. We welcome and encourage applications from Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people, People with Disability, Sexually and Gender Diverse people, people with lived experience of adversity and from people of all ages.

As such, if you require any adjustments to submit your application, we invite you to get in touch via email [email protected].

For further information regarding working with us visit Working for Mission Australia.