ABOUT PWDA

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) is a national disability rights organisation. Its membership is made up of people with disability and organisations primarily constituted by people with disability. PWDA was founded in 1981, the International Year of Disabled Persons, to provide people with disability with a voice of our own. PWDA has a cross disability focus – we represent the interests of people with all kinds of disability. PWDA is a non-profit, non-government organisation. We employ over 50 staff with 25% working in regional areas.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Individual Advocate provides advocacy support to people with disability, to promote and protect their human, legal, and service user rights, in accordance with the National Disability Service Standards. This advocacy support is typically short-term, issue based and available to any person with disability in the Sydney Metropolitan region. The Individual Advocate can, on occasions, provide advocacy support to people with disability in other parts of NSW.

This is an integral role in delivering PWDA vision of a socially just, accessible and inclusive community, in which the human rights, belonging, contribution, potential and diversity of all people with disability are recognised, respected and celebrated with pride.

This role will be based in our Surry Hills Office, however with COVID-19 we are currently working from home. This is a full-time role of 35 hours per week. It will be a maximum term contract role until 30 June 2022, with a possibility of extension, dependent of funding. Award Classification is Level 5 under the Social, Community, Home Care & Disability Services Award 2010. PWDA pays above Award, and the salary on offer is $86,913 per annum plus salary packaging and superannuation.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Essential

• Understanding of and commitment to the rights and interests of people with disability.
• Experience working with clients in situations that are distressing, chaotic and complex.
• Knowledge of the community services sector and complaints handling bodies in NSW.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrated capacity to manage competing time frames/priorities.
• Cultural competency.
• Computer literacy.

Desirable

• Previous experience in the disability, health, community, or legal service sectors.
• Tertiary qualifications in social sciences, health, or law.
• Lived experience of disability.

PWDA is a proud employer of people with disability, and people with disability are strongly encouraged to apply for these positions. We are an EEO employer and we embrace the diversity of our people, such as diversity in disability, race, cultural background, ethnicity, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or intersex status.

Full position description is at pwd.org.au/about-us/employment.

For more information about this role, please contact Stephen Kilkeary, Director, Individual Advocacy, NSW at [email protected], using the subject line: Advocate enquiry via EthicalJobs, on (02) 9370 3100 or 1800 422 015.