• Be part of a team responsible for delivering best practice youth mentoring to over 2,000 at risk young people across Australia
• Casual opportunity, 15 hours per week (working on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays)
• Melbourne - Northern Suburbs, VIC

About Raise:

We exist to help young people. We do one thing, and we do it really well – youth mentoring.

Our best-practice program is proven to make positive and sustained change. Mentoring empowers young people to be resilient, connected and hopeful for the future. We match trained and trusted volunteers with teenagers who would benefit most from an independent, caring adult who is there to listen and show up just for them.

Our early intervention youth mentoring program is currently in over 180 high schools across Australia and available online. This translates to over 2,000 young people matched with a qualified mentor each year

Join our village of passionate people who care deeply about young people and making a meaningful impact through mentoring. Enjoy a flexible, positive and collaborative work environment where you can make a meaningful difference.

About the Role:

This is a casual position for 15 hours a week, leading three programs in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, VIC.

Our Program Counsellors (PCs) are responsible for the successful coordination, implementation, delivery, and completion of Raise mentoring programs at one or more allocated high schools, ensuring mentors and mentees have a positive experience and the program achieves successful outcomes.

Reporting to the Program Manager, you will be responsible for group facilitation, providing professional support to mentors and mentees, supervision of mentors and mentees, key stakeholder communication and management, and quality reporting.
Other responsibilities of the role can be found in the Position Description.

About you:

We are looking for someone who:

• Has a genuine passion for supporting young people and commitment to Raise’s purpose, intent and aspiration
• Has relevant qualifications in counselling, youth work, social work, psychology, or diploma qualifications in one of these fields, with at least two years of relevant work experience
• Is inspired by the idea of working in a rapidly evolving non-profit organisation with a robust growth vision
• Has experience with supporting, counselling, and engaging young people
• Experience facilitating programs, managing groups, and/or delivering training.
• Has a comprehensive understanding of mandatory reporting requirements for working with young people
• Has excellent administrative and organisation skills, strong written and verbal communication abilities and excellent IT skills, including Office365 and cloud-based document sharing (OneDrive or Google Drive)
• Has a collaborative, inclusive and supportive working style and displays a commitment to transparent, open, authentic communication
• Has the ability to work independently, show initiative and work in a team environment
• Is warm, polite, friendly, empathetic, compassionate, and caring
• An accommodating style and an enthusiastic, “can do” attitude
• Is reliable, punctual, committed and dedicated
• Is trustworthy, shows honesty and integrity and leads by example
• Demonstrates a high level of respect for privacy and confidentiality
• Has experience as a Raise Mentor (ideal)
• A willingness to undergo the Raise selection process including appropriate youth safety and national crime checks

Our Values:

At Raise, we have six values that express our shared understanding of what we believe, how we would like others to see our personality, what we aspire to as an organisation, and how we aim to behave:

• Be Courageous – we are imaginative, driven, progressive, confident
• Show Heart – we are kind, passionate, sincere, empathetic
• Give Respect – we believe in acceptance, equity, inclusivity
• Practice Integrity – we operate with authenticity, accountability, transparency
• Bring Vitality – we are positive, fun, energetic, inspiring
• Deliver Excellence – we are evidence-based, responsive, consistent, experts in our industry

Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility

At Raise Foundation, we’re committed to creating safe, inclusive and empowering spaces — for young people, mentors, employees and our wider community.

We welcome and value people of all ages, genders, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability (both seen and unseen), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from all social classes, and those diverse in gender identity and sexual orientation. We recognise and respect all differences in people and believe that lived experience from marginalised communities brings essential perspectives and diversity of thought. This is not only critical to building a fair and equitable workplace but also strengthens our ability to fulfil our purpose — to improve the social and emotional wellbeing of young people — by connecting them with trusted and trained mentors across Australia.

Raise is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that encourages flexible work arrangements and is committed to creating an environment where all employees feel respected, supported and able to thrive.

Raise is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you have any questions about your application or require adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected] using the subject line: Program Counsellor - Melbourne Northern Suburbs enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Interested?

Please submit your application which should include a cover letter addressing the selection criteria.

A position description is attached.