Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 6th Mar 2024
At Raise we exist to help young people. We do one thing, and we do it really well - youth mentoring.
Our best-practice, school-based mentoring 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 volunteers with teenagers who would benefit most from an independent, caring adult who is there to listen – and be there just for them.
Our early intervention youth mentoring program will be in 180 high schools across Australia in 2024. This translates to over 2,300 young people matched with a qualified mentor this year alone. In the last 15 years, Raise has reached over 10, 000 young people across Australia. We have trained over 8, 000 mentors.
This role is critical to the successful implementation of our youth mentoring programs by supporting our team of Program Counsellors and Facilitators. Reporting to the Program Director this role is primarily responsible for designing and delivering the operational and logistical requirements to support the teams. The role will suit someone who is organised, has a passion for service and process efficiencies, a strong communicator and is a creative problem solver.
You are a community minded individual with a genuine interest in the wellbeing of young people. You will bring:
Raise Foundation is committed to being a Youth Safe, Youth Friendly organisation and will, for all children and young people who come into contact with our programs:
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
Apply 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
We create safe, inclusive and engaging spaces for young people, our mentors, employees and partners. We do this through our commitment to build and foster an equitable, diverse and inclusive environment for all our people. We welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people who are diverse in gender orientation and sexuality.