Organisation Description 

SWOP NSW is Australia’s largest and longest established community-based peer education sex worker organisation, with a mission to provide NSW sex workers with the same access to health, safety, human rights and workplace protections as other Australian workers.  

SWOP NSW was established in 1983 as the Australia Prostitutes Collective and in 1990 as Sex Workers Outreach Project, SWOP became the first sex worker organisation in the world to receive government funding.  See SWOP NSW’s 2022-2025 Strategic Plan for further information.  

POSITION OVERVIEW 

This position is responsible for the delivery of peer education, health promotion and community development activities, aimed at improving the health, wellbeing, safety, and rights of sex workers in NSW, including STI and BBV awareness. 

You will work as part of an outreach team that provides outreach to private, brothel-based, street-based, and other sex workers across NSW, including developing culturally appropriate resource materials and fostering peer education strategies. 

POSITION DETAIL S

Hours per week:7 hrs/week, eventually 14 hrs/week

Classification: SCHADS Award Level 4.1 (salary packaging available)  

Probation:6 months 

Rate of Pay: $53.85 per hour plus superannuation and leave loading 

Position Reports To:SWOP NSW Outreach Manager

Direct Reports:none

Location:Suite 7/110 Botany Road, Alexandria NSW 2015 

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Increase access to health, wellbeing, safety, and rights, and provide support for NSW sex workers.
• Proactively contact and provide peer education to NSW sex workers, including via outreach to a broad range of sex industry workplaces. 
• Provide appropriate information, support and referrals to sex workers and others who contact SWOP NSW. 
• Develop, implement, and evaluate targeted information, educational resources, workshops and campaigns on issues of relevance to NSW sex workers, and promote awareness of STIs and BBVs among NSW sex workers. 
• Participate in the development and maintenance of partnerships with other service providers to ensure effective and coordinated responses to the needs of NSW sex workers, and to reduce stigma and discrimination. 
• Participate in the provision of training to other service providers working with NSW sex workers, to reduce barriers to access (including stigma and discrimination) and improve available services. 
• Actively participate in and contribute to internal and external meetings relevant to your project, representing the needs of NSW sex workers and advancing SWOP NSW advocacy priorities. 
• Maintaining appropriate and timely statistics, administrative records, and written reports.
• Manage, support, train and evaluate volunteers.
• Actively participate in and contribute to an ongoing process of supervision, general and team meetings, improvement, and professional development strategies, and behave in accordance with SWOP NSW’s organisational policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as requested by your supervisor.

SELECTION CRITERIA 

Essential:  

• Sex work experience and understanding of the sex worker rights movement, locally and nationally.
• Knowledge of key health, legal and other issues for NSW sex workers.
• Commitment to sex work community development and engagement.
• An understanding of approaches to STI and BBV prevention in sex work settings and how peer education aids this.
• Knowledge and appreciation of the diversity of the NSW sex work community.
• Commitment to sex work community development and engagement.
• Ability to plan and prioritise workload to manage competing deadlines and meet organisational goals and deadlines.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse team and independently with minimal direction.
• Technological literacy and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A current NSW Driver’s License and willingness to drive.
• Ability to be flexible, with some requirements for night and weekend shifts, and regional and interstate travel.

Desirable:  

• Proficiency with languages other than English – especially Mandarin, Cantonese, Thai, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese, Spanish and Portuguese.
• Identification as a member of communities including LGBTQIA+, Trans and Gender diverse, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse.
• Demonstrated experience of health promotion and the principles of peer education, harm reduction and community development.

Note: If you are interested in the position but unsure whether you meet the selection criteria, please call Na Mon (SWOP NSW Outreach Manager) on 0419 416 359 or email [email protected] using the subject line: Outreach Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached.