About Road to Refuge

Road to Refuge is on a mission to change the national conversation on seeking refuge and asylum in Australia by providing platforms to amplify the voices and perspectives of those with lived experience of seeking refuge or asylum.

At Road to Refuge, our vision is a future where refugees and people seeking asylum determine the national narrative to create a society that includes, respects, and values the diversity of our individual identities and experiences.

We believe that if people seeking asylum and refugees are given the power to tell their own narratives at scale, then refugees will be included, respected, and values by all Australians because narratives will be truly representative and abolish false barriers of us and them.

What we do can be divided into three pillars of work:

1. Refugee storytellers have the knowledge, skills and networks to share their stories at scale
2. Refugee voices are amplified across all platforms
3. Institutions where stories are shared represent the diversity of refugee experiences in all facets of their work

Our organisational values are:

• Lived experience is expertise
• Listen, learn, adapt
• Practice solidarity
• Build trust
• Transfer power

About the Role

This position is responsible for managing Road to Refuge events and partnerships. This includes overseeing the planning, promoting, and delivering of events. Event promotion will require collaboration with the Communications Team who will support event promotion. This position is also responsible for ensuring Road to Refuge’s events are accessible (as per the venue / event checklist) and screening potential event proposals to ensure they align with Road to Refuge’s partnerships agreement. The position also involves overseeing building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders including events partners, venue spaces, promotion partners, and funding partners. Building and maintaining funding partner and donor relations will be done in collaboration with the Director and other key members of the fundraising team.

Responsibilities

This role is responsible for overseeing the planning, promotion, delivery and evaluation Road to Refuge events and workshops, and building and maintaining partnerships. This involves:

• Building relationships and liaising with venue spaces, caterers, and performers / speakers for Road to Refuge events
• Building relationships and liaising with facilitators and panellists for Road to Refuge workshops
• Building and maintaining relationships with donors and funders, including supporting grant applications
• Building and maintaining relationships with current and existing promotion partners for Road to Refuge events
• Ensuring Road to Refuge events are accessible by adhering to the ‘venue checklist’
• Screening event proposals to ensure they align with Road to Refuge’s ‘partnerships agreement’
• Working with the Communications team to promote events such as managing Facebook event pages and Try Booking pages, and supporting the development of communications material for event promotion
• Working with other individuals within the organisation on events / workshops as necessary e.g. working with the fundraising team for fundraising events, and the In My Own Words program manager for In My Own Words workshops

The Events Officer may also play a role in supporting the Director in:

• Developing and updating event budgets
• Reporting requirements for events, e.g. through acquittals

Key Selection Criteria

• Passion for social justice and commitment to the Road to Refuge vision and mission
• Knowledge of the refugee sector and issues affecting people seeking asylum in Australia
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to build partnerships
• Strong organisational and time-management skills
• Good communication skills
• Experience working with young people with lived experience of seeking refuge or asylum

A position description is attached.