Join the leading agency in Southern Metropolitan Melbourne for Gender Equity, Women’s Health and Primary Prevention

Become part of a strengthened organisation with a feminist spirit, that is expanding its work in the heat of the most diverse region of Australia.

Work with a caring, supportive and empowered team of professionals that prevents violence against women, seeks to increase the mental health and wellbeing of women, improve sexual and reproductive health and make our region gender equitable.

The Victorian Government has increased the funding of women’s health services across Victoria for the next two years and, reformed our guidelines to strengthen and recognise our role as key in the Victorian Public Health System.

With our eyes firmly set on making the best of this opportunity in the short, medium and longer term, WHISE is now recruiting for a Prevention of Violence against Women Lead.

Who is WHISE?

WHISE is one of 12 Women’s Health Services that since 1988 have been a key part of the Victorian preventative health infrastructure. These services are providers of gendered health promotion and primary prevention that collectively share a range of priorities.

Funded through the Victorian Government, the Victorian Women’s Health Services:

• Advocate for the wellbeing of all women across Victoria
• Promote good health and wellbeing to Victorian women
• Apply an expert intersectional gendered lens to health issues and systems to improve outcomes for women.
• Prevent the underlying causes of ill-health and harm for women in Victoria

WHISE works across 10 local government areas from South Melbourne down to the Mornington Peninsula and east to Casey and Cardinia. Our area of work is the Southern Metropolitan Region and is one of the most diverse and expanding regions across Australia.

WHISE proudly works in the South East Region of Melbourne to create equity by learning, educating and advocating for all women. We create positive and productive relationships based on understanding and evidence with leaders, individuals, communities and organisations in our region.

Our operating principles:

• We are collaborative and innovative
• We seek to create long term change to improve the lives of all women in our region
• We are curious and seek to constantly learn to improve our practice

Our Values are: Learning – Innovation – Collaboration – Integrity - Leadership

WHISE is an Incorporated Association in the State of Victoria (A0026387C) and a registered Charity with the Australian Charities and Not for Profits Commission. WHISE has an equal opportunity exemption and applications for this role and as such this position is open to applicants who identify as women.

What we offer

We offer a values based, caring organisation. In addition to offering competitive remuneration, we seek to provide a working environment that is flexible and mindful of the reality of working women’s lived experience.

Our work is evidence based, and mission focused – we work to improve the lives of women. We want our staff to feel that they are engaged with their role and that through their work they are part of a broader network of organisations and people, working to create gender equity for all women.

About the Role

Working under the direction of the Manager, Women’s Health and Wellbeing, this role is responsible for leading the work at WHISE to prevent violence against women. This role uses health promotion and primary prevention strategies and, works with partners of WHISE and with community to design and deliver activities, campaigns and capacity building that prevents gendered violence in the Southern Metropolitan Region.

The role Leads the work and activities of WHISE that related to the primary prevention of violence against women/gendered violence in the Southern Metropolitan region including key regional strategies and capacity development. Key to success is working in collaboration and partnership with others both within the organisation and, outside it on complex social policy and health matters to reduce gendered violence in the community.

The role is Salary for the role is at Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 (Social and Community Services Employee) Level 7.1 . WHISE also offer salary packaging and provides two extra bonus leave days per year.

People who work with and for WHISE are effective, efficient and bring their own ideas and experience to their work.

Our staff have:

• A feminist ethos and perspective and commitment to working with an appreciation of intersectional experience
• Approach to working in a way that is collegiate and collaborative
• Willingness to “roll sleeves” up to get activities done
• Reputation as an enabler and as a person who seeks to support the strengths in others
• Tolerance and adaptability to work in an environment that evolves at the pace of government policy and community need
• Demonstrated qualities in line with WHISE values

We also require our staff to have a current driver’s license and, undertake a police check before commencing with WHISE.

Further Information

• Further information on the role can be found on the WHISE website here.
• A position description is attached.