ABOUT WOMEN’S HEALTH WEST

Women’s Health West (WHW) is the women’s health service for the western metropolitan region of Melbourne. We focus on supporting women and their children to lead safe and healthy lives and on changing the conditions that cause and maintain inequity and injustice. Our health promotion program plans and implements activities designed to promote women’s health, safety and wellbeing across the areas of sexual and reproductive health, mental health and the prevention of violence and discrimination.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds and experience, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people who identify as LGBTI. We encourage applicants living with a disability to apply.

Women’s Health West strongly encourages people with lived experience with disabilities to apply.

The Sunrise Program Facilitator – Disability role collaborates with the Sunrise Program Coordinator to plan and facilitate social groups in the western metropolitan region for women with disabilities. We are looking for an applicant with the capability to perform the following key areas of the role:

• Plan, facilitate, and resource the Sunrise groups in a way that encourages members to take control of their health and wellbeing.
• Consult with Sunrise group members to design a calendar of events and activities that are relevant and responsive to the women’s diverse needs.
• Become familiar with the group members’ individual plans (to understand and support women to meet their personal goals).
• Contribute to the Sunrise Program’s communication and promotion strategy to recruit women with a disability who experience marginalisation and disadvantage in Melbourne’s west.

The facilitator position is available on an ongoing basis. This role is part-time at 38 hours per fortnight until 31 October 2021, and then part-time at 22.8 hours per fortnight thereafter. The role reports to the Manager - Primary Prevention. The role is paid at WHW EA 2017 Level 5, pay point negotiable dependent on experience (80K to 84K per annum pro rata EFT).

WHY JOIN WOMEN’S HEALTH WEST?

Women’s Health West is a feminist organisation and culturally aligns with feminist values and practices. Women’s Health West’s staff enjoy numerous benefits, including working with a professional and dedicated team of women, ongoing professional development and training, flexible working conditions, and access to an Employee Assistance Program. We also offer considerable benefits through our Enterprise Agreement.

Women’s Health West has a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we work with. We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, ethical practice, and the principles of cultural diversity and social inclusion. Women’s Health West has a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), which is endorsed by Reconciliation Australia.

A position description is attached.