About Youth Affairs Council Victoria (YACVic)

Youth Affairs Council Victoria (YACVic) is the peak body and leading policy advocate on young people’s issues in Victoria. YACVic’s vision is that the rights of young people in Victoria are respected, and they are active, visible and valued in their communities. YACVic is an independent, for-purpose, member-driven organisation that represents young people (aged 12–25 years) and the sector that works with them.

Young people and youth professionals in rural and regional Victoria often have unique insights and face different challenges to those in metropolitan Melbourne. In response, YACVic Rural expands our state-wide advocacy for young people in regional communities and the rural youth sector.

Black Summer Grants program

YACVic’s ‘Future Proof: Young People, Disaster Recovery and (Re)building Communities’ project (Future Proof) is funded by the Australian Government Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants Program, which provides funding for projects centred on community recovery and resilience activities in response to the 2019-20 bushfires. YACVic is the lead coordinating partner for Future Proof, bringing together a Coalition of fifteen organisations from fire-affected communities in Eastern Victoria.

About the role

The Disaster Resilience Operations Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating and overseeing the administrative, logistical, financial and compliance aspects of the 15-member Coalition Partnership and the Project. The position will work closely with the Disaster Resilience Youth Coordinator, and actively engage with all Coalition Partners and other project stakeholders.

The role will also manage the relationship and reporting with the Federal Government department responsible for the Black Summer Grants program. This includes monitoring and reporting on the progress of the project, ensuring financial management and acquittals of funding in collaboration with the Corporate Services Team, and managing the logistics of the project evaluation in collaboration with the Disaster Resilience Youth Coordinator and Victoria University.

You will have:

• Demonstrated experience in managing projects with multiple stakeholders and deliverables.
• Strong knowledge of project management principles.
• Strong administrative expertise, including contract and financial management.
• Demonstrated ability to develop positive, collaborative working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.

Benefits of working at YACVic

• Generous terms and benefits
• Flexible, disability friendly, family friendly, rainbow friendly
• Fun work culture, with a social purpose, in a fully accessible Melbourne CBD office
• Diversity, working with a dynamic group of youth organisations that includes YACVic Rural, Youth Disability Advocacy Service and Koorie Youth Council
• High degree of collegial support & sector-leading professional development

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Derm, YACVic Rural Manager, at [email protected] using the subject line: Disaster Resilience Operations Coordinator enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached.