The position
.Provide support to the West Kimberley Youth Development project in Derby and surrounding communities. In this role you will ultimately lead and facilitate the Impact Clubs and support the ongoing development of IMPACT clubs with young people, WVA project facilitators, elders, schools and First Nations organisations in Derby and Mowanjum.
In addition to this you will:
- Support the identification and registration of young people to participate in Impact Clubs
- Facilitate Impact Club Meetings on a weekly basis, supporting young people to choose, plan and conduct projects with their community
- Assist young people to identify and engage community members and organizations to support community learning projects
- Plan and facilitate a learning and reflection meeting once every three months to evaluate the community learning projects achievements, using the IMPACT and SKYE program’s evaluation meeting structure
- Work with the Senior Facilitator, young people, community elders and leaders to adapt IMPACT learning materials to the Western Kimberley context
- Participate in training sessions to increase knowledge and skills in youth development
- Track and record monitoring data on a weekly basis for all playgroups
Who we’re looking for
We are looking for someone with experience in facilitating, mentoring, training, coaching, supervising or teaching young people.
You will have:
- Good communication skills
- Strong leadership skills
- Good time management and organisation skills
- Strong conflict resolution and problem-solving skills
- The ability to support young people to identify strengths and abilities and achieve individual and group learning goals
- Cultural Knowledge & Context
- Commitment to supporting young people to make positive changes in their lives and within their communities
- The ability to be a good leader and role model for young people in their community
- Current WA Drivers License
Working for World Vision means you are making the world better
It’s not every day that a job comes along that lets you change the world. Working for World Vision means looking forward to turning up at work because you know you’re about to do something meaningful. It means working with 35,000 staff and 3.3 million supporters in 100 countries who will stop at nothing to help children live better lives. Join a team that is bold and courageous, and where job satisfaction goes beyond financial reward.
The selection process
We embrace diversity, employing people from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds. We take our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we are committed to providing an environment that is safe for children. Our stringent recruitment procedures make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. All successful candidates will undergo a criminal record and Working with Children check prior to employment. We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support and training in their work with vulnerable children and their families. World Vision Australia participates in the Inter-Agency Scheme for the Disclosure of Safeguarding-related Misconduct in Recruitment Process within the Humanitarian and Development Sector.
Who we are
For more than 40 years, World Vision has been partnering with First Nations communities through our Australia First Nations Program. The program is dedicated to helping First Nations communities build on their strengths and achieve their own development goals. Working at World Vision as a First Nations staff means you will be well represented and supported within the team. Through the program’s staff network, you will have a safe space to connect, collaborate and seek advice no matter where you are based.
World Vision is a Christian organisation that empowers everyday Australians to create meaningful change for children through relief, development and advocacy work.
For more information on World Vision and the work we do, please visit our website: https://www.worldvision.com.au/about-us
World Vision Australia is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation that is dedicated to transforming the lives of children and communities by tackling the causes of poverty. We are dedicated to increasing opportunities for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people in line with our Reconciliation Action Plan
