The position
As a Project Facilitator you will support the development and implementation of West Kimberley ECCD project, which is implemented in 3 Aboriginal communities in the West Kimberley Region of Western Australia.
This is a hand`s on role which requires flexibility. You will provide support and mentoring to build community capacity by recruiting, mentoring, and guiding playgroup facilitators, while working with local members and partners to deliver early childhood initiatives.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Ensure Playgroups and Early Childhood activities are occurring regularly within community to support child development.
- Provision of mentoring, coaching and support to the Early Childhood Reference Groups and other community members as appropriate
- Annual implementation plans are developed and followed according to project design, including spending according to budget.
- Provide one on one mentoring, coaching, supervision and providing guidance to local community-based World Vision Playgroup staff, to ensure clarity of expectations and a sense of belonging in the program.
- Coordinate with external groups and stakeholders to organize for participation in and support for playgroups.
- Progress of relevant project activities is monitored and reported on in consultation with the Program Manager
- New project activities and opportunities identified and designed to achieve agreed outcomes across the project.
Who we’re looking for
We are looking for someone with coaching experience, level of maturity, capacity building and experience in working with children.
You will have:
- Demonstrated professional experience working with remote Aboriginal communities in a development context
- Experience facilitating community consultations and influencing supporting community participation
- Experience in providing mentoring, training, and support
- Working in complex and dynamic environments
- Sound knowledge of the cultural, political, economic, and social issues affecting Aboriginal people in remote Australia
- Good understanding of, & firm commitment to, community development processes, gender equity, participatory approaches, and development theory
- Demonstrated knowledge and 2 years of experience desirable working in the Early Childhood Sector
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 all required pre-employment checks which is inclusive of a criminal record check. 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.
We offer great benefits such as salary packaging and for this role remote employment benefits and relocation support.
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
