Join our team – Aboriginal Engagement Officer, part-time job, applications close 9 September

Posted on August 26, 2024

Aboriginal Engagement Officer, part time (parental leave cover)

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Aboriginal Engagement Officer to join our Engagement Team.

This is a new and important role at the organisation and will be working on a range of engagement activities including providing health rights information and workshops to community groups, facilitating consultations with Aboriginal community on a range of health care topics, promoting our services to community, services and Aboriginal staff.

The role is 3 days a week for an initial 12-month period – covering parental leave.

About you:

  • You are someone who loves working with community – including Elders, Aboriginal health consumers, Aboriginal health staff and other stakeholders
  • You have great organisational skills, can work as part of small team and manage your own workload while being supported by the organisation
  • You want to make a difference to how Aboriginal people experience our health system
  • You think in a creative way and make the most of what is available
  • You work in a way that builds trust, is trauma informed and understands how important lived experience and consumer voices are when making services better
  • You are a person who helps the rest of the team when needed – knowing that the rest of the team will do the same for you
  • You will have experience working with a variety of programs like Outlook, Word, Excel, SharePoint and a CRM and Canva – or be willing to learn

The role offers:

  • A high degree of variety – working with Aboriginal community members and staff at all levels in the health and social care system
  • The opportunity to be part of a consumer-first organisation with a focus on improving health equity and championing health rights
  • A welcoming and inclusive workplace where everyone is encouraged to bring all of themselves to work
  • The opportunity to be involved in a wide range of projects and to grow your areas of responsibility as your knowledge and skills develop
  • A competitive not-for-profit annual base salary with salary packaging
  • The opportunity for Cultural Mentoring

A typical week might see you doing a range of tasks:

  • Meeting with Aboriginal consumers and staff at a community centre or health service
  • Presenting a health rights workshop for Aboriginal consumers
  • Actively recruiting Aboriginal consumers for various consumer representative opportunities
  • Assisting with planning and delivering a range of events, workshops and activities by organising attendee lists, logistics and catering and consumer payments and enquiries
  • Creating and sharing posts on social media guided by senior colleagues
  • Attending workshops and events when required to – this may include occasional after hours working
  • Liaising with members and organising the Aboriginal Advisory Group meetings
  • Managing stakeholder contact details through our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system

See the job description for a full outline of responsibilities for the role.

Selection criteria

Essential

  1. Identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person
  2. Have or be able to obtain a Working with Children Card and a National Police Clearance
  3. Experience in a similar role or using similar engagement skills
  4. Well-developed people skills
  5. Well-developed written communication skills, with the ability to write clearly and concisely
  6. Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage and prioritise deadlines and own workload with limited supervision
  7. Comfortable using office software

Desirable

  1. A demonstrated interest in the aims and purpose of HCC, for example, experience as a health consumer representative or volunteering in a similar advocacy organisation
  2. Experience delivering training and facilitating workshops
  3. Experience creating engaging content for social media and website use

To apply for the position

If you require any adjustments to submit your application or wish to have a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Tania Harris on 9221 3422 or tania.harris@hconc.org.au using the subject line: Aboriginal Engagement Officer (50D) enquiry via EthicalJobs.

You can view the full job description here.

You can apply for this role via Ethical Jobs.

Applications close on Monday 9 September.