Multicultural Peer Navigation Officer

• Draw on your interpersonal skills and lived experience of migrating to Australia to build trust and support others in feeling confident to navigate health services, especially sexual health services, around Australia.
• We pay above award rates in a flexible and inclusive work environment, offering fully remote work options for both full-time and part-time positions.

What?s the Peer Navigation Project, you say? You?ll be working within ACON?s Population Health Division, supporting our new peer navigation project. This project is designed to help recently arrived gay and bi+ men settle into life in Australia, build local community connections, and access sexual health services with confidence and ease. Ok, so what?s the role? The Multicultural Peer Navigation Officer will draw on lived or community experience to build trust, provide information, and guide individuals through Australia?s HIV and sexual health system. The role focuses on culturally inclusive support by addressing barriers to access and connecting people with relevant services such as HIV testing, PrEP, treatment, and peer support. You will:

• Provide one-on-one conversations, in both English and another language, to newly arrived and overseas-born gay, bisexual and men who have sex with other men (GBMSM) in a culturally inclusive and non-judgemental way.
• Work with community members to build confidence in engaging with healthcare providers and promote system
• Collaborate with other team members to plan and implement outreach activities, particularly in settings where priority language communities gather.

Who are we looking for?

• Someone with lived experience of immigrating to Australia, a strong personal or cultural connection to overseas-born gay and bisexual men, and an understanding of the health and social issues they may face.
• Someone with strong interpersonal skills in both English and a community language (preferably Thai, Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese), Vietnamese, Spanish or Portuguese), and confidence to engage with the community in multiple languages.
• Someone willing to learn about HIV/STI treatment and prevention, and to support others in accessing care.

What else can we tell you? ACON provides a colourful, nurturing, and fun workplace. Our employees and volunteers are the foundation for our ongoing effectiveness and for our capacity to deliver innovative community engagement and health promotion programs and initiatives for our communities. To support the successful candidate in their new role at ACON we offer:

• Flexible working arrangements.
• Generous learning and development opportunities.
• Potential for tailored mentoring opportunities.
• Supportive working environment with a knowledgeable and friendly team.

We provide a flexible and supportive working environment. You?ll be part of the HIV and Sexual Health Division. A highly focused team responsible for delivering information and support services on relevant health issues to GBMSM, people living with HIV, and other ACON communities. What?s the remuneration and working details? Salary: $72,547.00 to $75,625.00, pro-rata for part-time roles (Gross Annual Salary, PLUS Superannuation and Leave Loading) [$39.86 to $41.522 / hr + Super + LL]. Location: ACON?s Gadigal (Sydney) Office, with flexible and remote working options a possibility (away from the office). Hours: Part-Time and Full-Time (up to 70 hours per fortnight) on a 1-year fixed term contract with the possibility of extension. We offer flexible working arrangements and a generous array of benefits and entitlements often above the National Employment Standards (NES) including:

• Salary Packaging up to $35,000 gross up value (i.e., currently up to $15,900 Expenses + $2,650 Meals, tax free).
• Generous pro-rata leave entitlements ? including up to an extra week of paid leave for full time employees to be taken during our Christmas and New Year?s shutdown period.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) ? access to a comprehensive counselling service free to employees.