Project Coordinator, Proud and Ready

Ok, so what’s the role?

The Project Coordinator, Proud and Ready (Part-Time), will oversee key activities, including training, mentoring, and building pathways to employment. Their goal is to enhance both individual and community outcomes, and ensure their team is supported, while fostering an environment where staff welfare and development is prioritised. This includes providing mentorship, guidance and handling interpersonal dynamics to maintain a healthy, productive workspace, between the interns and the workplace. You will:

• Foster a supportive and inclusive working environment for both participants and staff, ensuring that individual welfare and development are a priority.
• Develop a robust monitoring and evaluation framework to track the progress and impact of the program, ensuring that key performance indicators (KPIs) are met, participant outcomes are measured, and continuous improvements are identified for future program enhancement.
• Build, lead and support a small team of interns to:
  • Increase the confidence and work readiness of LGBTQ+ women (cis and trans).
  • Deliver tailored support, training, and mentoring, with an emphasis on the unique barriers these women face in entering the workforce.
  • Create pathways to sustainable employment by equipping participants to gain the required skills and experience.

Who are we looking for?:

• An experienced project coordinator, looking to return to the workforce in a part-time capacity, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in community-based projects, not-for-profit, non-government organisation or community sector, who has a proven understanding and/or lived expertise of factors impacting the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ women (cis and trans) and communities, and a commitment to engaging these women and communities in NSW.
• Someone with experience in ensuring staff welfare and fostering a supportive work environment, with a caring and inclusive approach.
• Demonstrated experience in supporting the learning and development of staff from diverse populations, team leadership, performance evaluation, and mentorship.

What else can we tell you?

ACON provides a diverse, 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.

What’s the remuneration and working details?: 

Salary: $92,000.00 to $94,000.00 (Gross FTE per-annum, PLUS Superannuation and Leave Loading) – commensurate with skills, qualifications, and experience.

Location: ACON’s Gadigal/Sydney Office, with flexible working options a possibility (away from the office).

Hours: Part-Time (35 hours per fortnight), commencing February 2025 until June 2026.

We offer flexible working arrangements and a generous array of 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.

Details

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Essential Criteria

1. Proven understanding and/or lived expertise of factors impacting the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ women (cis and trans) and communities, and a commitment to engaging these women and communities in NSW.

2. Minimum 3-5 years of experience in community-based projects, not-for-profit, non-government organisation or community sector.

3. Strong knowledge of project coordination including planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.

4. Demonstrated experience in supporting the learning and development of staff from diverse populations, team leadership, performance evaluation, and mentorship.

5. Experience in ensuring staff welfare and fostering a supportive work environment, with a caring and inclusive approach.

6. Demonstrated organisational skills, ability to meet deadlines, monitor budgets, and work individually or as part of a small team within a fast-paced work environment.

7. High level communications skills, including computer literacy with the ability to use Microsoft word, excel and PowerPoint.

Desirable Criteria

1.Relevant qualifications in health, social science, community development, adult education, or a related field.

2. Current NSW driver’s licence.

3. Recommended vaccinations against illness that may adversely impact ACON’s communities.

Other Information

Ever wanted to make a positive difference as an LGBTQ+ person in your communities Now is your chance!

• We are on the lookout for a compassionate and experienced Project Coordinator who will play a crucial role in leading the development, implementation and success of a new program, Proud and Ready, designed to empower LGBTQ+ women (cis and trans) from diverse communities, particularly those facing complex barriers to employment.
• This Part-Time position will work 35-hours per fortnight, commencing February 2025 until June 2026.

How to Apply

If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply to join our team and help us make a meaningful impact on the lives of those we serve. By joining us, you will be part of a mission to create a healthier and more inclusive community.

We’d love someone who has experience already in this area but people at all levels of experience are absolutely welcome to apply. We highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from CALD backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people of all genders to apply.

For more information on the role, please contact Scott McNaughton, Manager, Community Partnerships and Priority Population Programs, via email at smcnaughton@acon.org.au (02) 9206 2076.

If this sounds like the position and organisation you’ve been looking for, find out how to apply at www.acon.org.au/jobs.

All applications must include:

1.              Your completed ACON Employment Application Form – with all the details filled in where requested;

2.              Your Cover Letter outlining how you meet the Selection Criteria (max. 3 pages); and

3.              Your Resume (max. 3 pages).

ACON Health Limited

ACON is Australia’s largest health promotion organisation specialising in community health, inclusion, and HIV responses for people of diverse sexualities and genders. Established in 1985, ACON works to create opportunities for people in our communities to live their healthiest lives.

We are grounded in the belief that diversity is our strength, our differentiator, and at the core of who we are and what we do. As part of our commitment to inclusion, we encourage applications from people living with HIV, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and LGBTQ people from culturally, linguistically and ethnically diverse, migrant and refugee backgrounds, and LGBTQ people of colour.

www.acon.org.au