Community Program Manager

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• Use your exceptional community engagement experience for good
• Be part of a dynamic, fast-paced organisation delivering best-practice youth mentoring to over 2,000 at-risk young people across Australia
• 10-15 hours per week | Salary packaging available
• Based in Launceston, Tasmania

At Raise, we exist to help young people. We do one thing, and we do it really well—youth mentoring.

Our best-practice, early intervention mentoring program is proven to create lasting impact. By matching trained and trusted volunteer mentors with teenagers who need extra support, we help young people feel heard, valued, and hopeful for the future.

Operating in over 180 high schools across Australia, we provide life-changing mentoring to more than 2,000 young people every year.

Join our passionate village of people dedicated to making a difference. At Raise, you'll work in a flexible, positive, and collaborative environment where your contributions have a real impact

About the Role:

We're looking for a community program manager to be the champion for Raise who will grow our presence within the region alongside providing professional support to mentees and mentors in the Raise mentoring program to create positive experience and successful outcomes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Raise awareness of Raise Foundation via community engagement

• Support and grow local funding partnerships

• Volunteer Mentor Recruitment, Screening and Training

• Program Delivery and Facilitation

• Mentor Support and Volunteer Retention

A full list of responsibilities is available in the Position Description.

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About you:

• You are a highly engaging community champion with a passion for purpose-driven work. You bring:
• Relevant Degree qualifications in counselling, youth work, social work, psychology or Diploma qualifications in these fields with at least 2 years of relevant work experience
• Certification IV in training and prior facilitation experience
• An outstanding ability to engage and motivate mentees, mentors, school staff and other stakeholders to facilitate successful outcomes of the program
• An interest and experience in speaking at public events and community group meetings
• An interest in identifying funding opportunities within the community
• Experience with supporting, counselling and engaging young people
• Experience managing groups and conducting professional group supervision
• Comprehensive understanding of Mandatory Reporting requirements for working with young people
• Minimum 25 years of age in line with professional experience requirements
• A willingness to undergo the Raise selection process including appropriate youth safety and national crime checks
• Outstanding interpersonal relationship skills
• Excellent administration skills and organisational ability
• Excellent IT skills including Office365 and cloud-based document sharing
• Ability to meet minimum requirements for contact with Raise staff team and key stakeholders

Most importantly, you are inspired by Raise's mission and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where your work directly impacts young people's lives.

Our Values:

At Raise, we have six values that express our shared understanding of what we believe, how we would like others to see our personality, what we aspire to as an organisation, and how we aim to behave:

Be Courageous – we are imaginative, driven, progressive, confident

Show Heart – we are kind, passionate, sincere, empathetic

Give Respect – we believe in acceptance, equity, inclusivity

Practice Integrity – we operate with authenticity, accountability, transparency

Bring Vitality – we are positive, fun, energetic, inspiring

Deliver Excellence – we are evidence-based, responsive, consistent, experts in our industry

Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility:

At Raise Foundation, we're committed to creating safe, inclusive and empowering spaces — for young people, mentors, employees and our wider community.

We welcome and value people of all ages, genders, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability (both seen and unseen), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from all social classes, and those diverse in gender identity and sexual orientation. We recognise and respect all differences in people and believe that lived experience from marginalised communities brings essential perspectives and diversity of thought. This is not only critical to building a fair and equitable workplace but also strengthens our ability to fulfil our purpose — to improve the social and emotional wellbeing of young people — by connecting them with trusted and trained mentors across Australia.

Raise is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that encourages flexible work arrangements and is committed to creating an environment where all employees feel respected, supported and able to thrive.

Raise is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you have any questions about your application or require adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us at recruitment@raise.org.au .

Interested?

Please submit your application which should include a cover letter addressing the selection criteria.

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Your application will include the following questions:

• Tell us about your interest in this role. What prompted you to apply for the position? What do you know about Raise and the work we do supporting youth mental health? Tell us about your qualifications relevant to this position

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