School Engagement Coordinator

3 months ago


South Melbourne, Australia MacKillop Family Services Full time

South Melbourne Location
- Hybrid Work Model
- Full-time position

**Ongoing full-time position based in South Melbourne.**

The School Engagement Coordinator is a member of the Community Engagement team, which is responsible for building the profile of MacKillop; enhancing the understanding of our work and the children, young people and families we support; and igniting the passion of organisations and individuals in the community to get involved in our work.

This position is responsible for expanding and deepening our engagement with school communities - with an initial focus on the Catholic school community - including system leaders; school leaders; teachers; students; and parents and guardians.

As a School Engagement Coordinator your role is to support the achievement of fundraising; volunteering; and foster care recruitment targets; and to help schools to cultivate the curiosity of students; encourage reflective and analytical thinking; and enhance their understanding and commitment to social justice in action. In this role, you will support strategic engagement with various community groups, including Catholic parishes. You’ll have the exciting opportunity to create and implement new strategies to engage these and other relevant communities to help meet fundraising, carer recruitment and volunteering targets.

**Our Offer**
- A Hybrid work from home model and onsite in South Melbourne.
- Fun and supportive team
- Salary packaging - we can help you to maximise your salary packaging up to $18,550 per year, which allows you to reduce the amount of tax you pay.
- Fitness Passport - which is a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to you and your family. For a fraction of the price of a regular gym membership.
- Paid Training that is industry specific including Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI), Sanctuary and Cultural Awareness training.
- Employee Assistance Program
- Free access to a wide range of options with all aspects of life such as social, financial, physical, mental health by providing counselling and coaching supporting relating both to your circumstance, even including health advice from qualified nutritionists.
- Sanctuary Organisation - MacKillop’s work is underpinned by the Sanctuary Model, an evidence-supported, whole of organisation framework that brings our values to life. The model reinforces our ability to create a safe environment that teaches people to cope effectively with stress and trauma, and to heal.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Develop and implement strategies to grow the number of schools engaged in our program, with a particular focus on congregational schools, and other schools in the Catholic system.
- Maintain and deepen engagement with schools currently engaged in our Schools programs.
- Coordinate and deliver presentations to students and staff of schools - in collaboration with other MacKillop staff - focused on social justice and including Calls to Action on how participants can support our work.
- Achieve financial targets for school engagement income.
- Work with the Fundraising Database Administrator to ensure accurate recording and reporting of school engagement using the Raiser’s Edge database.

**Required**

To join our awesome team, you must have:

- Valid and current Driver’s Licence
- Valid and current VIC Working with Children's Check.
- A satisfactory criminal history check conducted by MacKillop Family Services

**Our Commitment**

MacKillop celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person at MacKillop has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every person’s ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio-economic status, and age.

It is our goal that MacKillop Family Services continues to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities.



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