School Support Coordinator

**Position title**:School Support Coordinator

**Location**:Naarm / Melbourne, hybrid work arrangement

**Status/Remuneration**:Part-time, 0.5 FTE, SCHADS Level 3

**Days**: 20 hours spread across 3 days per week, specific days are flexible and to be negotiated

**Contract**:12 months fixed term, option to renew

**Start date**:April 2024

**About Project Rockit Foundation**

The Project Rockit Foundation is a recently established DGR-1 not-for-profit that is designed to take the impact of its sibling, anti-bullying leaders, (PROJECT ROCKIT) to the next level by delivering priority support to schools facing socio-economic and geographic access barriers. When it comes to wellbeing, no student should be left behind.

**About PROJECT ROCKIT**

We are PROJECT ROCKIT, a youth-driven movement in Australia dedicated to combating bullying, hate, and prejudice. Since our establishment in 2006, we have built a 17 year track record of creating positive impact in mainstream school settings. Our team, a diverse mix of individuals, shares a common dream of fostering inclusive spaces and opportunities for young people to thrive.

What sets us apart? PROJECT ROCKIT brings together young people to actively challenge hate rather than passively witnessing it. We achieve this by empowering young presenters to conduct our signature school workshops, instilling empathy, leadership, and skills in students to foster respectful and inclusive communities.

Our impact speaks volumes. To date, we've positively influenced over 600,000 young people across Australia. In our 2022 Impact Report, 80% of surveyed students found our workshops improved their preparedness to challenge both online and offline bullying if they witnessed it. Beyond workshops, students become part of a lively digital community, offering resources, campaigns, and opportunities for positive action. As PROJECT ROCKIT stands on the brink of national expansion, we are seeking dynamic and experienced leaders to join us in steering this transformative journey.

Moreover, we proudly serve as an official safety partner of Google and Meta amplifying young people's voices directly to those positioned to engineer a kinder online world.

**About You**

This is an exciting new role, working as part of the _PROJECT ROCKIT_ team and designed to nurture and deliver the aims of _The Project Rockit Foundation_, exclusively supporting schools facing barriers.

As School Support Coordinator, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing the bookings and delivery of philanthropically funded anti-bullying programs aimed at breaking down socio-economic and geographic barriers for schools in need. In this dynamic position, you will identify and engage with schools facing diverse challenges, nurturing positive relationships and providing essential support to the PROJECT ROCKIT team to actualise high impact programs.You will be responsible for cultivating relationships with schools to support dynamic program delivery, spanning waitlist management, needs assessments, program set-up, and network-building. Your role extends beyond program implementation - you will actively contribute to monitoring and evaluation, advocating for participating schools, and building strategic networks to deepen and strengthen PROJECT ROCKIT’s impact.

Key Selection Criteria

**Essential**
- Tertiary qualifications in youth work, social work or 2+ years related experience in education or community sectors
- Sound knowledge of the education sector, including awareness of school regulations, policies, challenges, and evolving trends.
- Demonstrated understanding of the factors which contribute to young people being at risk of bullying and discrimination, mental ill-health and/or not completing their education.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team, with a strong sense of initiative and the flexibility to juggle competing priorities
- Experience in developing networks and/or partnerships including; education sector, health, welfare, government and non-government organisations and community groups.
- Demonstrated experience in evaluating programs or projects that address risk factors for young people.
- Experience working with a range of online tools and platforms and or the ability to learn new programs quickly
- Demonstrated commitment to learning and self-growth on matters of diversity, equity and inclusion.

**Ideal**
- Demonstrated working knowledge of prevention frameworks within the education setting.
- Experience in service mapping, needs analysis, and use of regional data to inform planning.
- Understanding of the not-for-profit sector.
- Experiencing using CRM tools
- Please include experiences within community and volunteer positions, we value your community contributions_

Core Responsibilities

**School Bookings and Relationship Management**
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