Youth Engagement and Education Programs Team Leader

**Join one of Victoria's Leading Not for Profits**

**Permanent - Full time role 75 hours per fortnight**

**Tax reducing salary packaging**

**About Us**:
For over 165 years we have been in Victoria assisting people through the challenges of poverty and exclusion address suffering, advocating against inequality and promoting human dignity and self-determination.

On the frontline and face-to-face, the St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria and its wide network of over 12,000 volunteers provide practical welfare support, advocacy and friendship for the most vulnerable members of our community. Key services include Vinnies Shops; Vinnies Soup Vans; support programs for people experiencing mental illness; home visitation; youth programs; assistance for asylum seekers and refugees; education and tutoring; and a range of other volunteer-run initiatives that assist people in need.

**About the Role**

As the Youth Engagement & Education Team Leader, you will be responsible for supervising the Education Program coordinators and building a vibrant and active youth engagement team who facilitate social justice program in the primary and secondary school sector. You will respond to the needs of young members, ensuring that quality services and support are provided as they deliver good works in the community.

**We have a lot of work to do in this space. In your first year you will work on**:

- Maintaining the good operation of eight successful Education programs across Victoria.
- Driving innovation in the development and implementation of new initiatives to promote youth, including providing guidance and expertise to membership;
- Fostering relationships amongst members, volunteers, schools, universities, and local communities to promote, integrate, and expand existing youth programs;
- Assisting in the development of programs to help young people to learn about social justice issues;
- Supporting and promoting the Youth Engagement and Education Programs Team projects, events, and trainings;

**About You**:
As the Team Leader of the Youth Engagement and Education Programs Teams, you will be responsible for ensuring that all members of the team are provided support as they help empower the community. Your enthusiastic, motivating style will enable you to quickly build strong relationships with your team and our internal and external stakeholders. Utilising your exceptional project management skills, you will plan and develop the implementation of new initiatives and projects to promote youth and education ensuring the best support is provided to our members and volunteers.

**More specifically you will have**:

- Relevant tertiary qualifications in education, youth or community development.
- Demonstrated experience in leadership, project development and program management.
- Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent organisation and time management skills.
- Experience in networking and collaborating with a variety of stakeholders.

**In return we offer**:

- Salary packaging, sometimes called salary sacrificing is a huge attraction here It is a popular way of providing employees in the community sector with tax benefits over and above their salary. It means the real value of a salary package can be significantly higher than the nominal value.
- The role comes with a company car and onsite car parking
- We are committed to professional development to make sure that your career keeps growing while you’re working with us.
- We make an incredible difference in the lives of over 300,000 people every year.
- We believe in families, so we like to provide a family-friendly environment in which to work.
- We offer a place where you know you are contributing to an organisation committed to helping others. We are passionate about #Social Justice.

**#Join Good**

If this opportunity sounds perfect to you, we can’t wait to hear from you

Please send us your updated CV and a cover letter that tells us a little more about you and why you would be perfect for the role. Click here for a copy of the Position Description.

**Applications close: Sunday 4**th** September at 11:30pm**

**Eligibility**

To be eligible for this role, you will need to have a driver’s license, a Working with Children Check (WWCC) and up-to-date COVID Vaccination + booster certification or exemption to the satisfaction of SVDP. A Food Safety Certificate will also be required, but we can assist you with this if you don’t have it. You must also complete a national police check issued by SVDP - the organisation will cover the cost.

***_St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria is proactive in supporting child safety_**

**_ We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences._