Indigenous Employment Facilitator

EL 1 - $115,663 - $124,403 per annum plus superannuation
- Parks Australia Division
- Alice Springs, NT,Booderee National Park,Canberra, ACT,Darwin, NT,Kakadu National Park,Uluru-kata tjuta National Park
- _This role will be focused on enhancing Indigenous employment pathways for local Aboriginal people on the Jointly Managed National Parks at Booderee, Uluru-Kata Juta and Kakadu._
- _DCCEEW and Parks Australia are strongly committed to achieving our goal of being an employer of choice for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples. This role offers a unique opportunity to explore further the employee value proposition for Parks Australia where we can work with Traditional Owners to provide employment pathways on Country._
- _You will work in a highly collaborative and motivated team who are committed to genuine co-design working with Traditional Owners and Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Staff._
- _We are passionate about cultural capability and employment and career development._
- _We are a geographically dispersed team, who work flexibly, including spending time on Country working with our parks staff on the ground to assist in driving key initiatives that support the delivery of parks services._
- _We have a wide range of skill sets and you will have the opportunity to deep dive into collaboration, project management and innovative ways of working._

**Identified position** - This position is an ‘Identified’ position which signifies that the role has a strong involvement in issues relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The successful applicant must have an understanding of the issues affecting Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people and an ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People.

**Who we are**
Australia’s natural and cultural heritage is unique. Our land and seascapes are distinctive, home to plants and animals found nowhere else in the world, and to some of the oldest living cultures on earth. These environments and cultures are an essential part of our national identity, and visitors travel from across the country and the world to experience them.

The Director of National Parks (the Director) is responsible for six national parks, the Australian National Botanic Gardens, 58 Australian Marine Parks and the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve established under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Parks Australia is the federal park agency that supports the Director, and they are a division of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (the Department). We work to showcase these natural and cultural wonders to the world, demonstrating to all why these places are so special, and inspiring communities to become more invested in their care and future.

Kakadu National Park is a world-heritage listed site for its natural and cultural values, and one of three national parks, leased by their Aboriginal owners to the Director of National Parks, and jointly managed by Traditional Owners and Parks Australia. Parks Australia assists with ongoing management of the park’s natural and cultural heritage. In addition to ongoing management of the park’s natural and cultural heritage, this branch also manages strategic priorities for Parks Australia, managing a range of strategic planning and major capital projects across the three jointly managed parks.

**The Job**
- Co-design Indigenous employment programs, including scoping appropriate career pathways for local Aboriginal people for the jointly managed parks in collaboration with Traditional Owners, the Joint Boards of Management and Park Managers to be piloted using a place-based approach.
- Lead the delivery of the Indigenous Business Incubator pilot to better understand local Indigenous business opportunities in and around the Jointly Managed National Parks.
- Implement change and innovation through the implementation of change management and Indigenous engagement best practices to deliver key projects, including the embedding of Traditional Knowledge and Skills in the employee lifecycle, support management to deliver career development for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander staff, undertake Stay Interviews to understand retention needs.
- Undertake stakeholder engagement, co-design workshops, community engagement and travel as appropriate.
- Prepare, coordinate, and collaborate across Parks Australia to prepare ministerial correspondence and briefing materials.
- Provide advice, solutions and strategies around complex problems including managing sensitivities in engagement approaches and activities.
- Supervise and manage a small team to project manage key employment projects and deliver key outcomes and outputs.
- Lead and manage staff to build skills, capacity, and capability, encourage innovation, be solutions focused and work as an effective member of a diverse team to