Multicultural Peer Navigation Officer

About the role
- Draw on your interpersonal skills and lived experience of migrating to Australia to build trust and support others in feeling confident to navigate health services, especially sexual health services, around Australia.
- New role in a passionate and values-driven team.

What’s the Peer Navigation Project, you say?

You’ll be working within ACON’s HIV and Sexual Health Division, supporting the establishment of a new peer navigation project. This project is designed to help recently arrived gay and bi+ men settle into life in Australia, build local community connections, and access sexual health services with confidence and ease.

Ok, so what’s the role?

The Multicultural Peer Navigation Officer will draw on lived or community experience to build trust, provide information, and guide individuals through Australia’s HIV and sexual health system. The role focuses on culturally inclusive support by addressing barriers to access and connecting people with relevant services such as HIV testing, PrEP, treatment, and peer support. You will:

- Work with community members to build confidence in engaging with healthcare providers and promote system literacy.
- Collaborate with other team members to plan and implement outreach activities, particularly in settings where priority language communities gather.

Who are we looking for?
- Someone with lived experience of, or strong community connection with, overseas-born GBMSM, and an understanding of the health and social issues they may face.
- Someone with strong interpersonal skills in both English and a community language (e.g., Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese, Spanish or Portuguese), and confidence to engage with the community in multiple languages.
- Someone willing to learn about HIV/STI treatment and prevention, and to support other in accessing care.

What else can we tell you?

ACON provides a colourful, nurturing, and fun workplace. Our employees and volunteers are the foundation for our ongoing effectiveness and for our capacity to deliver innovative community engagement and health promotion programs and initiatives for our communities.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Generous learning and development opportunities.
- Potential for tailored mentoring opportunities.
- Supportive working environment with a knowledgeable and friendly team.

We provide a flexible and supportive working environment. You’ll be part of the HIV and Sexual Health Division. A highly focused team responsible for delivering information and support services on relevant health issues to GBMSM, people living with HIV, and other ACON communities.

The ‘Nuts & Bolts’

**Salary**: $72,547.00 to $75,625.00 (_Gross per-annum, PLUS_ S_uperannuation and Leave Loading_) - commensurate with skills, qualifications, and experience.

Location: ACON’s Gadigal/Sydney Office, with flexible working options a possibility (away from the office).

Hours: Full-Time (70 hours per fortnight) on a 1-year fixed term contract (with the possibility of extension).

We offer flexible working arrangements and a generous array of benefits and entitlements often above the National Employment Standards (NES) including:

- Salary Packaging up to $35,000 gross up value (i.e., currently up to $15,900 Expenses + $2,650 Meals, tax free).
- Generous pro-rata leave entitlements - including up to an extra week of paid leave for full time employees to be taken during our Christmas and New Year’s shutdown period.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - access to a comprehensive counselling service free to employees.
- Access to discounted unique accommodation experiences to improve employee health and wellbeing.

Why You'll love working here

**Work from home**:
**Professional development assistance**:
Position Description : PD - Multicultural Peer Navigation Officer (Jun 2025)

Additional Attachment : ACON Peer Nav Officer Application Form (Jul 2025)

Still reading?

We’d love someone who has experience already in this area but people at all levels of experience are absolutely welcome to apply. We highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from CALD backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people of all genders to apply.
- Your completed _ACON Employment Application Form_ - with all the details filled in where requested;
- Your _Cover Letter_ answering the following questions (max. 300-400 words per response):

- Please describe your lived experience of migrating to Australia as a gay or bisexual man, or your understanding of the migration experience for others in this community. _In your response, you may wish to include how you established your life in Australia, as well as any successes or challenges you experienced along the way._
- Please describe your knowledge of the Australian healthcare system, particularly in relation to HIV and STIs. _You may include your understanding of testing, treatment, prevention, and how people can access these services._
- Please describe your interpersonal