Cultural Navigator

**Job description**
**Cultural Navigator - Aboriginal Pathway Strategies***:

- Community, Family and Children Services | Social/Welfare
Closing date: 15/07/2025

**Kaya,**

Are you a proud Aboriginal person with a passion for cultural leadership, community empowerment, and project innovation? MercyCare is calling on changemakers to step into a pivotal role that shapes the future of culturally safe services across WA.

As our Aboriginal Cultural Navigator, you’ll be the cultural compass guiding MercyCare’s leadership and teams through meaningful engagement, project design, and community collaboration. You’ll bring your lived experience, cultural wisdom, and strategic insight to the forefront—ensuring Aboriginal voices are heard, respected, and embedded in everything we do.

**About MercyCare**

When you join MercyCare, you join something bigger. A community of staff that make a difference at the heart of the community. As a leading Western Australian not-for-profit provider of aged care, family, community, early learning and disability services we support people throughout life’s journey. We invest in our people by building rewarding careers, offering training and development opportunities and a values-driven culture where our people can belong and thrive.

**About the role**

This is a new and unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact by supporting MercyCare’s Aboriginal Pathway Strategy team through cultural insight, project coordination and community engagement.

**What You’ll Do**:

- Lead and support Aboriginal initiatives that make real impact
- Provide cultural guidance across projects, services, and strategies
- Collaborate across the organisation, community partners and stakeholders
- Drive innovation through training, consultation, and evaluation

**About you**

You’re someone who brings lived experience, cultural knowledge, and a strong commitment to making change happen. You thrive in a collaborative environment and have a natural ability to connect with people from all walks of life.

You’re confident supporting projects and working across teams, but just as comfortable sitting down for a yarn and building trust. You know the value of community-led work and are ready to bring that perspective into a larger organisation working toward reconciliation.

**You’ll bring**:

- Cultural insight and deep respect for Aboriginal people, culture and history
- A passion for community, justice, and cultural empowerment
- Experience in Aboriginal program/project delivery that engage Aboriginal communities
- A collaborative mindset, strong communication skills, and a flexible approach to problem-solving
- Solid administration and organisational skills, and confidence using tools like Microsoft Office, preparing reports and document management
- A desire to contribute to real outcomes for Aboriginal children, families and communities
- To be considered, you’ll need to hold or be willing to obtain a National Police Clearance (issued within the last six months)
- As a position **under Section 50(D) of the Equal Opportunity Act WA evidence of Aboriginality with demonstrated lived cultural experience is required**

**If you're looking for a role where your cultural knowledge, community connections and project skills can make a real difference — this is it.**

**For a yarn about this role reach out to Gia Harris Talent Manager on 0478 953 403**

**About the benefits**

You'll become part of an inclusive, diverse, and welcoming Western Australian organisation passionately committed to making a meaningful impact in the local community. Our MercyCare Promise is focused on ensuring our people are connected and empowered to make a positive difference in the heart of our communities**.**

**As a valued team member, you’ll also enjoy access to**:

- Not for profit Salary Packaging options up to $18,000
- Childcare discounts for your little ones
- Options to purchase additional leave
- Career Pathways, Professional Development and Training
- Comprehensive Wellbeing Program including discounted health insurance and free flu vaccinations

**To Apply**

**_At MercyCare, every person matters._