Program Presenter

PROGRAM PRESENTER

Position title: Program Presenter

Location: Naarm / Melbourne

Status: Casual

Salary: $43.23 per hour (SCHADS Level 2.1)

Applications Close: Monday 10 November, 2025

ABOUT PROJECT ROCKIT

We are PROJECT ROCKIT, a youth-driven movement in Australia dedicated to combating bullying, hate, and prejudice. We're a collective of passionate people brought together by a shared dream of creating inclusive spaces and opportunities for young people to be their best selves. Our purpose is to build a world where kindness and respect thrive over bullying, hate and prejudice and every young person is free to realise their potential.

Since 2006, PROJECT ROCKIT has been empowering Australian school students with empathy and skills to take real action against bullying, hate and prejudice. Our impact speaks volumes – we've reached over 750,000 young minds in communities nationwide.

ABOUT YOU

As a PROJECT ROCKIT Program Presenter, you have a strong passion for building a world where kindness and respect thrive over bullying, hate and prejudice. You have highly developed communication skills needed to authentically engage large audiences of students (primary and secondary) and empower them to take positive action. This is your opportunity to build a career mobilising young people to challenge (cyber)bullying, build social leadership and break down labels. Your day-to-day is delivering PROJECT ROCKIT's award-winning workshops into Primary and Secondary schools across the country. Regional and interstate travel is an essential requirement of this role.

Building on your existing skills, you will be trained and mentored to lead our program content alongside a range of co-presenters and use your unique skills and perspectives to create positive impact. Each workshop comes to life through a mix of facilitated discussion, real stories, and creative activities. Presenters are also involved in shaping our workshop content, digital content creation and being involved in campaigns with our partners (e.g. Meta, Telstra, Cotton On Foundation, Roblox). You will be part of a tight-knit team with a focus on growth, development and constant improvement where we flourish together, aspiring to impact thousands of students across Australia.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with a range of diverse co-presenters to run PROJECT ROCKIT workshops 3 – 4 days per week in metro Melbourne, regional Victoria and interstate.
• Maintain a commitment to travelling regionally/interstate at least twice a month to facilitate workshops around Australia.
• Engage in regular formal and informal training, including providing and receiving direct feedback, to ensure continual development to provide high quality workshops.
• Contribute creatively to program content to ensure PROJECT ROCKIT's relevance and impact.
• Seek opportunities to promote, up-skill and raise the voices of young people.
• Display positive role modelling and social leadership behaviours to young people.
• Proactively engage in personal upskilling in content knowledge, subject matter expertise and presenting skills.
• Support the administration and operations of the presenting team as required, under the direction of the Head of School Programs.
• Represent as a PROJECT ROCKIT spokesperson, including filming digital content, creating social media content and being involved as required in media appearances and awareness campaigns.
• Contribute to organisation-wide initiatives and projects throughout the year, including online events, co-design projects and advisory work.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES – SHARED TEAM AGREEMENT

• Role model PROJECT ROCKIT's guiding principles and an eagerness to authentically engage with our organisational impacts.
• Contribute to a culture where every team member is valued and recognised for a diverse skill set.
• Maintain a reliable, punctual, organised and thorough approach to delivering on all responsibilities.

KEY SELECTION CRITERIA

ESSENTIAL

• A passion for social justice, celebrating diversity, contributing to an inclusive workplace, engaging with young people, and tackling bullying, hate, and prejudice.
• Ability to be able to contribute positively and proactively to a fast paced environment, demonstrating adaptability to navigate shifting program workloads, and availability for regular travel.
• Demonstrated ability both working autonomously to manage professional administrative obligations and thrive in a team environment.

IDEAL

• Strong experience in public speaking, facilitating or performing to large audiences with a demonstrated ability to connect and communicate with a wide range of people.
• Education and/or equivalent work experience in engaging young people to create positive impact, with a great understanding of current youth culture.
• Strong literacy of working with diverse communities, including but not limited to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally and linguistically diverse, LGBTQIA+, disabled and/or neurodiverse, and regional and rural communities.

Please include experiences within community and volunteer positions. We value your community contributions.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Everyday access to a private vehicle for work use and Australian Driver's Licence (travel expenses to be reimbursed). Please note: Independent transport is essential as this role involves regular travel to a range of schools (including where public transport is inaccessible). If you are unable to drive for accessibility reasons but have a viable alternate form of transport, please reach out to us.
• Successful applicants will be required to have an Employee Working With Children Check and National Police Check (these costs will be covered by PROJECT ROCKIT).
• A valid working visa to work in Australia for the next two years (if applicable).

HOW TO APPLY

Apply now and provide the following:

• Responses to demonstrate your experience with each of the Key Selection Criteria in your cover letter.
• Your CV, including two referees that can speak to your professional and/or relevant volunteer experience.
• A 60 second video* (filmed on your phone/laptop is perfect) sharing who you are and why you'd be great for this role. We include this because it creates an opportunity for those who are more comfortable with communicating verbally. If you're not comfortable submitting a video please let us know and we'll make note of this. Instruction: When providing a link to this video (e.g., from a Google Drive) please ensure that the viewing permission is set to 'anyone with the link'.

NOTE: It is an offence under the Child Protection (Prohibited Employment) Act 2005 for a person convicted of a serious sex offence to apply for this position. Any offer of employment at PROJECT ROCKIT is subject to a satisfactory Working with Children Check and police records check.

PROJECT ROCKIT is committed to fostering a respectful and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from candidates who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, people of colour, culturally and linguistically diverse, neurodivergent and/or disabled, and/or LGBTQIA+. We support flexible working arrangements and making adjustments where needed.