Girls Can Boys Can Community Partner Project Lead

Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation (TCAC) is a community controlled Public Benevolent Institution delivering human services and social enterprise activities for the benefit of Aboriginal people from the Alice Springs Town Camps, Urban Alice Springs, and Central Australia.

The Tangentyere Family Violence Prevention Programs (FVPP) approach is underpinned by the Northern Territory's Domestic, Family & Sexual Violence Reduction Framework 2018–2028: Safe, Respected, and Free from Violence and the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010–2022. These frameworks guide our work in addressing Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (DFSV) among Aboriginal community members residing in the Alice Springs Town Camps.

FVPP is an integrated program supporting men, women, young people, and children impacted by DFSV. It includes prevention and intervention work, a Men's Behaviour Change Program, the Tangentyere Women's Family Safety Group, and the Young Women's Family Safety Group.

The Girls Can Boys Can Community Partner Project Lead will coordinate the expansion of the Girls Can Boys Can program through a community-led and project advisory approach. This will involve developing culturally safe resources and delivering training and workshops to early childhood educators, children, and families across Mparntwe (Alice Springs) and the Town Camps.

The successful candidate will have completed tertiary studies in Education, Social Work, Youth Work, Community Development, or a related discipline, and/or have relevant experience working alongside communities to deliver and develop primary prevention and education projects. Having a strong understanding of DFSV is desirable, however training can be provided to the right candidate.

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills who is committed to reducing violence against women and children and supporting young people to engage in safe and respectful relationships.

As part of your role, you will be working with children, people with a disability and people who are vulnerable. It is your obligation to always ensure their safety and report any concerns in line with our duty of care obligations. We have zero tolerance when it comes to abuse of any kind and will take disciplinary action, including and up to termination of employment, should we determine that abuse has taken place or there has been a failure to report any suspected or alleged abuse.

·      Coordinate and implement the expansion of the Girls Can Boys Can (GCBC) program using education and community development approaches that support social change, inclusion, respect and a strengths-based approach to prevent men's violence against women and children and address the impacts of colonisation.

· Develop and promote culturally safe, bilingual educational GCBC resources and toolkits, including facilitator guides and children's storybooks that promote gender equality and racial equality.

· Deliver workshops and training to early childhood educators, children, and families across Alice Springs and Town Camps to prevent men's violence against women and children and address the impacts of colonisation.

· Establish and maintain respectful collaboration with Our Watch through regular meetings, planning sessions, and evaluations.

· Develop a comprehensive project plan including timelines, deliverables, and consultation mechanisms.

· Prepare and contribute to required project reports, data snapshots, and contribute to ethical information use and evaluation processes.

· Assist with achieving quality management objectives across the organisation.

· Assist with achieving safeguarding objectives across the organisation.

· Assist with achieving compliance objectives across the organisation.

· Other reasonable duties as required.

Required

· Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field such as Teaching, Social Work, Early Childhood Education, Psychology, Youth Work, Community Development, or related disciplines OR extensive experience working in these sectors with a strong understanding of child development, or education, or primary prevention of men's violence against women or community-based practice.

· Demonstrated ability to plan, prepare and deliver workshops and training, and build rapport and work effectively with children, families and communities in educational, therapeutic, or community settings.

· Proven ability to work in cross-cultural environments, particularly with Aboriginal children, families, and communities, using culturally safe, strengths-based, and inclusive approaches.

· Applied understanding of trauma-informed care, childhood development, and primary prevention of DFSV theories and research, with the ability to integrate these approaches into program design, development and facilitation.

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including group facilitation, workshop delivery, resource development and relationship-building with a broad range of audiences.

· Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with internal teams, community members, and external stakeholders to achieve shared program goals.

· Current NT Drivers Licence, NT Working with Children (Ochre) Card, satisfactory Police Check, and proof of full (3) vaccination against COVID-19.

Desirable

·  A demonstrated understanding and commitment to a gendered analysis of domestic and family violence and experience in group facilitation are desirable, however training can be provided to the right candidate.

· A strong understanding of DFSV, trauma informed and strengths-based theories, and childhood development theories and practice.

· Experience co-designing community-based resources or programs with Aboriginal communities.

· Strong organisational and project management skills.

· Demonstrated strong administration, data collection, analysis and writing skills, however training can be required for the right candidate if necessary.

· Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with internal Tangentyere programs and external stakeholders.

· Current First Aid Certificate, or ability and willingness to attain.