Estab­lished in 1998, Kather­ine West Health Board is an Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Con­trolled Health Organ­i­sa­tion that pro­vides a range of clin­i­cal, pre­ven­ta­tive and pub­lic health ser­vices to clients in the Kather­ine West Region of the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry. With four major health care cen­tres and a range of satel­lite cen­tres, KWHB ser­vices an area over two times the size of Tas­ma­nia (162,000km²), help­ing to improve the health and well­be­ing of some of the most remote com­mu­ni­ties in Australia. 

Posi­tion Description

About the Opportunity

Kather­ine West Health Board has a been fund­ed for a proac­tive pro­gram sup­port­ing ear­ly inter­ven­tion for 11 – 17 year old males at risk of Domes­tic Fam­i­ly & Sex­u­al Vio­lence (DFSV). The Project Coor­di­na­tor will sup­port two project offi­cers to engage com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers for a co-design approach for the pro­gram. The role is instru­men­tal in the imple­men­ta­tion and deliv­ery, as well as eval­u­a­tion of the program. 

Respon­si­bil­i­ties will include (but not lim­it­ed to):

• Pro­vide cul­tur­al­ly safe and ther­a­peu­tic social care to male Abo­rig­i­nal young peo­ple in remote communities.
• Engage with com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers, Abo­rig­i­nal staff and local stake­hold­ers to devel­op a cul­tur­al­ly appro­pri­ate pro­gram that address­es the dri­vers of vio­lence, pri­ori­tis­ing the safe­ty of victim-survivors.
• Plan, deliv­er and lead a series of cul­tur­al­ly safe dry sea­son bush camps with young Abo­rig­i­nal men across the KWHB region, in part­ner­ship with the Kather­ine Women’s Infor­ma­tion and Legal Service.
• Plan, deliv­er and lead a series of cul­tur­al­ly safe wet sea­son activ­i­ties – includ­ing those relat­ed to health, well­be­ing, heal­ing and skill devel­op­ment – with young Abo­rig­i­nal men across the KWHB region, in part­ner­ship with the Kather­ine Women’s Infor­ma­tion and Legal Service.

The suc­cess­ful can­di­date will enjoy an attrac­tive remu­ner­a­tion of AO6.1 PLUS super and a range of ben­e­fits, which include: 

• Relo­ca­tion & repa­tri­a­tion assistance
• Salary sac­ri­fic­ing
• 6 weeks annu­al leave
• Dai­ly trav­el allowance when work­ing away from Katherine
• Thor­ough work­place train­ing and orientation 
• Fan­tas­tic pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties and allowances
• Flex­i­ble work and leave options

This is an excel­lent oppor­tu­ni­ty to devel­op your skills, advance your career and enhance your cul­tur­al knowl­edge whilst mak­ing a pos­i­tive difference.

Addi­tion­al Information: 

• If you would like to chat fur­ther about this oppor­tu­ni­ty, please con­tact our KWHB Human Resources Team by call­ing (08) 8971 9300 or email­ing hr@​kwhb.​com.​au
• The start date can be nego­ti­at­ed pend­ing the require­ments of the suit­able candidate. 
• Find out more about work­ing for Kather­ine West Health Board here.