First Nations Cultural Strategy and RAP Implementation Coordinator

The Buttery; Coffs Harbour City Council; Hybrid; AUD 80,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Extra annual leave

Career growth

Professional development

Supportive environment

Salary packaging benefits

Meal & accommodation card

Packaging options

Job summary

The Buttery, a not-for-profit organisation, invites applications for the First Nations Cultural Strategy and RAP Implementation Coordinator. Based in Coffs Harbour, the role focuses on reconciliation, cultural safety and organisational change to benefit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

You will report to the CEO and support RAP commitments, policy influence and workforce capability. The position is 35 hours per week with hybrid work between the Coffs Harbour office and remote work,

Qualifications

• Provide high-level cultural advice to the CEO, Executive and Leadership Teams.
• Support implementation, monitoring and reporting of RAP commitments.
• Influence organisational policies, procedures, communications and service improvements.
• Strengthen workforce capability through coaching, mentoring and cultural guidance.
• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stakeholders and organisations.
• Represent The Buttery at relevant interagency meetings, conferences, networks and forums.
• Contribute to organisational strategy, quality improvement and future service development.

Responsibilities

• Support culturally safe, equitable and accessible practice across the organisation.
• Help drive reconciliation and cultural safety through accountable organisational change.
• Collaborate with leaders to engage respectfully with communities.
• Provide guidance to improve services and programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Job description

First Nations Cultural Strategy and RAP Implementation Coordinator

About the role: Make a meaningful difference by helping drive reconciliation, cultural safety and accountable organisational change across a respected not-for-profit organisation. This identified position provides strategic cultural advice, supports implementation of The Buttery's Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), and helps strengthen policies, workforce capability, partnerships, service design and continuous improvement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Reporting to the CEO, you will work across the organisation to support culturally safe, equitable and accessible practice while building the capability of leaders and teams to engage respectfully with communities. In this role you'll get the opportunity to:

Provide high-level cultural advice to the CEO, Executive and Leadership Teams.

Support implementation, monitoring and reporting of RAP commitments.

Influence organisational policies, procedures, communications and service improvements.

Strengthen workforce capability through coaching, mentoring and cultural guidance.

Build and maintain strategic partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stakeholders and organisations.

Represent The Buttery at relevant interagency meetings, conferences, networks and forums.

Contribute to organisational strategy, quality improvement and future service development.

Hours and location: Based in Coffs Harbour this role is 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance. Working in a hybrid capacity, you'll split your time between Coffs harbour office, work from home and travel through our footprint to engage with other communities between Tweed and Port Macquarie. A pool work vehicle is provided. This position is funded until 30 June 2027, with strong potential for extension as part of our expanding community services

$$$: This role will be remunerated at SCHCDS Level 6 $58-60ph with access to salary packaging to potentially increase your take home pay by another 5k.

Applications close: We will be processing applications as they arrive and will make offers as soon as a suitable applicant is found.

Why you’ll love working with us

• Flexible Working Solutions:We support your work-life balance with flexible working arrangements.
• Extra Annual Leave:Enjoy two additional weeks of annual leave (pro rata) to spend more time on holiday.
• Career Growth:Explore internal opportunities to transfer and work in other programs.
• Professional Development:Benefit from ongoing training and development opportunities.
• Supportive Environment:Access to our Employee Assistance Program and to external clinical supervision for direct service staff
• Salary Packaging Benefits:Increase your take-home pay by 6-12% with ATO-approved incentives, allowing you to allocate up to $15,899 of tax-free salary towards your mortgage, rent, loans, credit card, or school fees.
• Salary Packaging Meal and Accommodation Card:Receive a $2,650 card for meals and accommodation.
• Convenient Packaging Options:Package your costs for smartwatches, EarPods, professional memberships or a novated vehicle lease.

About us: The Buttery is a not-for-profit charitable organisation established in 1973.Through residential and community-based programs, we specialise in the treatment of alcohol and other drug dependence and mental health conditions. Our programs are evidence-based, best-practice and informed by the latest research into recovery. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we consistently work to improve the lives of the people we support.We operate from Tweed Heads to Port Macquarie across Bundjalung, Githabul, Gumbaynggirr, Yaegl, Dunghutti and Birpai lands.

If you are planning to move for this role

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The Buttery recognises the benefits that diversity and inclusion bring, and encourages people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and CALD and LGBTIQASB+ community members are encouraged to apply. We are proud to have active RAP and Rainbow groups. We support lived experience and neurodiversity.

1. Be of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent, identify as being Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, and be accepted in the community as such. Note Section 14 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW)

2. Current driver's licence with the capacity to undertake regular travel around the footprint, a satisfactory Criminal Record Check and Working with Children Check

3. Demonstrated strong cultural knowledge and demonstrated ability to provide cultural advice, coordinate implementation work, influence organisational systems, build workforce capability, and support respectful relationships with Aboriginal communities and stakeholders

4. Experience in areas such as cultural governance, policy review, organisational development, service improvement, co-design, organisational representation, community consultation, and/or program/service development.

5. Demonstrated proficiency using the Microsoft suite, a variety of databases and video conferencing tools such as Teams.

6. Understanding of cultural safety, intersectionality, trauma-aware practice, data sovereignty, and ethical engagement.

7. Understanding of how reconciliation, workforce development, partnerships, communications, quality improvement and service growth interconnect within a not-for-profit organisation.

Cover letters that address all criteria above will be best placed to progress through the selection process.