Manager, Curriculum & Cultural Capability, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Programs

Mental Health First Aid International; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working conditions

Salary packaging

Generous leave provisions

Professional development

Job summary

Mental Health First Aid International is seeking a full-time leader to enrich the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander programs. You will advance culturally informed curriculum and produce learning content for digital and print formats, while ensuring quality standards.

You will lead and deliver a portfolio embedding reconciliation across the organisation, guiding RAP implementation and cultural capability initiatives in collaboration with partners and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Be of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, as required for this role.
• Extensive experience leading reconciliation and cultural capability projects.
• Strong skills in curriculum and learning design across digital and print.
• Proven ability to plan, develop and review learning content and resources.
• Demonstrated project management capabilities and stakeholder collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and ongoing improvement of MHFAI's RAP.
• Build partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and communities.
• Develop and monitor an implementation plan for the Cultural Respect Framework.
• Apply culturally safe learning design and embed Indigenous pedagogies.

Skills

Leadership

Curriculum design

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Cultural safety

Job description

• Leading Mental Health Educational Provider
• Permanent full-time position
• Remote or hybrid work options

Who we are

Mental Health First Aid International (t/a MHFA Australia, MHFAI) is a global health promotion charity dedicated to the provision of evidence-based education programs that increase mental health literacy, reduce stigma, and help people develop the skills they need to encourage people to seek professional help.

We support a global movement across 51 countries of organisations dedicated to prevention and early intervention to reduce the impact of psychological distress and mental health problems in families, communities, educational settings, and workplaces.

We are grounded in high-quality research and evaluation and value lived experience.

We are purpose driven and focussed on impact.

We are committed to health equity and to supporting priority need populations.

We exist to change and save lives every day.

About the role

We are seeking a full-time permanent leader who can enrich our national curriculum through meaningful, engaging activities that are culturally informed and capable. As member of the Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Programs team the resources produced in this role aim to build understanding of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, worldviews and cultures.

An innovative learning designer you will be instrumental in uplifting the application of contemporary learning and development practices into our programs. Your ability to write and produce digital and print learning content while meeting quality standards is key.

This role will also lead, manage and actively deliver a portfolio of work that embeds reconciliation and cultural capability across the organisation. Guiding the development and implementation of our Reconciliation Action Plan and cultural capability initiatives.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Manage and undertake the development, implementation, monitoring and continuous improvement of MHFAI'S RAP.
• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations, community stakeholders and sector partners to strengthen reconciliation outcomes.
• Manage and undertake the development of an implementation plan and ongoing review of our Cultural Respect Framework.
• Apply and embed culturally safe learning design principles and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pedagogies in the development and review of relevant Instructor, Trainer and staff learning programs.

About you

With a demonstrated commitment to lived experience in service design and delivery you will:

• Be of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander decsent. MHFAI considers being Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander is a genuine occupational requirement for this position under s 42 of the Discrimination Act 1991 (ACT)/s 14 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW)/ sub-35(1)(b)(ii) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1996 (NT), s 25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (QLD)/ sub-s 56(2) of the Equal Opportunity Act (SA)/s 41 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 (Tas)/ sub-s 26(3) or s 28 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic)/s 50 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (WA).
• Possess substantial experience leading and managing reconciliation, cultural capability and curriculum development.
• Strong skills in curriculum and learning design, including personally developing, writing, reviewing and maintaining culturally informed curriculum, learning content and resources, together with experience leading or managing curriculum development activities.
• Be a skilled in project management.
• Have the ability to build, influence and sustain collaborative relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and organisations, internal stakeholders, senior leaders, Subject Matter Experts, consultants and other external partners.

Culture and Benefits

At MHFAI we embrace our differences as we know that diversity helps us to innovate and make the biggest impact possible. We encourage applications from diverse backgrounds including people with lived and living experience of mental health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people of all ethnicities, faith, disability, socio-economic background, sexual orientation and gender identity.

Our benefits include:

• Flexible working conditions
• Salary Packaging
• Generous leave provisions including extra paid leave over the Christmas/New Year Period
• Ongoing opportunities for Professional Development
• Employee Assistance Program for confidential wellbeing support
• The opportunity to contribute to an organisation that is working towards a world where we all have the skills, knowledge and confidence to help someone experiencing a mental health problem.

Only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are eligible to apply.