Senior Advisor, Aboriginal Health & Workforce Engagement

Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 105,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Meals & accommodation tax savings

Annual leave loading

Christmas leave

Early finish Fridays

Culturally safe workplace

Wellness spaces

Leave loading 17.5%

Job summary

Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health (VACCHO) in Collingwood, VIC, offers a full-time, hybrid role focused on workforce engagement and communities of practice. The position emphasizes culturally safe practices and collaboration with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff.

The role involves coordinating events, developing professional development activities, and advancing VACCHO advocacy on cultural safety within mainstream healthcare, supported by flexible work arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating events and workforce development activities.
• Ability to plan, deliver, monitor and evaluate events and workforce programs.
• Experience building trusted relationships and handling sensitive information.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and project management tools.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate communities of practice and related activities.
• Lead planning and delivery of workforce engagement events and professional development activities.
• Coordinate projects to raise standing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in mainstream healthcare.
• Liaise with Indigenous staff to share information and understand support needs, handling sensitive information with care.
• Escalate issues and prepare briefs for VACCHO leadership on equity and access in healthcare.
• Support VACCHO advocacy work to improve cultural safety in healthcare.

Skills

Event coordination

Project coordination

Stakeholder engagement

MS Office

Job description

Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health (VACCHO) in Collingwood, VIC, offers a full-time, hybrid role focused on workforce engagement and communities of practice. The position emphasizes culturally safe practices and collaboration with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff.

The role involves coordinating events, developing professional development activities, and advancing VACCHO advocacy on cultural safety within mainstream healthcare, supported by flexible work arrangements.