Project Facilitator - Early Childhood Care and Development

World Vision; Remote; GBP 34,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A humanitarian organization is seeking a Project Facilitator for Early Childhood Care and Development. This role involves mentoring and supporting community capacity in Aboriginal communities. Candidates must have coaching experience, profound community engagement skills, and a background in early childhood. This position offers the chance to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children in remote communities.

Benefits

Salary packaging

Remote employment benefits

Relocation support

Qualifications

• Demonstrated professional experience working with remote Aboriginal communities.
• Experience facilitating community consultations.
• Experience in providing mentoring and support.
• Ability to work in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Ensure regular playgroups and Early Childhood activities.
• Mentor Early Childhood Reference Groups.
• Develop and follow implementation plans as per budget.
• Coordinate with external groups for playgroup support.
• Monitor and report on project activities.

Skills

Coaching experience

Working with children

Mentoring

Community participation

Cultural awareness

Education

Experience in community development

2 years in Early Childhood Sector

Job description

Project Facilitator - Early Childhood Care and Development

As a Project Facilitator you will support the development and implementation of West Kimberley ECCD project, which is implemented in 3 Aboriginal communities in the West Kimberley Region of Western Australia.

This is a hand`s on role which requires flexibility. You will provide support and mentoring to build community capacity by recruiting, mentoring, and guiding playgroup facilitators, while working with local members and partners to deliver early childhood initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Playgroups and Early Childhood activities are occurring regularly within community to support child development.
• Provision of mentoring, coaching and support to the Early Childhood Reference Groups and other community members as appropriate
• Annual implementation plans are developed and followed according to project design, including spending according to budget.
• Provide one on one mentoring, coaching, supervision and providing guidance to local community-based World Vision Playgroup staff, to ensure clarity of expectations and a sense of belonging in the program.
• Coordinate with external groups and stakeholders to organize for participation in and support for playgroups.
• Progress of relevant project activities is monitored and reported on in consultation with the Program Manager
• New project activities and opportunities identified and designed to achieve agreed outcomes across the project.

Who we’re looking for

We are looking for someone with coaching experience, level of maturity, capacity building and experience in working with children.

You will have:

• Demonstrated professional experience working with remote Aboriginal communities in a development context
• Experience facilitating community consultations and influencing supporting community participation
• Experience in providing mentoring, training, and support
• Working in complex and dynamic environments
• Sound knowledge of the cultural, political, economic, and social issues affecting Aboriginal people in remote Australia
• Good understanding of, & firm commitment to, community development processes, gender equity, participatory approaches, and development theory
• Demonstrated knowledge and 2 years of experience desirable working in the Early Childhood Sector

WorkingforWorld Vision means you aremaking the world better

It’s not every day that a job comes along that lets you change the world.WorkingforWorld Vision means lookingforward to turning up at work because you know you’re about to dosomethingmeaningful.It means working with35,000 staff and3.3 million supporters in 100 countries whowillstop at nothing tohelp children live better lives.Joina teamthat is bold and courageous,andwherejob satisfaction goes beyondfinancial reward.

The selectionprocess

We embrace diversity, employing people from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds. We take our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we are committed to providing an environment that is safe for children. Our stringent recruitment procedures make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. All successful candidates will undergo all required pre-employment checks which is inclusive of a criminal record check. We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support, and training in their work with vulnerable children and their families. World Vision Australia participates in the Inter-Agency Scheme for the Disclosure of Safeguarding-related Misconduct in Recruitment Process within the Humanitarian and Development Sector.

Who we are

For more than 40 years, World Vision has been partnering with First Nations communities through our Australia First Nations Program. The program is dedicated to helping First Nations communities build on their strengths and achieve their own development goals. Working at World Vision as a First Nations staff means you will be well represented and supported within the team. Through the program’s staff network, you will have a safe space to connect, collaborate and seek advice no matter where you are based.

Benefits

We offer great benefits such as salary packaging and for this role remote employment benefits and relocation support.

World Vision is a Christian organisation that empowers everyday Australians to create meaningful change for children through relief, development and advocacy work.

For more information on World Vision and the work we do, please visit our website: https://www.worldvision.com.au/about-us