Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence; DFSV Project Coordinator Tennant Creek, NT

Location

Location: Tennant Creek, 0860

Job Title: Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (DFSV) Project Coordinator

Employment

Conditions:

Full Time Contract

Contract Duration: Ongoing - dependent on funding

Salary: $123,738 - $148,250 p.a.

Generous salary packaging: $15,900 p.a.

Professional development incentive: Allowance of $1,500 p/a

Remote retention allowance: $750

Relocation assistance: up to $5,000 to help you get settled into town

Amazing further benefits: 6 weeks annual leave, free general dentistry

Reports to: Executive Manager - Piliyintinji-ki - Stronger Families

Subsidised Accommodation: Available for candidates outside the Barkly Region.

Employee access to Medical Services: Free Prescriptions

Other: This position is designated Indigenous under Section 57 of the NT Anti-Discrimination Act. Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander candidates are encouraged to apply.

Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation (Anyinginyi Health) is a multi-disciplinary organisation which provides primary health care services to the Aboriginal people of Tennant Creek and the surrounding Barkly region, dedicated to ‘Closing the Gap’ in Aboriginal health within remote Australia. Anyinginyi Health is made up of four sections (Health Services, Corporate Services, Public Health Unit and Piliyintinji-Ki Stronger Families) which allow them to have a holistic approach to health ensuring that clients’ physical and emotional health and well-being is given the utmost priority.

Anyinginyi Health's mission is to be a provider of high quality holistic primary health care services featuring prevention and treatment in the Barkly region in a culturally responsive way.

Year-round blue skies, stunning landscapes, and vibrant, diverse, and warm communities - that's life in the Northern Territory! Tennant Creek is a remarkable community to set up home in, with a major regional hospital, university, schools, shops, accommodation, and more.

Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation have been funded to support the implementation of recommendations from the Tennant Creek & Barkly Region report on Family Violence Report 2022 – ‘It takes a whole community approach to violence’.

Working in partnership with the Barkly Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Reduction Network, the Project Coordinator will be responsible for formalising a local focus group to discuss and inform services for people experiencing and affected by family violence. This group will advocate key community priorities, addressing family violence. The role will also lead a small team of DFSV community connectors to implement community awareness activities aligned with the recommendations of the Family Violence report 2022 and the priorities set by the Barkly Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Reduction Network.

More specifically, some of your duties will include (but will not be limited to):

• Undertake community consultation to support implementation of recommendations from the Tennant Creek and Barkly Region Report on Family Violence.
• Investigate options for innovative coordination of family violence services including a centralised site supporting streamlined access for community members in a culturally safe space and increased opportunity of service collaboration.
• Develop a range of solutions that promote healing through trauma-informed approaches that identify and empower community members including culturally safe, on country services and supports.
• Develop new or implement existing DFSV community awareness raising activities (including monitoring and evaluation mechanisms) to raise awareness of what DFSV is, including in cultural context of Tennant Creek and the Barkly region.

For a detailed overview of the position please refer to the job description attached.

• A tertiary qualification in the human services fields and demonstrated experience delivering Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence services.
• Strong understanding of Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence issues in Central Australia and the impact on Aboriginal…