Community Educator Mentors
Job No:
150342
Location:
Alice Springs
- Are you passionate about supporting and improving the financial and social wellbeing of others?
- Enjoy a salary circa $86,557 – $90,483 plus super, relocation assistance, seven weeks leave with mini breaks & MORE!
- Rewarding opportunity within an expanding organisation and making a real difference in the lives of Indigenous Australians!
- First Nations candidates strongly encouraged to apply!
LOCATION: Alice Springs - Northern Territory
About Us
Financial resilience for family, culture, and wellbeing.
MoneyMob Talkabout is a not-for-profit organisation with a vision to empower Aboriginal people and communities to achieve economic wellbeing and self-determination. We operate a money support hub in the APY Lands, with a permanent base at Pukatja, which provides a one-stop-shop for local community members to interact with the broader economy in a safe and supportive environment. We regularly provide outreach to all communities across the APY Lands, and we have offices in the communities of Ernabella (Pukatja) and Mimili.
Ensuring Aboriginal people are at the heart of our services drives our success, and by tuning into each person's unique story, we can explore new growth opportunities.
The MoneyMob Talkabout team is growing, and we have a new opportunity for a full-time Community Educator Mentor (Financial Wellbeing) to strengthen financial understanding and resilience in our communities!
About the Opportunity
As Community Educator Mentor (Financial Wellbeing), you will collaborate with Financial Wellbeing Team colleagues, report to the Financial Wellbeing Team Leader, and have casual Financial Capability Workers report to you.
How You Will Help:
- Recruit new or work with existing Anangu groups to co-design culturally relevant financial literacy education materials, programs, and resources that address the use of money within a social and emotional wellbeing context;
- Train community-based workers to share the co-designed materials with interested households and community groups;
- Connect community to MoneyMob's financial wellbeing services for additional support;
- Develop a training calendar and co-deliver topics with Anangu members for other service providers, responding to requests ad-hoc; and
- Supervise and mentor the Anangu workforce to develop personal and work-related skills that support employment success, retention, advancement prospects.
What You Will Bring
Our superstar Mentor understands the holistic approach needed to do capacity building in remote communities. You'll ideally have a sound knowledge of the historical and political factors impacting First Nations people in an empathetic manner, as well as:
- Qualification/s in Community Development, Adult and Community Education, or similar;
- Evidence of financial literacy education knowledge (or a willingness to complete our Financial Literacy Skill Set for the right Mentor)
- Working with Children Check, National Criminal History Check, OCHRE card, and First Aid (or willingness to obtain);
- Remote community &/or trauma-informed experience;
- An unrestricted driver's licence + willingness to partake in 4WD training, and
Please note: Northern Territory and APY Lands requirements mandate triple vaccination (including booster shot) against COVID-19.
About You
To be a successful Community Educator Mentor (Financial Wellbeing), you will be a lateral thinker who can approach every situation with tact and curiosity. You will have a healthy comprehension of relationship management & that money management is a relatively recent addition to our communities.
For this reason, you will also need to be aware that where there may be disagreement over money management approaches within the community, you are a valued listener and advocate for safe and beneficial practice.
You will regularly be immersed in community and culture, meaning you will need to be:
Adaptable - prepared for challenge and change; purpose-driven - helping guide and support communities to make the money discussion relevant in the community context; confident - supporting community health, independence, and prospects for our Aboriginal communities via knowledge sharing; culturally aware - initiating interactions with people with complex and diverse needs, multi-lingual communities, and providing a safe opportunities for learning to families or individuals exposed to trauma; open-minded - there's a wealth of knowledge to be shared on either side of a Mentor position, and excited - to celebrate the small wins!
We value down-to-earth Mentors who know how to balance work and life. Emotional intelligence, practical boundary setting, and riding out the bumps will help you navigate this role effectively.
Benefits
Accompanying this enriching opportunity amongst a dedicated community of advocates, you will enjoy:
- $86,557 – $90,483 inclusive of leave loading (dependent on qualifications and experience) PLUS super and remote salary sacrificing options;
- Relocation assistance;
- Six weeks annual leave + five days mandated annual breaks (mini-break) + two days per month additional 'outreach leave' to compensate for being away over weekends!
- Employee Assistance Program; and a
- $500 yearly wellbeing payment
MoneyMob are an equal opportunity workplace and we'll collaborate with you to ensure your needs for professional development are met through our support networks and study assistance options. We encourage career-relevant up-skilling initiatives and endeavour to promote internally as much as we can meaning there is plenty of room for professional growth!
MoneyMob is committed to Indigenous employment and a culturally competent workplace. Suitably qualified Indigenous applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.
If you're looking for a purpose-driven role, apply today!
If you'd like to know more about the role, please contact:
Carolyn Cartwright - Managing Director/Financial Counsellor - MoneyMob Talkabout Phone: (08) 8953 2410 Mob: 0411 419 425 Fax: (08) 8952 7092 Email: manager@moneymob.org.au