Project Officer, Journey to MotherhoodHybrid

Job Title: Project Officer, Journey to Motherhood

Location: Collingwood, VIC (Hybrid Work Model)

Employment Type: Full-time, Maximum-term (until 30 June 2027)

Salary: $85,000 to $95,000 (depending on experience) + super + salary packaging

About VACCHO

VACCHO is the peak representative for the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Victoria.

We have 34 member Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations providing support to over 65,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the state. We lead and support Aboriginal Community Control and the broader health and social services sector to deliver transformative health and wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal communities in Victoria. We are a centre of expertise, policy advice, training, innovation and leadership in Aboriginal health and wellbeing. And we'd love you to join us! 

VACCHO promotes substantive equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 

About the role

The Project Officer, Journey to Motherhood works to support the uplift and expansion of high quality, culturally safe maternity care across the Aboriginal Community Controlled (ACCO) sector. This includes a particular focus on Victoria’s Koori Maternity Strategy, and on the development of ACCO-led initiatives to reduce the incidence of pre-term birth within Aboriginal Communities. The role also supports VACCHO’s advocacy for the sustainability and expansion of ACCO-based Maternal and Child Health (MCH) sites across Victoria.

The role aims to enhance the sustainability, effectiveness, and quality of culturally safe primary healthcare services throughout the journey to motherhood.

Essential skills/experiences 

To be successful in this role, you will be a confident in your ability to work flexibly in a team environment where it can be all hands on deck to help your team achieve the desired outcomes. Bring your initiative and broad thinking ways to help achieve improved outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and babies in health care/hospital settings.

If you are a current experience Project Officer with a clinical background or are eager to make the transition from client facing roles to project work, we’d love to hear from you.

Highly Regarded

• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply as your cultural and lived experiences are central to the work we do.
• 2+ years’ experience working in Community/ACCO/ACCHOs with a clinical background

Desirable

• Experience as a midwife or maternal child health nurse
• Able to (or the desire to build skills to) actively contribute/lead meetings with key stakeholders
• Able to broker strong relationships between ACCOs and hospitals
• Able to advocate on behalf of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and babies in health care/hospital settings.
• Experience in project and event coordination

 Benefits 

• Working for Community in a culturally safe Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation. 
• Access to generous Not for Profit salary packaging entitlements (including living expenses and meals & accommodation) and leave loading.
• Access to additional leave entitlements including cultural leave and bonus Christmas leave if employed at VACCHO into the following year. 
• Organisational early finish Fridays and flexible working arrangements considered.
• Work in inner-city Collingwood with wellness spaces and end of trip facilities available. 

We believe in the right for all people to be treated with the respect and dignity at all times, and that all people who work for, govern or undertake work at or visit us should at all times feel safe and included.

Visit us here for more info: https://www.vaccho.org.au/ 

Other employment related information

Employment is subject to a satisfactory and ongoing police records check (international where relevant) and Working with Children Check.  

Apply Now

Please note we will begin shortlisting as we receive applications and therefore encourage early applications. 

Please include a cover letter addressing your suitability for the role after reviewing the position description.

For enquiries, contact joinourteam@vaccho.org.au

Equal Opportunity & Inclusion Statement:

VACCHO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We embrace the diversity of cultures, identities, gender, sex, and sexually diverse identities and expressions, experiences, beliefs, and values of all people.