Senior Training and Practice Development Officer

• DURATION: 0.6FTE – 1.0FTE (negotiable), till 30/6/2025 subject to further funding
• First Nations People, LGBTIQA+ people, people with disability, people of colour, public housing residents or people with a lived experience are encouraged to apply
• DS is committed to child safety and strictly adheres to the Reportable Conduct Scheme for organisations. The safeguarding and wellbeing of our clients is our core focus. All staff must undergo thorough recruitment process including screening and providing evidence of current Working With Children Check and National Police Check.
• Applicants who have a lived experience are encouraged to apply 

About the role

Drummond Street Services (DS) is a not-for profit, recognised as leaders in delivering intersectional and whole of family practice approaches, providing services to individuals, families and marginalised communities.  

The Senior Training and Practice Development Officer will work across multiple projects to develop and deliver high quality training, capacity building and organisational readiness resources that disseminate Drummond Street’s practice model both within our own services and across a range of other sectors that we work in partnership with. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced practitioner to be involved in innovative practice development projects and to work with a high performing and collaborative team.

This includes a focus on:

• Intersectionality
• Whole of family approach to practice
• Working with LGBTIQA+ communities and their families
• Public health 
• Risk and protective factors across the lifespan
• Lived experience and co-production
• Recovery oriented practice

The role is best suited to those with strong written and oral communication skills and an ability to articulate practice frameworks.

Connections with one or more of the marginalised communities with which our service works is also highly desirable.  

Your responsibilities

• Design and deliver training and education that supports practice change and development across a range of areas, including intersectional, whole of family practice, LGBTIQA+, with a particular focusing on developing organisational readiness and practice to address the needs of marginalised or at-risk cohorts. 
• Develop and implement innovative capacity building and practice change initiatives, informed by high quality evidence, public health principles and our co-production approach.
• Contribute to the development of a range of practice tools and documents in consultation with practitioners, service leaders, community members and people with lived experience.
• Collaboratively engage with a range of internal and external stakeholders to understand and address identified service gaps and needs 
• Further develop the profile of Drummond Street’s capacity building, training and consultancy services.  
• Plan, implement and evaluate projects. This includes writing project plans, working with the team and other collaborators to achieve milestones and deliverables, maintaining records and communicating with stakeholders to track progress and any issues or risks that may arise. 

Selection Criteria: 

Please address the following in your application to be considered.

Essential

• Qualifications and/or experience in social work or other relevant disciplines. 
• Experience in designing and delivering workforce development and/or capacity building initiatives, including training that supports participants to maximise learning, is inclusive and reflective of DS organisation’s ethos, values and goals. 
• Demonstrated knowledge of therapeutic, intersectional and whole of family approaches to practice, and experience of applying these in a relevant field (e.g. MH, AOD, LGBTIQA+, FV)  
• Demonstrated high-level written, oral and interpersonal communication skills and organisational skills including the ability to meet deadlines and prioritise work tasks. 
• A genuine interest and commitment to applying an intersectional approach to working with diverse populations and people with lived experience, including LGBTIQA+, First Nations, refugee, CALD and other marginalised communities

Highly Desirable

• You identify as belonging to one or more of the communities with whom DS assertively engages

Application process

• All applications will be directed to our career’s portal via the Apply Now link below. 
• All applicants must include a resume and with a cover letter addressing all the key selection criteria for the position.

To discuss your application, please contact Beth McCann on 9663 6733 or email [email protected], using the subject line: Senior Training and Practice Development Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs.