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The Centre for Women's Safety and Wellbeing advertises vacant positions on our website, with promotion on our social media and via our e-newsletter.

Current vacancies - 3 positions

Prevention Sector Development Officer

Who we are

The Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing (CWSW) is the leading voice for women and children affected by gender-based violence in Western Australia. CWSW is an independent organisation and the peak representative body for women’s specialist domestic and family violence, community-based women’s health, and sexual assault support services in Western Australia.

CWSW works with governments, peak bodies, community, and private organisations to prevent violence against women, promote women’s health, advance gender equity, and to ensure that lived experience is integral to policy, legislation, and services. CWSW takes an intersectional approach that recognises the multiple forms of discrimination many women face, so that responses to these issues address the particular and diverse needs of women.

About this role

The Prevention Sector Development Officer role sits within Preventing Violence Together (PVT), a joint initiative of CWSW and Stopping Family Violence. PVT is an exciting initiative with a focus on supporting professionals across Western Australia working to prevent domestic, family, and sexual violence before it occurs. PVT supports professionals to build their skills and knowledge for primary prevention in a range of settings. Its role is also to advocate for sustained commitment to the long-term work required to prevent violence against women.

The Prevention Sector Development Officer role will support the work of PVT in three key areas: workforce development, systemic advocacy, and community mobilisation.

Role responsibilities include:

  • Supporting the implementation of Foundations for Change: A Western Australian framework to guide primary prevention of violence against women.
  • Developing and delivering primary prevention training packages and other professional development opportunities for the primary prevention of violence against women sector.
  • Developing primary prevention resources and messaging for different audiences.
  • Systemic advocacy and engagement with the primary prevention workforce.
  • Mobilising the community to play their part in preventing gender-based violence.
  • Evaluation and reporting.

For more information about role responsibilities and selection criteria, please download the Position Description.

This position is a level 7 SCHADS award. This position is 0.6-1.0FTE (negotiable). Flexible working arrangements are available.

Applications

Apply directly through EthicalJobs to submit your application.

We strongly encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply to work with us, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people of colour and people from migrant and refugee communities, people of any age or gender, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex and/or queer (LGBTIQA+) people, people with lived experience of family violence, and people with disability.

Applicants may hold some or all of the skills listed under the selection criteria. Applicants are encouraged to demonstrate how they believe they could meet the criteria given the opportunity, for example obtaining necessary skills or outlining transferrable skills.

For further information about the role or to have an informal discussion, please contact Alicia Gibbs, Manager, Preventing Violence Together at alicia@pvt.org.au, using the subject line: Prevention Sector Development Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs, or on 9420 7264.

CWSW reserves the right to close this process at any time. Applications received may be considered for future opportunities. 

 

Project Officer- Changing Gears – Women Behind the Wheel   

  • Strong project administration and coordination focus

  • Be part of an important initiative supporting victim-survivors of domestic and family violence to attain their driver’s licence

Who we are

The Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing (CWSW) is the leading voice for women and children affected by gender-based violence in Western Australia. CWSW is an independent organisation and the peak representative body for women’s specialist domestic and family violence, community-based women’s health, and sexual assault support services in Western Australia.

CWSW works with governments, peak bodies, community, and private organisations to prevent violence against women, promote women’s health, advance gender equity, and to ensure that lived experience is integral to policy, legislation, and services. CWSW takes an intersectional approach that recognises the multiple forms of discrimination many women face, so that responses to these issues address the particular and diverse needs of women.

About this role

The focus of the Project Officer is to ensure the timely and effective administration of the “Changing Gears-Women Behind the Wheel” project. The aim of the project is to support the independence of victim-survivors, with assistance and support in obtaining a driver’s license.

Project officer role includes:

  • Ensuring the timely and accurate processing of all Changing Gears applications, in accordance with CWSW procedures, and the projects funding agreement.
  • Working under the general direction of the Office Coordinator to ensure accurate records are kept, and funds can be acquitted.
  • Preparation of progress reports for external stakeholders.
  • Contribute to the efficient and effective functioning of the team to meet organisational objectives.

For more information about the key responsibilities of the role and the skills required, please download the position description

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants are encouraged to apply.

This is a 0.4 FTE position (30 hours per fortnight), at a level 4/5 under the SCHADS award, dependent on experience.

Applications

Please send a current CV and cover letter addressing the selection criteria (maximum 3 pages) to admin@cwsw.org.au. Applications close Friday 15 March 2024.

Applicants may hold some or all of the skills listed under the selection criteria. Applicants are encouraged to demonstrate how they believe they could meet the criteria given the opportunity, for example obtaining necessary skills or outlining transferrable skills.

For further information about the role, or to have an informal discussion, please contact Trina Williamson on 08 9420 7264.

CWSW reserves the right to close this process at any time. Applications received may be considered for future opportunities.


Communications Lead

“Stories can be powerful in shaping how audiences think about social issues, and the role of public policy in affecting them. Stories can make complex and abstract problems visible in our mind’s eye. They help audiences imagine how we “got here” on an issue, and to envision the range of solutions we have before us as individuals, as communities, and as a society. Importantly, stories also can call us all to action. But, like all forms of communication, stories and other tools must be considered relative to the broader policy context, public information environment, communication goals, and messaging strategy.”

If this resonates with you, then you are the Communications Lead we are looking for!

Who we are

CWSW is the leading voice for women and children affected by gender-based violence in Western Australia. We are an independent organisation and the peak representative body for women’s specialist domestic and family violence, community-based women’s health, and sexual assault services in Western Australia. CWSW works with governments, peak bodies, community, and private organisations to prevent violence against women, promote women’s health, advance gender equity, and to ensure that women’s voices are integral to policy, legislation, and services. We take an intersectional approach that recognises the multiple forms of discrimination many women face, so that responses to these issues address the particular and diverse needs of women.

About this role

The focus of the Communications Lead is to collaborate closely with the leadership team, aligning with the organisation’s purpose and strategic objectives, to enhance understanding of the lived experience of domestic, family and sexual violence the visibility of the specialist domestic, family, and sexual violence sectors, as well as the community-based women’s health sector.

The Communications Lead plays a key role in coordinating all aspects of internal and external communications to promote CWSW as the thought leaders in the domestic and family violence, sexual violence, and women’s community health sectors. This includes:

  • Communications strategy and implementation
  • Branding and external communications support
  • Campaign coordination
  • Digital communications
  • Member/sector communications.

Other responsibilities include:

  • Coordinating the effective delivery of key communication activities for internal and external stakeholders.
  • Creating visually impactful, responsive, and on-brand content for CWSW’s social media channels. This will include the use of infographics, graphics, images, video-based content, and other collaborative material from our stakeholders.
  • Ensuring the maintenance of the CWSW website, including liaising with suppliers and key stakeholder to ensure format, accessibility, manageability and content is fit for purpose.
  • Overseeing the CWSW Communications calendar, ensuring all key dates, campaigns and events are included and content is organised for CWSW’s media platforms.
  • Overseeing and supporting key internal and external communications and engagement activity, including website and social media presence, press releases and media engagement, membership engagement and eNewletters.
  • Creating and distributing member/sector updates, collecting feedback from members and continually improving how we communicate most effectively with multiple stakeholder demographics.
  • Ensuring all communications are aligned with CWSW communications guide.

For more information about the key responsibilities of the role and the skills required, please download the Position Description.

This position is a level 7 SCHADS award. This position is 0.8FTE (negotiable).

Applications

Please send a current CV and cover letter addressing the selection criteria (maximum 3 pages) to admin@cwsw.org.au. Applications close Friday 8th March 2024.

Applicants may hold some or all of the skills listed under the selection criteria. Applicants are encouraged to demonstrate how they believe they could meet the criteria given the opportunity, for example obtaining necessary skills or outlining transferrable skills.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

For further information about the role, or to have an informal discussion, please contact Alison Evans, Chief Executive Officer on 9420 7264

CWSW reserves the right to close this process at any time. Applications received may be considered for future opportunities.

Students and volunteers

If you are seeking a student placement, work experience, internship or volunteer opportunity it is important to be aware that CWSW is not a direct service provider for domestic, family and sexual violence and women’s health services. Our role as a peak body focuses on sector support and development, and systemic advocacy. 

A student or volunteer opportunity with us depends on a variety of factors including your area of interest or study, and our capacity to support and facilitate an opportunity, which can vary throughout the year. 

If you are interested and have a request for a student or volunteer opportunity, please email admin@cwsw.org.au and we will endeavor to get back to you as soon as possible. 

Working with us

The Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing (CWSW) is an independent, representative peak body for women’s specialist domestic and family violence, community-based women’s health and sexual assault services in Western Australia. We are the leading voice for women and children affected by gender-based violence in Western Australia.

CWSW is a small, inclusive organisation with a passionate, friendly team. We offer flexible and accessible working arrangements and aim to be responsive to the needs of employees. This includes people with disability; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse people; young people; older people; women; and gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and gender diverse, intersex and queer people.

Our values

OPEN-MINDED

We listen, learn, and adapt

BOLD

We are unafraid to take on challenges

CONSIDERED

We take time to inform ourselves and others

AUTHENTIC

We role model our beliefs

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