Our Yarning Advisory Group Member

Were inviting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders and community members from across Australia to join the Our Yarning Advisory Group at Library For All.

Our Yarning is a library of books created by and for community designed to reflect the cultural identity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and spark a love of reading. These stories ensure cultural integrity and share a wide range of voices and perspectives.

Library For All is no ordinary Not-for-Profit.

At Library For All we believe in the power of working together with people who care deeply about making a positive impact. Were proud to bring together passionate kind and driven individuals who want to create lasting change for children and communities.

As a social enterprise of Save the Children Australia our mission is to make knowledge accessible to all equally. We have a proud history of leveraging innovation in our everyday work to deliver meaningful change for childrens education around the world. As a trusted partner to many of the worlds leading development agencies were laser-focused on scaling our impact to create measurable change for millions more children.

We offer you: A place to make a difference

As a member of the Advisory Group youll help maintain the cultural integrity of a special Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Library. Your advice will ensure the books we publish are culturally respectful inclusive and truly reflect the voices and stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Youll be a valued advisor advocate and connectorhelping us build strong community ties and share our work far and wide.

This part-time role can be done remotely and has a small honorarium for your cultural input into each meeting. Terms of the contribution is to be discussed in an interview.

You will make a difference by:

• Giving advice on cultural and social matters related to publishing.
• Helping ensure our books are respectful and appropriate.
• Promoting Our Yarning through your networks and community.
• Supporting us in building partnerships and finding funding.
• Being part of a team that values collaboration and cultural safety.

A place to feel valued

We welcome people from all regions age groups and backgrounds to ensure a wide range of voices are heard.Specific requirements include:

• You identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
• You bring your cultural knowledge and lived experience to the table.
• Youre reliable respectful and passionate about storytelling.
• You have expertise in not for profits business strategy publishing education or childrens librarianship.

Whats involved:

• Attend at least 3 meetings per year (each about 2 hours).
• Stay in touch via email and meetings.
• Support the program in small ways outside of meetings.
• Help us keep the space culturally safe and respectful.

Does this sound like the place for you

Wed love to hear from you! Please send a short email or video to the Our Yarning Coordinator telling us:

• Why youd like to join
• What knowledge and experience youd bring

Note: This opportunity is open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates only.

Applications close COB Saturday 13 September 2025

For more information about this position please contact Jessica Wimbus Our Yarning Coordinator at

Or for more information about a career at LFA and Save the Children Australia visit our Careers Page.

*We understand the need for work-life balance. Weve advertised this role as limited term engagement but if youre looking for something different please let us know. We offer flexible hours remote working and individual flexibility plans to ensure were providing you a personalised career.

We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind with the intent to ensure its straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didnt quite hit the mark for you please let us know at . Were dedicated to ensuring Library For All is a place where everyone can feel supported no matter your race ethnicity gender age disability sexuality neurodiversity culture and beliefs.

Library For All is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check a Working with Children Check and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

Library For All is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.