Cultural Lead The Gathering Place

Berry Street is one of the largest independent agencies within Australia providing diverse programs to over 35000 young people children and families across Victoria each year. We pride ourselves on our ingenuity evidence based and multi-dimensional thinking to provide the best outcomes for our young people.

We believe children young people and families should be safe thriving and hopeful and strive to make this happen each day!

• Morwell location on Gunaikurnai Country.
• Part Time (0.6 FTE) Fixed Term until June 30th 2026
• Base Salary $119k (pro rata) Super & Salary Packaging.

About the Gathering Place

The Gathering Place (TGP) is a community-led facility that provides a welcoming and culturally safe environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Located in Morwell it serves as a central hub for social cultural artistic and practical engagement programs. TGP offers a space for community members to come together share stories reconnect seek support and participate in healing and learning activities.

It is a place where mob can sit have a cuppa yarn and feel safe. Through the involvement of community volunteers TGP fosters the sharing of cultural knowledge skills and lived experiences strengthening connections and supporting individuals in making positive life choices.

Your Opportunity

This role plays a key part in ensuring culturally safe and responsive support whilst championing The Gathering Places vision mission and strategic objectives by embedding Aboriginal ways of knowing being and doing into all aspects of community-based programs and learning initiatives.

To strengthen the cultural integrity and community relevance of the Gathering Place by actively embedding and aligning its operations programs and strategic direction with the values guidance and leadership of local Aboriginal organisations Elders and community members. This role will foster respectful relationships uphold cultural protocols and ensure that the Gathering Place remains a trusted inclusive and empowering space for Aboriginal people.

Provide expert cultural leadership to support the development of culturally safe therapeutic and strengths-based practices across The Gathering Place in partnership with Aboriginal organisations Elders and community members.

Guide and influence culturally responsive practice through mentoring consultation and reflective learning ensuring programs and activities uphold the highest standards of cultural integrity and community relevance.

Ensure that all practice and service delivery approaches are aligned with Berry Street policies cultural protocols and relevant state and federal government requirements with a strong emphasis on cultural safety and continuous improvement.

This role is a designated position and only Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander are eligible to apply as per the Special Measures provision of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic).

We embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. This role is part of our commitment to supporting Aboriginal self-determination and cultural safety.

About You

You bring a calm grounded presence and are seen as a role modelsomeone who leads with integrity listens deeply and builds trust through respectful relationships. You understand the importance of cultural ways of knowing being and doing and youre committed to creating a culturally safe space.

A minimum Diploma qualification in Community Services or relevant field is required for this role.

The Benefits

• We are committed to creating a culturally safe workplace and offer mentoring leadership development and peer support for Aboriginal staff.
• A culture that values and support professional development
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program with access for staffs immediate family
• $15900 pa (pro rata) Salary Packaging Additional Salary Packaging for meals/accommodation

How to Apply

Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted ASAP applications to close by 5pm Sunday 30th of November

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Please Note; the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment including a Working with Children Check and National Police Check and International Police check if required and Victorian Carer Register clearance if applicable.

Berry Street is committed to being a child safe child friendly and child empowering everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify as LGBTIQA. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background ability ethnicity gender identity sexual orientation spirituality or religion.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.