Project Officer – Strategic Reform & Community Consultation

Gippsland & East Gippsland Aboriginal Co-Operative

Job Location:

Victoria - Australia

Monthly Salary: $ 100000 - 100000

Posted on: 12 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Join GEGAC as our Project Officer Organisational Reform leading key community-informed projects including strategic planning constitutional review and service access improvements. This full-time role is ideal for someone with strong coordination engagement and planning skills who is passionate about driving positive change for our community.

Organisational Profile

GEGAC is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation based in Bairnsdale Victoria. Consisting of about 180 staff GEGAC is a Not-for-Profit organisation that delivers holistic services in the areas of Primary Health Social Services Elders & Disability and Early Childhood Education.

GEGAC advocates for the self-determination of the Aboriginal community by prioritising services that enhance social emotional and spiritual wellbeing with culture at the heart of everything we do.

Position Purpose

The Project Officer Strategic Reform & Community Consultation is responsible for supporting GEGAC to deliver three major organisation-wide reform projects over the period. This fixed-term role has a clear start and finish and will coordinate project planning community-informed consultation reporting and implementation support across the organisation.

The role works closely with the CEO Executive Directors Board advisory groups Elders staff and community members to ensure each reform project is delivered on time to scope and in a culturally safe inclusive and well-documented manner.

Key Selection Criteria

Demonstrated experience coordinating complex projects: Experience delivering multi-stakeholder projects in community services health social services organisational development governance or related fields.

Strong community engagement skills: Proven ability to design coordinate and document culturally safe community consultations staff forums workshops and stakeholder engagements.

Ability to work with Aboriginal communities in a culturally safe manner: Experience working respectfully with Aboriginal communities Elders families and community groups demonstrating cultural humility and responsiveness.

Strong organisational & planning capability: Ability to manage timelines competing priorities and scheduled deliverables across multiple concurrent projects.

Analytical and synthesis skills: Capacity to collect analyse and interpret consultation feedback organisational data and policy information into meaningful insights.

Ability to work collaboratively across all divisions: Demonstrated experience partnering with executives managers frontline staff and external stakeholders to progress organisation-wide initiatives.

High level of professionalism discretion and integrity: Ability to manage sensitive information and support organisation-wide reform processes with confidentiality and sound judgement

Proficiency with systems & tools: Competence using Microsoft Office Suite and other project coordination tools to support documentation planning tracking and reporting.

Qualifications and Registrations Requirement (Essential or Desirable).

Valid drivers licence: A current and unrestricted Victorian Drivers Licence is essential as the role involves regular travel across the Gippsland and East Gippsland region to engage with community staff service sites and external stakeholders ESSENTIAL

Relevant qualification OR demonstrated equivalent experience in community engagement project coordination policy social services Aboriginal community services governance or organisational development ESSENTIAL

Experience working in Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) ESSENTIAL

Experience coordinating multi-stakeholder projects with clear timelines and deliverables ESSENTIAL

Demonstrated ability to work respectfully with Aboriginal communities Elders families and community organisations ESSENTIAL

A satisfactory Victorian Working with Childrens Check and a satisfactory National Police Check Clearance ESSENTIAL

Ability to meet occupational vaccination requirements for workers supporting vulnerable people including providing evidence of immunisation history and recommended vaccinations and proof of COVID-19 vaccination to align with GEGAC requirements ESSENTIAL

A person of Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander background DESIRABLE

How to apply for this job

A copy of the position description can be obtained by copying and pasting this URL into your browser: copy of the position description can also be obtained by emailing

Applicants must address the key selection criteria for shortlisting.

Any applications that have not addressed the key selection criteria will not be considered during the shortlisting process.

Applications can also be emailed to

Applications close 5pm Sunday 14 December 2025

No late applications will be considered (unless under exceptional circumstances).

A valid Working with Children Check and Police check is mandatory to work in this organisation.

this advertisement is pursuant to the special measures provision at section 8 of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth).

Required Experience:

Senior IC