Join the Amaze team
ABOUT AMAZE
Amaze is a leading autism organisation driving change so that Autistic people and their families can live their best lives in a more autism inclusive Australia.
For more than 50 years, Amaze has been supporting Autistic people, their families, and the community. While based in Victoria, our reach is national, and we are the home of Australia’s first-ever national autism helpline – Autism Connect.
We’ve recently embarked on a new and innovative Strategic Plan 2022-2026, with ambitious targets to create meaningful change. Powered by a dynamic team of high performing and passionate staff, Amaze is in an exciting period of growth as we strive to model the behaviours and approaches that will inspire others to follow. Simultaneously, we are also leading exciting programs and initiatives in collaboration with key stakeholders and partners to make positive and systemic change for the autism community.
We are looking for like-minded staff to join us on our journey, so if it sounds like you, please read on and reach out.
WE LIVE OUR VALUES
Amaze is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We stay true to our name by hiring ‘amazing’ people from a wide variety of backgrounds, cultures and perspectives. This helps foster an environment that enables us to be bold, accepting of difference, embrace curiosity, reflective and initiate change in ourselves and others.
We are an Autism Friendly Employer. We provide support and adjustments, starting with the recruitment process! If you would like to enquire about the supports and/or adjustments available to you during the process of submitting your application or in general, please feel free to contact us by emailing [email protected] or calling (03) 9657 1600.
Amaze respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our office is based. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and reflect on the continuing connection with Country and community.
WHY YOU SHOULD WORK FOR AMAZE
There are lots of reasons why you should work with us. Here are just a few…
- Join a team who are passionate about driving positive change so Autistic people and their families can live their best lives.
- Our culture emphasises kindness, respect, and inclusion. This includes actively engaging and supporting a neuro-divergent workforce and offering reasonable adjustments and flexible working arrangements.
- Access to a holistic employee assistance program (EAP) for staff and their household members.
- Personal and professional development opportunities.
- Gifted days over the Christmas and New Year period.
- Generous salary packaging.
- Spacious offices in Richmond / Wurundjeri with the opportunity to engage in the Victoria Gardens Corporate program including freebies, discounts, and offers.
Current job opportunities
Community Engagement Advisor
AMAZE
- Opportunity to work 0.6 or 0.8 full time equivalent
- Brand new role in our Community Development Team
- Make a real impact in the Autistic community through this unique opportunity
- Leading autism organisation driving positive change for Autistic people and their families
- Hybrid workplace with office based in Richmond / Wurundje
About the role
The Community Engagement Advisor is a brand-new position at Amaze, created as part of the expansion of our Community Development team. Amaze’s Community Development Team actively supports members of the Autistic community to establish and maintain grassroots peer support groups across Victoria, as well as delivering a variety of workshops to Autistic people and their supporters.
Reporting directly to the Community Development Manager, this role will develop and deliver Amaze’s peer support approachcapacity of Autistic individuals and groups to engage in peer-to-peer support, advocacy and engagement. The role includes a focus on community engagement and capacity building, working directly with peer group facilitators to ensure they are supported and have access to appropriate resources and networking opportunities.
What you’ll be doing
The Community Engagement Advisor is a unique position with great capacity to use your community development expertise to make it your own and define the approach. Key priorities of the role will include:
- Establishing new peer groups and supporting existing Autistic peer support groups across Victoria, including proactively identifying cohorts and communities in Victoria where Autistic peer support is currently limited.
- Re-establishing regular meetings for peer group leaders, including online and in-person.
- Refining and implementing a community engagement approach to guide Amaze’s interactions with Autistic peer support groups.
- Drafting and implementation of an Amaze internal peer group referral policy.
- Developing and maintaining existing professional and social networks to ensure Amaze remains closely connected to existing and potential partners in the Autism space.
- Engaging with other Amaze business units (e.g. Evidence and Impact, Communications and Autism Connect, IT & Systems) to coordinate data management and ensure information about our work is publicly available in a useful format.
The ideal candidate (key skills, knowledge & experience)
Our ideal candidate is a Community Engagement Expert, with significant experience in and a strong understanding of community development practices. Qualifications or equivalent professional experience in an appropriate field, such as social work or community development, is essential.
We are looking for driven people to work with us at Amaze, and our Community Engagement Advisor is no exception. We need someone who has:
- Experience in disability, community, health or social services sectors in a co-design capacity.
- Proven success in establishing or maintaining community support groups.
- Ability to build collaborative and productive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, including community members and senior management.
- Ability to facilitate and deliver accessible and inclusive presentations, training, mentoring and workshops.
- Ability to plan and prioritise multiple projects, perform under pressure, adhere to strict deadlines and regularly report back to stakeholders.
- Intermediate skills in the use of Microsoft Office, CRMs (preferably Salesforce), and the utilisation of digital technology.
- Autistic community focused with either knowledge of, or commitment to, developing respectful communications for Autistic people and their families and carers
HOW TO APPLY
If you would like to apply, we want to know what makes you perfect for the role.
Please provide us with two pieces of information to help us assess your application:
- A response telling us how your skills, knowledge, and experience would make you the *ideal candidate for the given role – make sure you clearly state what the role is! Your response can be provided in any way that suits you – for example, in a short cover letter, through a video, in a phone call, or in an audio recording.
- A copy of your CV.
Send both parts of your application to [email protected] clearly stating the specific role you are applying for in the subject line.
If you need adjustments or support anywhere during the recruitment process, please email [email protected].
EXTRA INFORMATION
Please note, that it is a requirement that the successful candidate demonstrate triple-vaccination status against COVID-19.
The successful applicant will also need to complete a successful Working with Children Check and National Police Check.
For further information about the role, please contact Chris Templin, Community Development Manager via [email protected] or 03 9657 1600.
Otherwise please email your queries to our HR team at [email protected] clearly stating the specific job you are applying for in the subject line.