Spectrum

Spectrums’ award wining Multicultural Home Support Services (MHSS) has operated as an innovative social enterprise in the past 13 years providing culturally sensitive support to ageing migrants and people with disabilities in northern metro Melbourne. Spectrum’s MHSS is now being established in western metro Melbourne.

Multicultural Home Support Service (MHSS) – North Western Region program seeks to provide re-training and employment pathways in aged and disability care for retrenched and unemployed migrants in North Western Melbourne via the establishment of a trained and experienced bilingual workforce available to provide services to ageing migrants and people with disabilities.

Please click on the link below for a copy of the position description;

Essential

• High level of expertise and competency in business development
• Demonstrated experience in successful negotiation and marketing
• Good knowledge of western region local government area
• Knowledge of home and community care industry needs, particularly in relation to brokerage service development;
• Demonstrated experience in working collaboratively with broad range of agencies, employers etc;
• Demonstrated competence in planning and priority setting, including the ability to meet accountability and reporting requirements and deadlines;
• Well developed interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to promote to and engage with a wide range of stakeholders, especially employers and industry associations;
• Demonstrated administrative experience, including sound computer skills;
• Previous experience working in aged care or similar human services program at a case management or program coordination level;
• A current drivers license and access to own vehicle during work hours
• Demonstrated positive values of integrity, accountability, reliability and working as part of a team.

Other Desirable Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Ability to speak a second language will be highly regarded

Please email your application addressing the selection criteria by 9am Friday 30th April 2010 attention:

Nikki Marshall

Special Projects Coordinator

Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre

Email: jobs@spectrumvic.org.au