Spectrum

Full time contract role

Partnership between local service providers and refugee communities in the North.

Community Development approach

Based in Preston

Refugee Brokerage is an initiative of the Victorian Multicultural Commission and a collaborative project covering three LGA’s (Whittlesea, Banyule and Darebin) in the northern metropolitan region of Melbourne. The Refugee Brokerage Program is based on an innovative community development model which aims to identify local solutions to address local issues. Working in partnership with local service providers and refugee communities in the north, the Refugee Brokerage Program will provide ongoing opportunities to identify critical settlement and integration issues at a local level. Spectrum MRC has been nominated as the lead agency and will provide operational supervision and support to the worker.

The coordinator will work closely with local service providers and refugee community partners to develop and implement collaborative and sustainable responses to local settlement issues in line with an Approved Work Plan. This is an exciting and important partnership program between local service providers and refugee communities that can make a longer lasting impact on the settlement and integration of refugees in the North.

Please click on the attached link for a copy of the Job Description

Visit our website to learn more about us www.spectrumvic.org.au and for a copy of the job description. Please email your application addressing the selection criteria to jobs@spectrumvic.org.au by 9.00am Monday 17 December 2007.