Great opportunity for current DPV Health staff member to maintain your substantive position and gain experience in the health promotion and gender-based violence prevention sector. This opportunity may allow the incumbent to work part-time in their current position and part time in this role.
As a member of the Population Health & Community Engagement Team, the Men's Engagement Advisor will contribute to the development, delivery and evaluation of primary prevention activities. Alongside the team, the Men's Engagement Advisor will implement current projects to engage men and boys in the prevention of gender-based violence. For example, co‐facilitating sessions with boys in secondary schools and supporting adult men as allies in prevention of gender-based violence.
If you have an interest in the primary prevention of gender-based violence and the importance of gender equitable practice when engaging men and boys, or want to learn more, please get in touch.
To be successful in this role you will have a tertiary qualification in Health Promotion/ Public Health, Social Work/Community Development/ Education or other relevant field. You will also come with:
* Relevant or transferable experience.
* A strong commitment to stopping gendered violence before it starts.
* An understanding of the primary prevention of gender-based violence and gender equitable practice when engaging men and boys.
* Understanding of masculine norms and the pressures on men and boys to conform.
* Experience in working with diverse communities and newly arrived men.
* Experience delivering training/workshops or facilitating group sessions and/or communities of practice.
* Ability to contribute to the design of workshop outlines including establishing learning needs, content creation, timelines and workshop evaluation.
* Relevant knowledge or experience of project management.
* A commitment to social justice (including the prevention of gender-based violence and inclusion of diverse populations).
The fine print
* 2-3 days per week (negotiable) – can be flexible with days
* Salary may be negotiable depend on relevant qualifications, skills and experience.
* Successful candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Check, hold a valid Working with Children Check (WWCC).
* Closing date for applications 10/03/2026.
* Due to the nature of the work this role will be undertaking, male candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Our Talent Experience
We kindly request you include a one-page cover letter and your resume, addressed to Lucy Forwood lucy.forwood@dpvhealth.org.au, detailing your motivation for joining the Population Health Team, highlighting the qualities you bring to this position.
For further information, please contact Lucy Forwood on 0457 402 217. We will be actively reviewing applications as they are received, so please don't delay.
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DPV Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to ensuring we have an inclusive, diverse and safe workplace for our staff and participants. To us diversity means people of any age, family situation, cultural and linguistic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical sex characteristics, ability or disability, health, life experience, socio-economic situation, faith, spirituality and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background. We encourage all individuals to apply.
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We will not be accepting applications from agencies for this position.
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