Job description

Part time contract role 7.5 hours per week (0.2 FTE) until December 2026.

Paid at SCHADS Award Level 6.1

Salary packaging up to $15,900 pa.

Working from Kin's office in beautiful Broome.

Empower people with lived experience of disability to become Community Ambassadors!

About Kin

Kin Disability Advocacy Inc (Kin) is a NFP that provides state-wide advocacy services to ethnocultural and linguistically diverse (ELD) people with disability, and their families/carers. Kin also works with other agencies to raise awareness of issues impacting on people with disability from ELD and Aboriginal backgrounds.

Our Vision: Australians who live with disability, cultural and language barriers know and exercise their rights which gives them the independence, control, and freedom to enjoy a fuller life, no matter who they are.

Our Purpose: We advocate for Australians with layered disadvantages — those with disability, cultural and language barriers — to have equal opportunity for a better life.

Our Values: Courage, Diversity, Expertise, Collaboration, Empowerment, Steadfastness

About the role

The primary objective of the Regional Project Officer for the Ambassador Project is to assist in the delivery of the Kin Ambassador Project in the Kimberley Region.

The Kin Ambassador Project seeks to empower individuals with lived experience of disability from ethnocultural and linguistically diverse (ELD) or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds to become disability ambassadors within their communities. Through training, mentoring, and peer support, ambassadors will strengthen their expertise and confidence in disability information advocacy. As trusted community members, they will use this expertise to support individuals in their community facing cultural or language differences, helping them access services, understand their rights, and navigate available resources.

The Project Officer will be assisting in the delivery of the project, assisting with the recruitment of new ambassadors, mentoring and support for ambassadors and assisting ambassadors in community engagement activities in the Kimberley Region.

The Regional Project Officer will deliver the project based out of Kin’s Broome office, working in collaboration with the Project Coordinator who is based out of Kin’s Osborne Park (Perth) Office, and a Regional Project Officer based in Peel.

About our ideal candidate:

We are looking for a candidate with demonstrated connections with relevant organisations and community members in the Kimberley, and either located in the Kimberley, or willing to relocate at their own expense.

The successful applicant will have tertiary qualifications and/or demonstrated experience working within the community/human services/disability sector. They will have skills in community and stakeholder engagement, alongside cross-cultural communication skills – in particular comfort and experience working with people from ELD and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.

We are looking for someone with the capacity to work autonomously as well as collaboratively within a small nimble team.

Knowledge of contemporary legislation and practice relating to disability, indigenous and multiculturalism, will be an advantage.

To apply for this role

To formally apply for this role, please submit an up-to-date CV and cover letter explaining what you will bring to this role.

Possession of (or willingness to obtain) a current National Police Certificate (valid within 6 months) is a requirement of this role.

For any questions about this position, please contact:

Siena Laing, Project Coordinator - Ambassador Project

[email protected] | 9388 7455

KIN has an affirmative action policy to support those living with a disability and/or from an ELD or Aboriginal background. If we can assist in making the application process more equitable, please contact the above listed person to discuss this confidentially.