Job Description: ~~* Full-time, Continuing position
* Salary Level HEW 7 + 17% Superannuation and Flexible Working Arrangements
* Based at the Melbourne CBD campus, build on preventative measures to enhance and support the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
About RMIT
RMIT is a multi-sector university of technology, design and enterprise with more than 95,000 students and 10,000 staff globally. RMIT offers postgraduate, undergraduate, vocational education and online programs to provide students with a variety of work-relevant pathways.
Our purpose
is to offer life-changing experiences for our students, and to help shape the world with research, innovation, teaching and industry engagement. With strong industry connections forged over 130 years, collaboration with industry remains integral to RMIT's leadership in education, applied and innovative research, and to the development of highly skilled, globally focused graduates.
Our Culture
Our Values inspire us, wherever we are in the world, and guide how we live and work together.
Imagination. Agility. Courage. Passion. Impact. Inclusion.
What unites us is our purpose and our values; they are at the heart of who we are, what we stand for, how we make decisions and connect with each other.
Our people make everything at the University possible. We encourage new approaches to work and learning, stimulating change to drive positive impact. RMIT exists to create transformative experiences for our students, getting them ready for life and work. You will be a part of a
productive and collaborative team, who values working relationships and outcomes through open and inclusive planning, continuous information sharing and transparent work practices.
About You
As one of RMIT's Student Counsellors, you will be part of a team of mental health professionals that ensure the delivery of timely, clinically sound mental health advice to students in face-to-face and e-modes of consultation. This role will see you facilitate the personal, emotional, social and educational transition and adjustment of students, and provide individual counselling with an emphasis on brief outcome informed interventions. This role will require you to work flexibly and cooperatively within a diverse and skilled team of specialists and other colleagues, and build strong working relationships, and regularly communicate with a range of internal and external contacts.
This role has a specific emphasis on collaborative approaches between Student Counselling and the Ngarara
Willim Centre to build on preventative measures to enhance and support the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
To be successful in this position, you'll have experience of but not limited to:
* Proven experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, with a demonstrated understanding and commitment to diversity, inclusion and reconciliation;
* Brief, outcome informed counselling approaches, including strong assessment, intervention and referral skills;
* Working with high risk clients and in assessment and treatment of complex mental health issues;
* Working cooperatively, productively and flexibly in a team environment, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills both written and oral;
* Experience in client outcome evaluation, with a high level of computer literacy skills;
Qualifications
Mandatory:
* Post-graduate qualifications in Psychology or Social Work, ideally with significant time post qualifica
tion and relevant experience in counselling and case management;
* Membership of Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) or registration as a psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
This is a Targeted position and therefore ONLY open to applicants of Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage in accordance with an exemption granted under section 12 of the Vic – Equal Opportunity Act 2010. This is a recruitment strategy to increase Aboriginal workforce. The successful applicant is required to provide confirmation of their Australian Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander heritage.
Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children Check.
About the Group
The Students group shapes, designs and delivers key student services and experiences to prepare RMIT students for study, life and the global workforce.
We work in partnership with students, academics, profes
sional staff, industry and the community to deliver transformative student experiences that improve access, participation, retention and success for all RMIT students.
Our objectives are to:
* Shape, co-create and inform an inclusive, safe, industry-engaged and global student experience
* Deliver impactful, connected service, care and development opportunities at scale, and to
* Engage, empower and value each other so that together we can make a difference.
We welcome a diversity of perspectives and are inclusive in our approach to work. We are aligned in our passion for having a collective and positive impact on the student experience at RMIT. Our team is comprised of talented and motivated people from a range of professional disciplines and backgrounds, at various stages of their careers and including RMIT students.
We are a values-led organisation and we value imagination, agility, passion, inclusion, courage and impact.
The Group is led by the Executive Direct
or Students.
To Apply
Please submit your CV and covering letter addressing your suitability for this position by clicking on the 'Apply' link below. For further information about this position, please see Position Description below or contact Jeremy Cass via email jeremy.cass@rmit.edu.au.
PD – Indigenous Student Counsellor.pdf
Applications close on Sunday 19th September at 11.55pm.
Bring Your Whole Self to Work
We are better for our diversity. When we listen to those who are different to us, or challenge us, we grow stronger together. When we feel like we belong, we can achieve so much more. We respect each other, embrace our differences and build a sense of belonging in our team and beyond.
We are proud that our dedication to diversity has been recognised by a broad spectrum of external organisations. Visit our Linkedin Life pages to learn more and see some of our most recent wins.
RMIT has a strong dhumbali (commitment) to the employment, developmen
t and retention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within a culturally safe environment; we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
RMIT is a Disability Confident Recruitment Team and we are happy to adjust the recruitment process for your accessibility requirements. Please contact us at TalentSupport@rmit.edu.au telling us your preferred type of communication and we will be in touch as soon as possible to discuss your requirements.
RMIT is an equal opportunity employer committed to being a child safe organisation. We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.
Please note that whilst we still accept applications from any persons interested in our roles, due
to the impacts of COVID-19, we are currently prioritising applications from those with current working rights in Australia and who are not affected by travel restrictions. Please see the latest updates to Australia's immigration and border arrangements during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak: https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/
We are a 2021 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.
