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RCOA Settlement Policy Officer l AUSCO Visiting
Settlement Advisers l Vacancies advertised by RCOA member
organisations
VACANCIES ADVERTISED BY REFUGEE COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA
AUSCO Visiting Settlement Advisers
Four positions, three-week placements - East Africa
(Kenya) or West Africa (Ghana or Guinea)
The Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) is assisting the International
Organization for Migration (IOM) to find suitably qualified personnel to fill
four short-term Visiting Settlement Adviser (VSA) positions with the Australian
Cultural Orientation (AUSCO) Program. The four people recruited for the program
will be deployed in two teams of two people - one team to East Africa and the
other team to West Africa. It is expected that the East Africa assignment will
take place in April in Kenya and the West Africa assignment in June (probably
in either Ghana or Guinea). Each assignment will be for approximately three weeks.
Those selected will be deployed for one assignment (not both). Applications for
these positions close on 19 January 2009.
For further information on these positions, click here.
VACANCIES ADVERTISED BY MEMBER
AGENCIES OF RCOA
Organisational members of the Refugee Council of Australia
may advertise positions on this website free of charge.
Anglicare Sydney
Anglicare Sydney has a range of employment opportunities available.
For more information please click here.
Austcare
Protection Officers - Rapid Response Register
Austcare's Rapid Response Register boosts the protection capacity of UN agencies
and Austcare programs in sudden and chronic emergencies. It is a roster of professional
protection practitioners available for deployment to United Nations (and other
approved) agencies for periods of 3-12 months. Applications are being sought for
Field Protection Officers, Child Protection Officers and Gender-based Violence
specialists. The register is open to people qualified and experienced in working
with refugee, displaced or vulnerable communities (preferably with an aid agency
overseas) and have a thorough knowledge of human rights, child protection and/or
gender-based violence. For further information, see the
employment section of Austcare's website.
Austcare has other positions available at
present. More information is available also from
Austcare's website.
Australian Council for International Development (ACFID)
Australian Council for International Development (a member
of RCOA) has an employment
page for its member organisations here.
Centre for Refugee Research (UNSW) - NSW
The Centre for Refugee Research based at the University of
New South Wales in Sydney has a part-time research position available from January
to June 2009. People from a refugee background with a university degree are strongly
encouraged to apply. For more information please contact Geraldine Doney on 0411
051013 or g.doney@unsw.edu.au. The closing
date for applications is 15 December. Download a copy of the position description
here.
Interpreters and translators - NSW
NSW Community Relations Commission is looking for interpreters
and translators. For more information please click here
A New Interpreter's Promotional Brochure can also be viewed here.
Melaleuca Refugee Centre positions vacant - Darwin
The Centre provides torture and trauma counselling, settlement and community
development services to newly arrived refugees. There are 3 positions vacant:
Youth Support Worker (NAYSS), Settlement Support Worker and Child & Family
Counsellor. For an information package contact (08) 8985 3311 or reception@melaleuca.org.au
STARTTS positions vacant in Sydney and Coffs Harbour, NSW
STARTTS currently has a range of positions advertised. These include Counsellor
for the Personal Support Programme, Counsellor/Project Officer and Early Intervention
Program, Rural and Regional Team Leader, Coffs Harbour Counsellor/Project Officer
and Generalist Counsellor and Project Officer. For more information please go
to the STARTTS website http://www.startts.org.au
OTHER VACANCIES
Interpreters needed - Sydney & Melbourne
All Graduates Interpreting and Translating are recruiting interpreters
in a number of different community languages. If you are an experienced interpreter
and interested in providing on site or telephone interpreting call Sydney: 1300
134 746 or Melbourne: (03) 9605 3000. Go to http://www.allgraduates.com.au
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