Joining the YWCA team is joining a supportive, inclusive workplace where the work you do will make a difference.
At YWCA, we live and breathe our values every day. They are the guiding principles that support our purpose of making young women’s leadership and women’s housing our priority for gender equity in Australia.
We are inclusive and take an intersectional feminist approach in our work.
We approach our work and each other with understanding, compassion and kindness.
We collaborate, challenge the status quo, focus on outcomes, quality and continuous improvement.
As a not-for-profit organisation, our employees can access our salary packaging benefits. Employees can ‘salary package’ approved living expenses and approved meal and entertainment expenses up to $18,550 per year tax free.
We provide counselling and support services to our employees through an Employee Assistance Program (EAP). EAP provides all YWCA employees and their immediate family members with free confidential support and advice for workplace and personal issues. This is supported by the mY-Wellbeing Hub, an online platform that offers support and resources across key areas like work, family, health, life and money.
We currently offer 14 weeks paid parental leave and we continue to contribute superannuation payments while our employees are on paid parental leave.
We’re passionate about continuing to build the capacity of our people. That’s why each team member can access paid study leave for approved courses.
We also provide organisation and sector-specific training, along with access to a comprehensive library of learning resources across general workplace skill areas including IT literacy skills, communication skills, people management modules, and more.
We’re always looking for passionate volunteers to join our team of women’s mentoring volunteers and other volunteers, with an aim to lead change. You’ll be making a genuine positive impact, while learning new skills, contributing to your local community and having fun.
The best part? You don’t need any prior experience to get involved – just a desire to support people and make a positive change for individuals and communities across Australia.
Become a Mentor for the Asista Mentoring Program (Melbourne)
Asista Mentoring Program utilises the power of role models to positively impact girls aged 12-18 in the child protection system on their journey to become strong, resilient adults.
Through a range of social and recreational activities, ‘matches’ develop genuine and reciprocal relationships that build self-esteem, resilience and confidence.
All mentor volunteers are provided with strong, ongoing support, training and supervision. Mentors are asked to commit to the program for a minimum of 12 months, with a requirement of two-six hours fortnightly face-to-face contact with your mentee. It is also essential to have a driver’s licence and access to a car.
Asista is run in greater metropolitan Melbourne.
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