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Remote Focus Coordinator

Alice Springs, NT

We’re look­ing for an expe­ri­enced com­mu­ni­ty devel­op­ment pro­fes­sion­al to help dri­ve for­ward the excit­ing new Remote Focus ini­tia­tive at DKA. Use your part­ner­ship build­ing skills to help make remote com­mu­ni­ties more live­able and sus­tain­able, places where local peo­ple can have their say on ser­vices and governance.

The Remote Focus Coor­di­na­tor will have expe­ri­ence work­ing with remote com­mu­ni­ties and under­stand the needs, chal­lenges and oppor­tu­ni­ties for improv­ing com­mu­ni­ty sus­tain­abil­i­ty and live­abil­i­ty in Cen­tral Aus­tralia. The key areas of focus for the ini­tia­tive include: water, renew­able ener­gy, food secu­ri­ty, hous­ing and work­force devel­op­ment in remote com­mu­ni­ties and homelands.

This role involves exten­sive col­lab­o­ra­tion with var­i­ous stake­hold­ers, includ­ing remote Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ties, gov­ern­ment agen­cies, edu­ca­tion­al insti­tu­tions, NGOs, and the pri­vate sector.

Employ­ment Type: Full-time, 38 hrs per week, flex­i­ble arrange­ments by negotiation

Salary: AO7 — $111,704 + leave load­ing and superannuation

Leave: 6 weeks annu­al leave and 3 weeks per­son­al leave includ­ing cul­tur­al leave

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Appli­ca­tions will close when a suit­able appli­cant is found.

Enquiries via email to kate.​wiles@​dka.​com.​au or call 08 8959 6000.

Project Offi­cer — Remote Work­force Development

Alice Springs, NT

Work along­side DKA’s Remote Focus team to improve edu­ca­tion and employ­ment out­comes in remote com­mu­ni­ties. We’re look­ing for some­one who is cul­tur­al­ly aware, good at work­ing with oth­ers, coor­di­nat­ing and facil­i­tat­ing meet­ings, and gath­er­ing infor­ma­tion. The day-to-day activ­i­ties will include talk­ing to stake­hold­ers and find­ing out what’s need­ed for eco­nom­ic and work­force devel­op­ment to help achieve the Clos­ing the Gap tar­gets in remote communities.

Employ­ment Type: Part-time, 0.8 FTE, con­tract­ed until June 30, 2025

Salary: AO6 — $96,620 — 107,721 (pro-rata)

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Appli­ca­tions will close when a suit­able appli­cant is found.

Enquiries via email to kate.​wiles@​dka.​com.​au or call 08 8959 6000.