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Women's Space Volunteer

Jesuit Refugee Service
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*Please note we are not currently accepting applications but will hold your application on file for 2020*

Organisational Background: The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) has a mission to accompany, serve and defend the rights of refugees and forcibly displaced people.

JRS Women’s Space is a women’s only ‘safe space’ that offers community activities and social programs to asylum seeking and refugee women and their children.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Welcoming all who come in, introducing yourself and asking the name of the person.
  • Politely informing clients that this is a women-only space and referring to the JRS Women's Space policy if a male enters the premises.
  • Asking the client how you can help and direct her to the person or program required.
  • Engage in general conversation with clients who are waiting, being sensitive and listening.
  • Where possible, talk to clients about programs at JRS using flyers.
  • Offer tea, coffee, water, biscuits, etc.
  • Assist with the day to day running of the women’s space.
  • Take direction from JRS project staff.
  • General cleaning and hospitality tasks.
  • Assist with child-minding for women who are utilising the space.
  • Participate/assist with the set up and running of activities for women in the space i.e. yoga/meditation classes, support groups, training sessions/workshops.

Skills Required:

  • Volunteers need to be empathetic to asylum seeking and refugee women and respectful of different cultural practices and religions.
  • Good listening, childcare and organisational skills would be highly useful.
  • Women with lived refugee experience and/or proficiency in a relevant community language are highly encouraged to apply.
  • To be female is a genuine requirement for this position under (Section 31 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977).

Time required: The JRS Women's Space run a range of weekly and monthly activities. Activities and times will be announced in early 2020.

Contact: Please direct any questions regarding the position to Sarah Brown (Project Officer) 0422 065 549.

You can not apply for this role as it is no longer available.