Manager, Trans Health Equity Programs

Join Us in Championing Trans Health Equity!

Are you passionate about advancing health equity for trans adults of all genders in NSW and across Australia?

ACON is seeking a dedicated Manager to lead ACON’s Trans Health Equity Programs Team. This pivotal role involves leading evidence-based programs and initiatives that promote trans health and rights, trans-affirming practice, community strength, and equitable access to healthcare.

As the Manager, Trans Health Equity Programs, you’ll collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to innovate pathways to care, foster peer education and networks, and advocate for optimal trans-affirming and gender affirming healthcare policies. Your leadership will drive the development and implementation of transformative health promotion strategies that address disparities faced by trans communities, and enhance community connection and joy.

Why Join Us?

• Impact: Make a tangible difference in the lives of trans adults by shaping programs that directly improve health outcomes.
• Innovation: Lead initiatives at the forefront of trans health, using your expertise to influence policy and practice.
• Collaboration: Work alongside a passionate team committed to diversity, inclusion, and social justice.
• Development: Grow professionally through ongoing learning opportunities and community engagement.

If you’re ready to drive positive change and champion health equity for trans communities, apply today. Together, we can build a future where all individuals experience gender euphoria and equitable healthcare access.

What’s the Trans Health Equity Programs Team?

Trans people of all genders and communities have particular health needs, and experience significant barriers to accessing the health education and care that they need. The need for a comprehensive and coordinated set of activities to address these health discrepancies is ongoing and urgent. ACON will continue to advance efforts to reduce health disparities and enhance strong health and gender euphoria for trans people of all genders and communities.

You will work in collaboration with a number of stakeholders to improve the health and wellbeing of trans adults of all genders and communities in NSW and across Australia, focussing on a number of areas that include, but are not limited to:

• Contributing to and promoting clear, easy and understood pathways for accessing care, information and support.
• Facilitating and enabling opportunities for enhanced trans community peer support, connection, gender euphoria and strength.
• Promoting affordable and available gender-affirming health care.
• Contributing to and promoting a trans-affirming, gender affirming and knowledgeable health sector.

The Manager, Trans Health Equity Programs drives ACON’s initiatives to enhance health and wellbeing for trans adults across NSW. In this pivotal role, you will lead a team in developing and implementing evidence-based programs that address health disparities and improve access to information, community and health.

You will leverage your expertise in public health and community engagement to foster peer support networks, build partnerships, and influence decision-makers towards inclusive and affirming policy and practice.

As a key representative, you will actively participate in advisory groups, conferences, and stakeholder meetings to ensure that the needs of trans communities are represented, prioritised and met.

Who are we looking for?

Someone with:

• Direct experience and connection with trans adults of all genders and trans communities in NSW / Australia.
• Knowledge of disparities facing trans adults, and broader social determinants of health impacting trans populations.
• Familiarity with public, population and community health, and peer-led approaches, frameworks and programs.
• Knowledge of and connection with existing health care and social services available to trans adults at all levels.
• Policy and advocacy experience, including the ability to quickly investigate, learn, summarise and explain complex topics and ideas to communicate these in a manner that strongly influences decision-makers to meaningfully act.
• Excellent project management skills, including the ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and produce quality work.
• Superior communication, presentation, interpersonal, diplomatic and strengths-based skills; effective liaison skills.
• Experience with public speaking and building community capacity.
• Demonstrated experience supervising and leading people, as well as the ability to work as a team member and collaborate with others

We acknowledge that trans people of all genders have diverse professional experiences, and we strongly encourage applications from trans people and those with diverse cultural backgrounds.

What else can we tell you?

ACON provides a colourful, nurturing, and fun workplace. Our employees and volunteers are the foundation for our ongoing effectiveness and for our capacity to deliver innovative community engagement and health promotion programs and initiatives for our communities.

To support the successful candidate in their new role at ACON we offer:

• Flexible working arrangements.
• Generous learning and development opportunities.
• Potential for tailored mentoring opportunities.
• Supportive working environment with a knowledgeable and friendly team.

We provide a flexible and supportive work environment. You’ll be joining a tight knit leadership team within the Community Health Division. The Division provides LGBTQ+ health, equity and harm reduction health promotion programs, as well as specialist client services programs, including peer workers, counsellors and care coordinators.

What’s the remuneration and working details?:

Salary:                 $113,500 to $120,000 (Gross per-annum, PLUS Superannuation and Leave Loading) – commensurate with skills, qualifications, and experience.

Location:            ACON’s Gadigal / Sydney Office, with flexible working options a possibility (away from the office).

Hours:             Permanent, Full-Time (76 hours per fortnight) on a 2-year fixed-term contract (with a possibility of ongoing).

We offer flexible working arrangements and a generous array of entitlements often above the National Employment Standards (NES) including:

• Salary Packaging up to $35,000 gross up value (i.e., currently up to $15,900 Expenses + $2,650 Meals, tax free).
• Generous pro-rata leave entitlements – including up to an extra week of paid leave for full time employees to be taken during our Christmas and New Year’s shutdown period.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – access to a comprehensive counselling service free to employees.

How can I find out more details and apply?

If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply to join our team and help us make a meaningful impact on the lives of those we serve. By joining us, you will be part of a mission to create a healthier and more inclusive community.

We’d love someone who has experience already in this area but people at all levels of experience are absolutely welcome to apply. We highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from CALD backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people of all genders to apply.

Download Job Info Pack – Manager, Trans Health Equity

All applications must include:

1. Your completed ACON Employment Application Form – with all the details filled in where requested;
2. Your Cover Letter outlining how you meet the Selection Criteria (max. 5 pages); and
3. Your Resume (max. 4 pages).

Applications close: Sunday 4 August 2024

For more information on the role, please contact Eloise Layard, A/Director Community Health, via email at elayard@acon.org.au or (02) 7252 2952.

Pride in Sport – Project & Engagement Coordinator

• Do you have a passion for sports and a commitment to LGBTQ+ inclusion?
• Are you excited about leading major projects and fundraising efforts that make a real impact?

If you’re ready to take on a role where you can make a difference, then keep reading!

We are looking for a dynamic individual to join the Pride in Sport team and play a vital role in implementing our new and existing programs.

Pride in Sport is an ACON Pride Inclusion Program specifically designed to assist sporting organisations of all levels with the inclusion of LGBTQ+ employees, athletes, coaches, volunteers, and spectators. Our goal is to promote diversity, inclusion, and well-being within the sports community through innovative and impactful projects and initiatives.

The Project & Engagement Coordinator is essentially the heartbeat of our major projects and fundraising efforts. You will:

• Lead and execute major projects like the Australian Pride in Sport Festival, ensuring all project goals, timelines, and budgets are met.
• Coordinate and execute fundraising initiatives, securing donations, sponsorships, and grants.
• Assist in the recruitment of new Pride in Sport members and promote the benefits of membership.
• Maintain accurate records and lead the acquittal process for funded projects.
• Collaborate with the Pride in Sport team and other ACON staff on various projects to enhance the program.

Who are we looking for?

• Someone with a thorough understanding of national, state, and community sporting organisations, including professional clubs and university sport.
• A highly motivated individual with proven experience in leading and managing major projects and fundraising initiatives.
• An advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusion with excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• A team player with a strong customer service focus and excellent communication skills.
• Someone willing and able to travel nationally to support member organisations and attend relevant events.

If you have the drive to make a difference and the skills to support the Pride in Sport program, we want to hear from you!

What else can we tell you?

ACON provides a colourful, nurturing, and fun workplace. Our employees and volunteers are the foundation for our ongoing effectiveness and for our capacity to deliver innovative community engagement and health promotion programs and initiatives for our communities.

To support the successful candidate in their new role at ACON we offer:

• Flexible working arrangements.
• Generous learning and development opportunities.
• Potential for tailored mentoring opportunities.
• Supportive working environment with a knowledgeable and friendly team.

The Pride in Sport program is a small but dedicated team in ACON’s Pride Inclusion Programs division, with a national footprint. Seen as the subject matter experts of LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport, this role also provides an enthusiastic career driven person the opportunity to become well known across the Australian sporting industry.

The ‘Nuts & Bolts’: 

Salary: $105,000 Total Remuneration Package FTE (including gross salary, superannuation and leave loading) – commensurate with skills, qualifications, and experience. [$63,000 TRP pa for Part-Time 0.6 FTE].

Location: ACON’s Gadigal / Sydney Office, with flexible working options a possibility (away from the office).

Hours: Part-Time 0.6 FTE (6 days per fortnight) on a 1-year fixed-term contract, with the possibility of extension.

We offer flexible working arrangements and a generous array of entitlements often above the National Employment Standards (NES) including:

• Salary Packaging up to $35,000 gross up value (i.e., currently up to $15,900 Expenses + $2,650 Meals, tax free).
• Generous pro-rata leave entitlements – including up to an extra week of paid leave for full time employees to be taken during our Christmas and New Year’s shutdown period.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – access to a comprehensive counselling service free to employees.

If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply to join our team and help us make a meaningful impact on the lives of those we serve. By joining us, you will be part of a mission to create a healthier and more inclusive community.

We’d love someone who has experience already in this area but people at all levels of experience are absolutely welcome to apply. We highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from CALD backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people of all genders to apply.

Job Info Pack – Pride in Sport Project & Engagement Coordinator

All applications must include:

1. Your completed ACON Employment Application Form – with all the details filled in where requested;
2. Your Cover Letter outlining how you meet the Selection Criteria (max. 1 page); and
3. Your Resume (max. 4 pages).

If you have a portfolio of work/projects completed by yourself, please also include this in your resume.

Applications close: 11:59pm, Sunday 4 August 2024

For more information on the role, please contact Beau Newell, Pride in Sport National Program Manager, via email at BNewell@acon.org.au

Pride in Diversity Relationship Manager – Brisbane

• Help build LGBTQ inclusion in Australian workplaces
• Join a diverse and passionate national team who work hard to drive workplace inclusion

Pride in Diversity is the national not-for-profit employer support program for LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion specialising in HR, organisational change and workplace diversity. Pride in Diversity publishes the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI), Australia’s national benchmarking instrument for LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion.

Pride in Diversity has, since its launch in 2010, been providing advice, guidance and expertise to Australian organisations of all sizes, within all sectors, states and territories. Our mission is to support our member organisations in their pursuit of best practice LGBTQ+ inclusion and the attraction and retention of talent through the adoption of progressive inclusive policy, practice and behaviours.

The role: Pride in Diversity Relationship Manager – Brisbane

Pride in Diversity is offering an exciting opportunity for a dynamic individual who has a passion for workplace LGBTQ+ inclusion. You will become a trusted adviser to a range of employers, some of whom are Australia’s largest and best known, across all sectors – to:

• Provide proactive advice, guidance and support to the assigned membership portfolio, including but not limited to membership strategy development, policy and practice reviews, enablement and training, advice and guidance on analysis of member and sector survey data, as well as providing advice and guidance to members completing the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI).
• Proactively seek new membership opportunities, promoting the Pride in Diversity Program at every opportunity, seeking assistance as required to grow membership.
• Contribute to a strategic initiative or key divisional piece of work showcasing best possible strategic design, professional execution and collaboration with both subject matter experts and fellow colleagues; participating in governance meetings and providing progress updates and reports as required.
• Develop skills in the role of trusted advisor; build a strong strategic mindset; develop a consultative engagement mode of working with members alongside the ability to engage effectively with executive at all levels.

Who are we looking for?

A person with:

• Proven experience in and/or understanding of LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion initiatives.
• Proven experience in, or a solid understanding of strategy development; in particular the alignment of activity and plans to strategic D&I goals.
• Significant experience in a Relationship Manager role or similar, providing support to a diverse range of clients with a strong customer service focus.
• Proven track record of effective training delivery within a corporate or government setting.
• Ability to diplomatically and effectively liaise with a diverse group of people at varying levels of seniority.
• Ability to work comfortably in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment where jobs may overlap, and team collaboration and engagement is essential.

What else can we tell you?

ACON provides a colourful, nurturing, and fun workplace. Our employees and volunteers are the foundation for our ongoing effectiveness and for our capacity to deliver innovative community engagement and health promotion programs and initiatives for our communities.

To support the successful candidate in their new role at ACON we offer:

• Flexible working arrangements.
• Generous learning and development opportunities.
• Supportive working environment with a knowledgeable and friendly team.

Salary: Commensurate with skills, qualifications, and experience.

Location: Brisbane

Hours: Full-time, 38 hours per week.

The role requires working flexibly, including some evenings and occasional weekends.

We offer flexible working arrangements and a generous array of entitlements often above the National Employment Standards (NES) including:

• Salary Packaging up to $35,000 gross up value (i.e., currently up to $15,900 Expenses + $2,650 Meals, tax free).
• Generous pro-rata leave entitlements – including up to an extra week of paid leave for full time employees to be taken during our Christmas and New Year’s shutdown period.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – access to a comprehensive counselling service free to employees.

How can I find out more details and apply?

If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply to join our team and help us make a meaningful impact on the lives of those we serve. By joining us, you will be part of a mission to create a healthier and more inclusive community.

We’d love someone who has experience already in this area but people at all levels of experience are absolutely welcome to apply. We highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from CALD backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people of all genders to apply.

Find out more: Job Info Pack – Pride in Diversity Relationship Manager – Brisbane

Applications close Sunday 11 August 2024

For more information on the role, please contact Chris Nelson, Associate Director, via email at cnelson@acon.org.au.

We are grounded in the belief that diversity is our strength, our differentiator, and at the core of who we are and what we do. As part of our commitment to inclusion, we encourage applications from people living with HIV, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and LGBTQ people from culturally, linguistically and ethnically diverse, migrant and refugee backgrounds, and LGBTQ people of colour.

LOVE Social Celebration

ACON’s ageing initiative, the LOVE Project, invites lesbian, gay, bi+, trans and queer people, friends and allies of all ages to the second LOVE Social Celebration. Presented in association with Dowson Turco Lawyers and supported by the Inner West Council and Seniors Rights Service.

Whether you are a seasoned LOVE Project participant or a first timer, this event is for you. The aim is to recognise, celebrate and socialise with our fabulous trailblazing older community. It is ACON’s opportunity to thank our passionate and connected LOVE Project community.

Hosted by Charisma Belle, you will enjoy a scrumptious three-course dinner (including beer and wines) and entertainment starring Bek Jensen, Sheba, Tom Hamilton and Siro Battaglin.

Date: Wednesday 7 August 2024
Time: 6.30pm – 10.30pm
Upstairs Beresford
Level 1, 354 Bourke St, Surry Hills
Theme: Winter Rainbow
Dress code: Fabulous Colour and Sparkles

Tickets:

• $80 for anyone under 65
• $50 for anyone 65 or over

RSVP HERE

Qtopia Sydney Visit

ACON’s LOVE Project community is exclusively invited to experience Qtopia Sydney

Qtopia welcomes the LOVE Project’s older LGBTQIA+ community to lunch and a tour of the museum to celebrate the community, on whose shoulder we stand. Qtopia have the largest footprint of any Queer Centre of History and Culture in the world. As well as meeting
the head curator and staff, you will have an opportunity to see all the exhibitions currently on show.

Qtopia is a welcoming and inclusive space devoted to the memory, education and celebration of the unique histories and lived experiences of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Date: Thursday 11 July

Time: 12.30pm to 2.30pm

Location: 301 Forbes St, Darlinghurst

Lunch provided

FREE Event – Booking Essential

RSVP HERE

Business & Operations Manager, Kaleido Health Centre

• An opportunity to join a first of its kind, integrated health centre designed specifically to meet the needs of LGBTQ+ communities
• Full-time, Sydney-based role

What’s Kaleido Health Centre?

Kaleido Health Centre is a brand-new, unique, multi-disciplinary health service due to open in Spring 2024 – the first of its kind in NSW. Our mission is to deliver high-quality, inclusive, person-centred, integrated health care specifically for sexuality and gender diverse (LGBTQ+) people in NSW.

Kaleido Health will be a dynamic healthcare environment, offering both primary care and specialist services – including general practice, mental health, sexual health, gender affirming care, alcohol and other drug, child and family services, and more. The service design responds to what we know our LGBTQ+ communities want – informed and non-judgemental care, delivered by both GPs and specialists, responding to areas of highest health care need.

Ok, so what’s the role?

The Business & Operations Manager, Kaleido Health Centre will undertake key business and practice management responsibilities which are essential for providing integrated, efficient, effective and high-quality care.

Key responsibilities of this role include:

• Helping Kaleido Health to achieve operational readiness in Spring 2024 across various domains, including policy / procedure, software, staff recruitment, building and stock.
• Establishing processes to ensure Kaleido Health’s efficient and effective ongoing operational and financial management.
• Building a culture of continuous improvement, reviewing and implementing processes to constantly improve the efficiency of the practice.
• Supporting patients, clinicians and administrative staff in a professional, caring and compassionate manner to ensure Kaleido Health can offer the highest quality of patient care.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a highly skilled Business & Operations Manager who has a background in practice management or health service delivery and has experience working with clinicians in a team-based environment. You will need to be capable and confident across the key domains of financial, operational and staff management.

To be successful in this position you will:

• Share the values and mission of Kaleido Health Centre and be committed to providing informed and non-judgemental care to sexuality and gender diverse people.
• Have experience in Practice Management, Business Management within the Health sector or another similar role.
• Be capable and confident across the key domains of financial, operational and staff management, with experience creating and maintaining a strong organisational culture and skills in conflict resolution and de-escalation.

What else can we tell you?

Kaleido Health Centre is a brand-new health service due to open in Spring 2024. Kaleido Health is a product of many years of advocacy and planning on the part of ACON.

Kaleido Health is a separate entity to ACON, but our organisations are closely aligned, and ACON will be assisting Kaleido Health with recruitment and onboarding processes for this role. This means you may receive emails from ACON as part of this process; but rest assured, this job is for Kaleido Health Centre.

This role is a fantastic opportunity to build and shape the culture of a new organisation that will make a significant impact to the lives of LGBTQ+ people in NSW. The successful candidate will also be working alongside a knowledgeable and friendly team already in place to support Kaleido Health with implementation.

What’s the remuneration and working details?

Salary:          $148,000 (Gross per-annum, PLUS Superannuation and Leave Loading)

Location:     Initially based in ACON’s Surry Hills office, with flexible working options a possibility (away from the office); then from September 2024 in South Eveleigh full-time on site (due to the demands of the role).

Hours:         Permanent, Full Time (76 hours per fortnight) on an ongoing contract.

How can I find out more details and apply?

If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply to join our team and help us make a meaningful impact on the lives of those we serve. By joining us, you will be part of a mission to create a healthier and more inclusive community.

We’d love someone who already has expertise in this area but people at all levels of experience are absolutely welcome to apply. We highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally, linguistically and ethnically diverse, migrant and refugee backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people of all genders and sexualities to apply.

For more information on the role, please contact Danielle French, Senior Project Manager – Kaleido Health Centre, via email at dfrench@acon.org.au or on 0434 809 973.

If you require assistance or adjustments to the application or interview process, please advise the contact person at the time of your application.

Send your completed application to: vacancy@acon.org.au

All applications must include:

1. Your completed Kaleido Employment Application Form – with all the details filled in where requested;
2. Your Cover Letter outlining how you meet the Selection Criteria (max. 6 pages); and
3. Your Resume

Applications Close: Sunday 14 July 2024

DOWNLOAD: Job Pack – Business & Operations Manager, Kaleido Health Centre

DOWNLOAD: Kaleido Employment Application Form

We are grounded in the belief that diversity is our strength, our differentiator, and at the core of who we are and what we do. As part of our commitment to inclusion, we encourage applications from people living with HIV, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and LGBTQ+ people from culturally, linguistically and ethnically diverse, migrant and refugee backgrounds, and LGBTQ+ people of colour.

First Nations Listening and Truth Telling Project Consultant

ACON is currently seeking a consultant with experience (lived and professional) in working with LGBTQ+SB First Nations communities to lead ACON’s First Nations Listening and Truth Telling Project.

The project seeks to strengthen dialogue, promote collaboration, and inform the development of ACON’s programs and services for LGBTQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in NSW.  

The aim is for ACON to conduct, and participate in, a community listening and truth telling process across NSW to better inform ACON of the health needs and priorities of LGBTQ+SB Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people so we can better serve these communities. The outcomes of the project will inform decisions about appropriate governance structures to strengthen strategic directions in the delivery of programs and services for LGBTQ+SB Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across the state. 

Description of the tender for consultants interested in the Project: 

The project will consist of two separate phases, and applicants are invited to submit an EOI for one, or both phases, depending on their professional and lived experience: 

Phase 1 will involve the conducting of a listening and truth telling process designed to enable meaningful listening, including the convening and hosting of community meetings across NSW, aimed at improving ACON’s understanding of the key health priorities of LGBTQ+SB Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, including any who may be living with HIV.  

Phase 2 will include the hosting of strategic meetings across the sector with experts, researchers, funders, and other relevant stakeholders aimed at engaging ACON, and the sector more broadly, with the issues raised in the initial phase, and facilitating discussion on strategies to address them. 

ACON welcomes any interested applicant to propose a unique approach to the process of each phase, as we understand the journey through a listening and truth telling process must be driven by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander design. We welcome innovative approaches, and we encourage interested applicants to engage with us to discuss their ideas. 

How to apply: 

Alcohol And Cancer Risk

We all know that in our LGBTQ+ communities, enjoying a few drinks can be part of the scene. It can often feel like alcohol is intertwined within the rainbow communities’ fabric.

But here’s the thing – sometimes we might be sipping more than we realise. LGBTQ+ people tend to drink more alcohol than the rest of the population, which can put us at greater risk of alcohol-related cancers and other health issues.

Together, we can make mindful choices about how we enjoy our drinks and find a better balance in our relationship with alcohol.

Learn How To Navigate Alcohol And Cancer Risk.

Know Yourself – Your Cancer Risk Quiz

Understanding your risk of cancer is a positive step towards staying healthy. Take the quiz to get personalised cancer risk information for you and your body. Take the quiz!

Disability Justice Social Group

ACON is hosting a new online social group for LGBTQ+ people with disability in NSW who are over 18 years old.

Disability Justice Social Group is a space to share experiences, build community connections, and discover LGBTQ+ inclusive events, programs and services for people with disability.

Click here to read more and register.