Koorie Cultural Advisor

The LOOKOUT - Koorie Cultural Advisor will work closely with schools to advocate for the educational and cultural needs of Aboriginal students in out of home care. The Koorie Cultural Advisor will draw on their own and the capacity and expertise of the Region's Koorie Education Manager, Koorie Education Coordinators and Koorie Education Support Officers (Koorie Education Team) to support a comprehensive and consistent approach to improving outcomes for Aboriginal students living in out of home care. Working in collaboration the Koorie Cultural Advisor will build the capacity of schools to provide culturally appropriate supports and opportunities to build connection to culture.

As part of the LOOKOUT Centre's multidisciplinary team, the role will contribute to the development of policy and practice to improve education outcomes in Victoria for out of home care students, working to support schools and professionals working with students in out of home care to provide culturally appropriate services consistently. The role is required to establish effective working relationships with the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing and the Department of Health and other key stakeholders. With the LOOKOUT team the Koorie Cultural Advisor will collect and analyse data specific to Aboriginal students in order to monitor attendance, engagement and achievement against agreed DE and DFFH measures and make sure that individual needs are met in a culturally inclusive way.

This role is identified as available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants only. Confirmation of the Indigenous status of applicants may be requested.

The Department of Education is committed to taking positive action to eliminate discrimination to the greatest possible extent. It recognises that discrimination can cause social and economic disadvantage, and the achievement of substantive equality may require the taking of special measures. To this end, the Department of Education considers this position to be a `special measure' for the purposes of section 12 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic).

For information on special measures provisions visit:

http://www.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au/index.php/exceptions-exemptions-and-special-measures/special-measures

Applications close 11:59pm on 03-JUL-2025.