Project Lead, Money Mindset – WIRE, West Melbourne

• Part-time (0.6 FTE); fixed-term to 31 December 2024 (NB: the date in the position description linked below is out of date)
• SCHADS Level 6 Pay Point in accordance with experience ($49.07-51.24/hr currently)
• Family friendly, flexible work practices are supported. Job sharing may be considered. Applicants interested in job sharing should mention this in their application.

Purpose of Role

To develop and deliver a money education program ‘Money Mindset’ by working with selected multicultural and faith-based organisations to support the delivery of information training sessions that builds the financial capability for all women, gender diverse and non-binary people from multicultural backgrounds.

The backbone of the resources for training sessions will be WIRE’s SARA (Skilled Aware Resourceful Active: Financial wellbeing) Training resources (see
https://www.wire.org.au/sara-financial-capability-training/) supplemented by other resources as required. These resources will be adapted by the Project Lead to meet the needs of particular groups of women, gender diverse and non-binary people.

Taking an organisation to organisation approach, the Project Lead will use their own networks and WIRE connections to partner with multicultural and faith-based organisations, support them to deliver the financial capability sessions, provide professional guidance, and financial support to organisations so they can participate.

The Project Lead will use a Train the Trainer model and Co – facilitator model to build capacity within multicultural and faith-based organisations to deliver information to increase financial wellbeing outcomes for women, nonbinary and gender diverse people within multicultural and faith community groups.

How the role will be supported

This project lead position will be supported by a Projects Team Coordinator and be part of WIRE’s Community programs, led by the Manager – Community.

The Project Lead will have access to WIRE’s guidance in implementing an intersectional feminist lens available through the Intersectional Action Plan (IAP) recommendations and knowledge sharing from WIRE’s projects team with financial capability expertise.

The Project Lead will also undertake an evaluation of the program that will be used by WIRE to advocate for ongoing funding. The project lead will be supported through the evaluation development and implementation by an external organization with expertise in evaluation.

Project Lead – Money Mindset will:

• Utilise WIRE’s existing networks and their own networks to build constructive partnerships with multicultural and faith-based organisations that enable the delivery of the Money Mindset program to women, gender diverse and nonbinary people from target multicultural and faith-based communities.
• Review and action the project plan for the program with Money Mindset deliverables: 12 financial capability training sessions over 18 months to 150 women, gender diverse and non-binary people from multicultural or faith based communities.
• Use an intersectional feminist lens in all aspects of the role and ensure it aligns with WIRE’s IAP
• Amplify and centre the voices of women, non-binary and gender diverse people who have experienced marginalisation.
• Drawing on WIRE expertise in building financial capability, modify existing training content so it can be delivered in a variety of different cultural settings
• Using a ‘train the trainer’ method, coach 3-6 members of target multicultural communities to have the knowledge, skills and confidence to deliver the Money Mindset program in their community.
• Deliver or Co-facilitate training as required
• Implement the evaluation strategy and action it, including write an evaluation report
• Liaise with stakeholders and provide regular project update reports that incorporate an assessment of the program’s ability to improve the skills, knowledge and confidence of participants
• Participate in WIRE team meetings and other staff events as required