PRINCIPAL/RESEARCHER PISSAM NETWORK’S ROLES & DUTY'S DESCRIPTION
Position Title: CEO/PRINCIPAL RESEARCHER
Reports To: Management Committee
Supervises: All PISSAM Staff
Salary Range: ON SALARY
Hours: FULL TIME
ABOUT THE POSITION
She is responsible to the Management Committee for all operational outcomes of PISSAM. The incumbent will be very motivated and possess contemporary management skills including sound skills in leadership, strategic planning, project management, human resource management, financial management and public relations. All financial management matters are to be reported to and ratified by the Management Committee.
RESPONSIBLE FOR:
She is responsible for the day-to-day management & direction of all services and operation of PISSAM with the following key accountabilities:
- Principal Researcher
- Direct working with schools, Catholic University and the Pacific Islanders & Multicultural communities
- supervising staff working with schools, parents and children
- Supervise and monitor all assistant researchers
- response to schools, authorities, communities, parents, youth and children issues a.s.a.p.
- running different programs with schools, Pacific Islanders' , Multicultural communities on educational and learning direct music tutors, arts, consultations, forums and workshops
- Home visits in all levels
- 24 hrs counselling line available for all Pacific Islanders who are in need of urgent support
• Support and Resource to Management Committee
• Management of Financial and Administrative Systems
• Human Resource Management
• Accountability and Compliance
• Organisational and Service Planning & Directions
• Program and Policy Development
• Quality Assurance
• Public Relations
• Fund Raising
KEY RESULT AREAS
• Governance
• Strategic Planning and Organisational Management
• Community Development
• Quality Activities
• Teamwork
PISSAM PROGRAM/NETWORK is drafted by the CEO of PISSAM Network, a Researcher at the Catholic University on investigating performances of Pacific Islanders' Children in the Catholic Schools systems and Public Schools Systems COLLABORATING WITH CATHOLIC SCHOOLS, PARENTS, CHILDREN, GRASSROOTS PROFESSIONALS, UNIVERSITY STUDENTS & THE COMMUNITY IN DEVELOPING THREE PILOT PROGRAMS. This covers the whole spectrum of the community with:
In addition to her professional background as a teacher, educator, principal, director of Education, counsellor, musician, artist, pianist, interpreter, translator, counsellor, social worker and ex Mercy leader in collaborating the different programs of the PISSAM Network. KALO a PhD: Researcher hold a Master of Education, MA (Catholic University) a member of the Australian College of Educators, MACE, BA, Dip Ed. Dip Theology, Dip in Music USP, Dip Counselling (England) She also has extensive Leadership Training & Roles in Community Management & Development training in Australia and abroad. Her expertise on EDUCATION, HAS TAKEN HER FROM Tonga to New Zealand, Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Europe, America and Australia. Her Research base at (St Joachim Primary School Lidcombe & Holy Spirit College Lakemba) and beyond
· Her Relevant Tertiary Qualifications in all of the above with a special commitment in welfare, education, and community development/public policy
· - Demonstrated management skills including
- Organisational Planning, Development and Quality Assurance
- Human Resource Management
- Financial Management
- OH&S and Marketing and Promotional activities.
· Demonstrated high level of communication skills including ability to produce written reports and funding submissions as well as public speaking skills
· Conceptual skills, with sound analytical and problem solving ability
· Commitment to addressing social justice and equity principles in particular as they relate to migrants and humanitarian entrants
· Knowledge and understanding of issues affecting recently arrived migrants, refugees, minority and emerging CALD communities
· Experience in community development/project management and delivery of community programs and events
· Experience networking with multidisciplinary services and agencies and ability to build and foster sector relationships within a changing sector climate
· Computer and internet skills
· She has Experience / Knowledge of non-government organisations
· Experience in working with a Management Committee
DESCRIPTION OF her DUTIES
1. GOVERNANCE
1.1 Financial Management
· Establish and maintain administrative and financial management systems through which organisational objectives can be effectively achieved and monitored within budget and on time.
· Monitor and control expenditure and ensure all activities undertaken comply with approved policy and procedures, funding agreements and program guidelines.
· Monitor annual budgets, monthly financial reports and acquittals in conjunction with Bookkeeper and Treasurer.
· Research further sources of funding in consultation with the Management Committee, staff and other relevant stakeholders.
1.2 Human Resource Management
· Recruit, supervise and manage staff performance in support of organizational objectives.
· Ensure a positive work environment is maintained, promoting staff/volunteer cohesion and morale.
· Maintain a safe, harassment-free workplace.
· Model the principles of participation, partnership, collaboration and learning.
· Coordinate regular team meetings, team building and professional development as required.
· Ensure that counselling, disciplining and dismissal actions are carried out in line with policies and procedures.
· Ensure all staff is paid in a timely and accurate way
1.3 Occupational Health and Safety
· Ensure the safety, health and welfare of all employees, contractors and visitors in consultation with other staff and management in accordance with relevant legislation and PISSAM’s Policy and Procedures.
· Intervene wherever unsafe work practices are observed.
· Ensure accident / injury reports are completed in the event of a workplace accident.
· Ensure effective participation by staff and management in OH&S consultative processes.
2. STRATEGIC PLANNING AND ORGANISATIONAL MANAGEMENT
· Coordinate and oversee the effective day-to-day operations of PISSAM.
· In conjunction with the Management Committee, establish and maintain organisational structure and systems that effectively and efficiently enables PISSAM to deliver its services.
· In conjunction with the Management Committee, ensure strategies to meet organisational goals and objectives are developed, positively promoted and implemented.
· Ensure effective systems are established and maintained to plan, monitor, evaluate and report project performance and outcomes.
· Ensure the Management Committee is resourced with information and options to make clear decisions undertake regular evaluation of projects and take action to identify and address problems in the achievement of organisational objectives.
· Ensure effective communication between staff and Management Committee is facilitated.
· Ensure community needs are identified through her research and consultation with staff, Management Committee, stakeholders and the wider community.
· Ensure compliance and fulfillment of terms and conditions of any service provision agreements entered into by the Management Committee on behalf of the organisation.
3. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
· Participate in committees, forums and working groups as required by service agreements and/or PISSAM or the Auspice body Riverwood community centre priorities.
· Develop and maintain appropriate networks in the local community sector to market PISSAM and the services/programs it provides for PACIFIC ISALNDERS AND CALD communities.
· Identify key issues facing recently arrived migrants and refugees and minority and emerging PACIFIC ISLANDERS & CALD communities
· Influence and create positive change for recently arrived migrants and refugees and minority and emerging CALD communities through effectively collaborating with sector stakeholders.
· Promote awareness of CALD issues within Canterbury, Bankstown, INNER WEST Western Sydney and beyond
· Promote multiculturalism within the Canterbury Bankstown Auburn Inner west community and beyond.
· Identify partnership opportunities with other sector stakeholders in order to assist with improving the life outcomes for recently arrived migrants, refugees, minority and emerging Pacific Islanders and CALD communities
· Establish and facilitate collaborative, innovative and workable partnerships with community partners and NGOs to integrate service provision at a local level.
· Encourage co-operative work practices and facilitate innovative approaches to issues of common concern within the community sector.
· Liaise with relevant partners to source funding for projects outside service agreements where partnership opportunities arise.
· Review research policies that have implications for recently arrived Pacific Islanders' migrants, refugees, minority and emerging CALD communities and/or non-government human service provision in the local area.
· Initiate and/or enhance research and collaboration that will act as a catalyst for policy and program improvement at a local, State and Federal level AND beyond.
Schoolyard racism rife, survey finds: By Ben Worsley for PM
Updated recently arrived migrants,
refugees, minority and emerging CALD communities and:
SADLY, Crudely, it is those who look different who suffer the most: Africans, Afghanis, Indians, Pacific Islanders and Indigenous Australians.
The worst-affected group is first-generation migrant females in years 11 and 12.
Seventy per cent of the students surveyed reported suffering some form of racist abuse. (ABC) source 19/11/2009
A survey of high schools students has done little to enhance Australia's reputation for racial tolerance.
The Foundation for Young Australians has tried to quantify the problem of schoolyard racism, surveying 900 students from high schools across Australia.
Seventy per cent of those surveyed reported suffering some form of racist abuse.
"With primary schools, certainly when I was younger there was a lot of it, but as we get older, we try and stop that," one boy told PM.
"I've actually not experienced that much racism but I did when I was growing up in primary school. I lived in a white-dominated environment, so I kind of felt out of place," a female student said.
"They know that it's not right to be racist, and it's just that thought, that conscientiousness that stops them from being racist; they might feel uncomfortable with you because you're different," another added.
Eighty per cent of those surveyed from non-Anglo backgrounds reported experiencing racism ranging from verbal abuse to discrimination and violence.
Put crudely, it is those who look different who suffer the most: Africans, Afghanis, Indians, Pacific Islanders and Indigenous Australians.
The worst-affected group is first-generation migrant females in years 11 and 12.
'Racism comes from ignorance'
The Foundation's lead researcher, Dr Lucas Walsh, says the effects of racial intolerance can be profound.
"The effects of these experiences of racism vary amongst individuals, but the more unsettling one is anger and frustration over time, which in some of the worst cases is manifest in mental illness such as depression," she said.
Mary Tortoni teaches English as a Second Language (ESL) at Cranbourne Secondary College in Melbourne.
She says at her school, the emphasis is on helping migrant students adjust to their new surrounds.
She would like to see more done to help the other children learn about and respect their new classmates.
"Racism is a learned behaviour, and racism comes from ignorance, and it's a slow process to try and change people's opinions," she said.
"What I'd love to see is something like the drug education bus and the sex education bus that goes from school to school, maybe something like that to teach kids about what racism is and teach them about tolerance and acceptance and respect."
The Foundation for Young Australians agrees; among its raft of recommendations is an urgent call for teacher training.
Dr Walsh says the syllabus must include classes on diversity and tolerance.
"What the research overwhelmingly shows is that schools that have some sort of compulsory in-classroom program about racism or cultural stereotyping were less likely to have young people who displayed ignorance about cultural issues or racist attitudes," he said.
"It has to be something that is embedded within the school and preferably in a holistic approach that actually brings in the community, which usually is quite diverse."
· Produce high level reports and research and more research on the above issues to be a priority to researchers collaborating with children, parents, schools and the whole spectrum of the community. The community united identify the differences and work on the best outcome of:
Migrants, refugees, minority (Pacific Islanders) and emerging CALD communities
4. QUALITY ACTIVITIES
· Coordinate regular reviews and evaluation of PISSAM NETWORK, PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.
· Coordinate data collection and other related information on workloads, produce reports for the funding body and initiate/answer any correspondence as required.
· Coordinate evaluations of PISSAM products and services.
· Participate in supervision, deliver services that requested by the PISSAM grassroots specialists Pacific Islanders and other professional development activities as required.
5. TEAMWORK
· Promote a positive image of PISSAM.
· Market PISSAM vision to all stakeholders and share our way of working.
· Respect other team members, clients and the organisation's credibility.
· Build relationships on a foundation of trust.
· Contribute to positive change by identifying opportunities to improved practice and in designing innovative responses to entrenched problems.
· Provide assistance and support to PISSAM’s staff members to ensure successful completion of projects.
6. GENERAL
· Maintain client records and other documentation as required by PISSAM.
· Maintain client confidentiality in accordance with PISSAM Policy.
· Demonstrate commitment to and comply with OH&S Policies and Procedures.
· Ensure cooperation with Management Committee and follow relevant policies, procedures and guidelines.
· Adhere to the Policies and Procedures of PISSAM
· Use only the computer software supplied and not loads other software onto computers owned by PISSAM.
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duties as required from time to time as in the whole network which are on the website.
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