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Northern Integrated Family
Violence Services Partnership
For professionals supporting the
safety of victim survivors in Melbourne's
northern metropolitan region

New Opportunity: NIFVS FVRIC Leadership Group Chair

The Northern Integrated Family Violence Services (NIFVS) Family Violence Regional Integration Committee (FVRIC) Leadership Group is seeking to engage an Independent Chair to oversee and provide leadership and broad coordination to the delivery of agreed regional priority actions of the NIFVS FVRIC.

Employment Type

  • Contracted Service (by invoice).
  • Representation is for a one-year term, extendable up to three years.
  • Meetings will be held for 2 hours on a 6-weekly basis for the first 12 months, with a total of 9 meetings, and then will be subject to review.

Key Objectives

  • Provide high-level area-based strategic leadership to the NIFVS FVRIC Leadership Group and General Membership Committee across the NMR.
  • Lead and strengthen system-wide collaboration and decision-making processes by identifying and implementing improvements for local service delivery, and to advocate on relevant policy and program design issues.
  • Lead and strengthen system integration (horizontal and vertical) and alignment through the implementation of the Victorian Government’s family reform agenda.
  • Support system drivers developed by the Leadership Group and General Membership Committee and foster innovation.
  • Enable the prioritisation of the voice of lived experience and informs decision-making at all levels.
  • Enable the guiding principles of Dhelk Dja: Safe Our Way – Strong Culture, Strong Peoples, Strong Families, and The Family Violence Experts by Experience Framework to inform all our collective actions.
  • Provide overarching guidance and support to the working groups delivering on specific work identified in the key strategic priorities as identified in the relevant NIFVS FVRIC Strategic Plan and Annual Action Plans.

Applications and Further Information

If you have any specific queries about this position, please contact Veronica Hunt, Principal Strategic Advisor, Northern Integrated Family Violence Services on veronica.h@whin.org.au.

A full Position Description and application information are available on EthicalJobs: NIFVS FVRIC Leadership Group Chair

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