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Safe House Carer

Level: 1.1-3.1

Salary: $29.69 - $38.65 per annum/pro rata  

Status: Cas/PPT/PFT

The Tangentyere Safe House (Ndarndarinjika Safe Houses) provides short term crisis accommodation for Aboriginal children between the ages of 0-12 years old, including respite care.  Working from a child centred approach the aim of the program is to ensure that young people are supported therapeutically through the safe provision of a physically, emotionally, and culturally appropriate family environment. The program recognises continued connection to family and culture as integral to a child’s identity and has cultural safety as a fundamental principle of its service provision.

This position is responsible for the day-to-day support for Aboriginal children in our care, the primary focus of this role is to ensure the children are supported through a physically, emotionally, and culturally safe family environment.  Safe House Carers work on a roster system within a home care setting and are required to attend to all aspects of the house whilst on duty with a primary focus on the care and supervision of all children residing in our houses.

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Closing date: Ongoing

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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Patroller - Aboriginal Identified

This is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Identified Position

Level: 2.1 - 3.1

Salary: $34.58 - $38.65 per annum/pro rata Status: Cas/PPT

The Tangentyere Youth, Families and Community (YFCS) Division brings together a range of programs and services for young people. This includes the Brown Street Youth Service, the Youth Development Service providing afterhours programs to young people on Town Camps and out-of-school hours services.  The YCS Division is increasingly working in an integrated fashion, ensuring staff and programs work together to provide holistic services for young people to achieve positive outcomes in education, safety, and wellbeing.  This means that all staff, including Patrollers, are working across program siloes to provide client and placed-based focused services that are flexible and responsive to needs.  

With our Patrol service running seven days per week, the Patroller will drive a patrols vehicle alongside a support worker. They will provide safe and culturally appropriate transport through public areas of Alice Springs and Town Camps to both adults and children. 

The Patroller will also provide early intervention, education and support to Aboriginal people and the wider community in a way that respects culture and human rights.  With guidance from a Senior Patroller, they will provide referral and relevant information about support services to passengers. And will encourage responsible alcohol use, school, and healthcare attendance as well as support and empower Aboriginal people to make a choice that creates a safer environment within the Alice Springs community. 

The hours of work are 6.30pm to 2am, Monday to Sunday. Flexibility around rostered days and times will be provided to the successful permanent candidate.

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Closing date: Ongoing

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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Youth & Community Safety Support Worker - Aboriginal Identified

This is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Identified Position

Level: 2.1

Salary: $67,627 per annum/pro rata  

Status: Casual

The Tangentyere Youth and Community Safety (YCS) Division brings together a range of programs and services for young people. This includes the Brown Street and Child &Youth outreach Services. As well as our Night and Youth Patrol Service, including Looking After the Kids case management service.  The YCS Division is increasingly working in an integrated fashion, ensuring staff and programs work together to provide holistic services for young people to achieve positive outcomes in education, safety, and wellbeing.  

With services running seven days per week, and during school holidays, the YCS Support Worker will support activities across all these program areas. Including assistance with safe, fun, active, creative, and culturally appropriate activities and learning experiences for children and young people on at 3 Brown Street. Providing support to our YCS Night Patrol as a driver or support person. Or supporting our Youth Outreach Service to conduct activities at Town Camps without a place-based Youth Service.

The Youth Support Worker will have an excellent knowledge of the Town Camp community and families and be a part of the broader Town Camp communities.

The Youth Support Worker will work alongside a youth worker or patroller in delivering the program and activities.

The position is indigenous identified, preferably living in an Alice Springs Town Camp or having connections to one.

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Closing date: Ongoing

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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Trucking Yards Bounce Club Youth Coach - Aboriginal Identified

This is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Identified Position

Level: 1.1

Salary: $37.11 Inclusive of casual loading

Status: Casual

Nyewente Bounce Club is an afterschool basketball program for young people aged 12-18years. This initiative aims to deliver strengths-based skills development program to support pro-social engagement of children and young people residing in the camp. This program will provide employment opportunities for local coaches to promote basketball as a means of engagement and providing an impacting experience that inspires them to set goals and be motivated about their own future. The Bounce Club training program delivers customised training in program facilitation and project management for Indigenous coaches to deliver the bounce club program in their own community, supported by the Trucking Yards Community Centre team. 

The bounce club program includes basketball skills & drills using social emotional learning research related to the development of resiliency and employability skills for young people. This program will run one a week for 2hrs during the school term.

The Trucking Yard Bounce Club Youth Coach will run weekly basketball sessions with children and young people. The ideal candidates will be Trucking Yards residents who are enthusiastic about sports and working with young people.

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Closing date: 29/10/2025

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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TACS Community Support Worker

Level: 1.1 - 3.1

Salary: $29.69 - 38.65 per annum/pro rata  

Status: Permanent Part Time and Permanent Full Time positions available 

Tangentyere Aged & Community Services (TACS) is part of the Social Services Division, which aims to improve the quality of life of Central Australian Aboriginal people and the wider community through providing innovative, responsive, and culturally safe services.

TACS provide CHSP, HCP & NDIS home care ¢tre-based services to an extremely diverse and vulnerable cohort of people, where health is more than often secondary to other social determinants.  With more than 7 languages spoken and over 100 clients, TACS continues to uphold quality service provision and maintains its strong ties with members of the Alice Springs and wider community.

This position will be responsible for providing direct personal care and support to frail, aged people, and people living with disability in the community.

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Closing date: 29/10/2025

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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Chief Financial Officer

Level: ES1

Salary: $180,021 per annum/pro rata

Status: Permanent Full Time 

This position is responsible for managing the financial affairs of the Tangentyere Group and affiliated entities.

This position, in conjunction with the Chief Operating Officer, will develop and implement financial strategies, policies and plans to ensure the continuing financial health of the Tangentyere Group and affiliated entities.

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Closing date: 29/10/2025

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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Carpenter

Level: 6.1

Salary: $108,969, per annum/pro rata

Status: Permanent Full Time

Tangentyere Constructions, a subsidiary of Tangentyere Council, is a professional building contractor. Tangentyere Constructions promotes self-determination and community control in the construction industry.

Tangentyere Constructions delivers property management, new construction work, and trade repairs and maintenance works to Alice Springs Town Camps and remote communities & outstations. Carpenters will be allocated by the General Manager to work on projects under the supervision of the Property Management Team Leader or one of the Constructions Supervisors.

This Carpenter will work under the supervision of the construction supervisors, and undertake various construction related activities including but not limited to tasks such as constructing and upgrading municipal residences and buildings, maintenance services including carrying out necessary minor general repairs.

This position is also expected to work autonomously or as part of a team, demonstrate sound judgement and decision making. The Carpenter must be a responsible person and have the capacity to instruct and supervise unskilled labourers in basic construction related tasks.

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Closing date: 22/10/2025

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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CAYLUS Youth Worker 

Level: 5.1

Salary: $99,741 per annum/pro rata

Status: Casual & Permanent Full Time positions available.

CAYLUS services remote communities across Central Australia to reduce the supply, demand and harm caused by volatile substance use.

This position will be responsible for traveling to and residing in remote communities for extended periods of time. The Youth Worker will engage with community stakeholders to develop and implement strategies that prevent and reduce the impact of substance misuse on young people and families and deliver youth programs and activities outside of school hours and on weekends. 

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Closing date: 26/11/2025

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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CAYLUS Project Manager

Level: 8.1

Salary: $138,421 per annum/pro rata

Status: Permanent Full Time

CAYLUS services remote communities across Central Australia to reduce the supply, demand and harm caused by volatile substance use. CAYLUS also supports various community projects that support the health, safety and wellbeing of young people.

This position will work strategically with CAYLUS managers, communities and relevant stakeholders to:

• Manage the administration of two community-led programs in the Warlpiri Region

• Manage a multi-site infrastructure project, upgrading facilities and assets across the CAYLUS service area.

The position will be required to travel to remote communities and work independently and proactively to oversee these projects.

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Closing date: 19/11/2025

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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DVF Strategic Partnerships Practitioner 

Level: 6.1

Salary: $108,969, per annum/pro rata

Status: Permanent Full Time

The Family Violence Prevention (FVP) Division includes a variety of programs including Tangentyere Family Violence Prevention Program (FVPP) under which sits the Men’s Behaviour Change Program (MBCP), Tangentyere Women’s Family Safety Group (TWFSG), Strong Families Program, and Domestic Violence Specialist Children’s Service (DVSCS).

The Tangentyere Men’s Behaviour Change Program (MBCP) incorporates Element Four of the Northern Territory’s Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Reduction Framework 2018-2028 Safe, Respected and Free from Violence and is one of the five key components of the Northern Territory Government ten-year plan to reduce the impact of domestic, family, and sexual violence in our community.

This role will work within a co-responder model with key stakeholders who include DFV victim survivor practioners, child protection practioners and police providing time-limited follow up to the person committing DFV after the initial occurrence when it is safe, appropriate, and/or more effective to do so. This may be by telephone, in person, at the police station, or at the DFV specialist service. This includes emergency support, risk assessment, information, safety planning for immediate needs, and connecting people committing DFV to supports to foster accountability and behaviour change and address immediate needs (including suitability assessment and referral to the Tangentyere men’s Behaviour Change program, specialist services, housing, mental health, and alcohol and other drug services etc.). This role will also represent Tangentyere Council on the Family Safety Framework. This includes attending the Family Safety Meeting every fortnight with the purpose of sharing information and collaborating on risk management actions to improve the safety of victim survivors identified as being at serious risk of DFSV related harm or death. 

The successful candidate will take a leadership role to build strategic partnerships in the context of Men’s Behaviour Change. This role is committed to building relationships with external stakeholders/partners and collaborating with other services. Secondary consultations will be undertaken with internal and external stakeholders to build capacity around men who use violence. 

The successful candidate will have completed tertiary studies in Social Work, Welfare Studies, Psychology, or a related discipline with experience in assessment and intake and the delivery of Men’s Behaviour Change work or in a similar field where intake and assessment is undertaken.  Those applicants working towards a relevant qualification will not be excluded from applying for the position where oversight, support and supervision is available from highly qualified and experienced supervisors.  Skills and experience in group work practices is highly desirable.      

The successful candidate will also be a highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills who is committed to reducing violence against women and children in Central Australia and will engage with stakeholders to promote the MBCP and to ensure the program is culturally safe and accepted by individuals, families, and communities across the Alice Springs region.

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Closing date: 29/10/2025

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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Step Up! Respect Program Lead Facilitator

Level: 6.1

Salary: $108,969 per annum/pro rata

Status: Permanent Full Time

The Tangentyere Family Violence Prevention (FVP) Division’s approach is underpinned by the Northern Territory’s Domestic, Family & Sexual Violence Reduction Framework 2018–2028 Safe, Respected, and Free from Violence Framework principles and the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022 (the National Plan). Both Frameworks guide our approach and responses to Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (DFSV) with Aboriginal community members who live in the Town Camps of Alice Springs.

The FVP is an integrated program with components designed to meet the needs of men, women, young people, and children who have been impacted by DFSV, as well as primary prevention work, and also consists of a Men’s Behaviour Change Program, the Tangentyere Women’s Family Safety Group, and the Young Women’s Family Safety Group.

The Domestic Violence Specialist Children’s Services (DVSCS) provides specialist early intervention support for Aboriginal young people, aged between 12 and 18, who have been impacted by DFSV.

The Step Up! Respect program will work within the Tangentyere Family Violence Prevention Program team and sit alongside the DVSCS to deliver training, messaging and campaigns that normalise conversations about sexual consent, jealousing, pornography and harmful sexualised behaviours. The Step Up! Respect Lead Group Facilitator will also supervise StepUp Respect Program Support Facilitator and work together to deliver training with young people disengaged from school and influencers of those young people throughout the community.

Step Up! Respect aims to have conversations with young people about sexual consent, jealousing, pornography and harmful sexual behaviours. Step Up! Respect will particularly focus on young people who are disengaged from school settings and who may miss out on any school-based programming. Step Up! Respect aims to have these conversations and deliver programming in positive and engaging ways by taking a strength-based approach to promote healthy relationships.

The successful candidate will have completed tertiary studies in Social Work, Youth Work, Community Development, or a related discipline, and/or have relevant experience working alongside young people. Having a strong understanding of DFSV is desirable, however training can be provided to the right candidate.

You will work as part of a team of the Tangentyere Family Violence Prevention program implementing the Step up! Respect program including leading the facilitation of group work content and the delivery of group programs to young people and their influential adults. Importantly, you will ensure the program is accessible, trauma informed and culturally safe, and is accepted by young people, families, and communities. 

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills who is committed to reducing violence against women and children and supporting young people to engage in safe and respectful relationships.

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Closing date: 22/10/2025

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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Step Up! Respect Program Support Facilitator 

Level: 5.1

Salary: $99,741 per annum/pro rata

Status: Permanent Full Time

The Tangentyere Family Violence Prevention (FVP) Division’s approach is underpinned by the Northern Territory’s Domestic, Family & Sexual Violence Reduction Framework 2018–2028 Safe, Respected, and Free from Violence Framework principles and the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022 (the National Plan). Both Frameworks guide our approach and responses to Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (DFSV) with Aboriginal community members who live in the Town Camps of Alice Springs.

The FVP is an integrated program with components designed to meet the needs of men, women, young people, and children who have been impacted by DFSV, as well as primary prevention work, and also consists of a Men’s Behaviour Change Program, the Tangentyere Women’s Family Safety Group, and the Young Women’s Family Safety Group.

The Domestic Violence Specialist Children’s Services (DVSCS) provides specialist early intervention support for Aboriginal young people, aged between 12 and 18, who have been impacted by DFSV.

The Step Up! Respect program will work within the Tangentyere Family Violence Prevention Program team and sit alongside the DVSCS and to deliver training, messaging and campaigns that normalise conversations about sexual consent, jealousing, pornography and harmful sexualised behaviours. The Step Up! Respect Program Support Facilitator will also be supervised by the Step Up! Respect Lead Group Facilitator and together they will deliver training with young people disengaged from school and influencers of those young people throughout the community.

Step Up! Respect aims to have conversations with young people about sexual consent, jealousing, pornography and harmful sexual behaviours. Step Up! Respect will particularly focus on young people who are disengaged from school settings and who may miss out on any school-based programming. Step Up! Respect aims to have these conversations and deliver programming in positive and engaging ways by taking a strength-based approach to promote healthy relationships.

The successful candidate will have completed tertiary studies in Social Work, Youth Work, Community Development, or a related discipline, and/or have relevant experience working alongside young people. Having a strong understanding of DFSV is desirable, however training can be provided to the right candidate.

You will work as part of a team of the Tangentyere Family Violence Prevention program supporting the Step Up! Respect program Lead Facilitator with the delivery of group programs to young people and their influential adults as well as engagement in community events, public campaign messaging and initiatives to normalise conversations about sexual consent, jealousing, pornography and harmful sexualised behaviours. Importantly, you will ensure the program is accessible, trauma informed and culturally safe, and is accepted by young people, families, and communities. 

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills who is committed to reducing violence against women and children and supporting young people to engage in safe and respectful relationships.

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Closing date: 26/11/2025

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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PART Community Educator  

Level: 5.1

Salary: $99,741 per annum/pro rata

Status: Permanent Full Time 

The ‘Prevent. Assist. Respond. Training – do your part’ (PART) project is specialist ongoing domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV) training for police and healthcare workers in the Northern Territory.

The PART project was developed by a consortium led by Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation, with its partners Women’s Safety Services of Central Australia (WoSSCA), the Domestic Violence Legal Service (DVLS) and the Northern Territory Legal Aid Commission. Northern Territory Police, Northern Territory De-partment of Health, Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory, and Territory Families sit on the PART Steering Committee and provide oversight and guidance on the project. 

The PART project has four central aims:

• To ensure the voices of victim-survivors, particularly Aboriginal women, inform the training materials and package for police and healthcare workers 

• To increase collaboration and strengthen relationships between the DFSV sector, health and police

• To increase knowledge and understanding of domestic, family, and sexual violence, including emerging forms and key challenges, as well as trauma-informed culturally safe and non-collusive practice, among stakeholders and community members

• To support healthcare workers and police through the development and delivery of targeted ongoing specialist training materials and packages. 

While initially focused on police and health sectors, PART is now expanding into a broader community edu-cation context. The PART Community Educator will play a key role in delivering foundational DFSV training across a range of organisations, including Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs), spe-cialist DFSV services, legal services, safe houses, and other community contexts throughout the Northern Territory. The successful candidate will be a highly organised and motivated individual with excellent com-munication skills, who is committed to reducing violence against women and children across the NT. The position will involve adapting content and developing resources, delivering in-person training, significant travel, stakeholder engagement, and administrative tasks associated with implementing the PART program in community and frontline service contexts. This role reports to the PART Coordinator and works closely with the PART project team to ensure the training is effectively delivered beyond the police and healthcare sectors.

To successfully fill this role, the PART Community Educator will have completed tertiary studies in Communi-ty Development, Social Work, Gender Studies, Sociology, Psychology, or a related discipline, and have sig-nificant experience in DFSV work as well as in training and education. Experience in, and an understanding of, the Northern Territory context—along with experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities—will be highly advantageous.

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Closing date: 26/11/2025

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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Girls Can Boys Can Community Partner Project Lead

Level: 6.1

Salary: $108,969 per annum/pro rata

Status: Permanent Full Time

The Tangentyere Family Violence Prevention Programs (FVPP) approach is underpinned by the Northern Territory’s Domestic, Family & Sexual Violence Reduction Framework 2018–2028: Safe, Respected, and Free from Violence and the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010–2022. These frameworks guide our work in addressing Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (DFSV) among Aboriginal community members residing in the Alice Springs Town Camps.

FVPP is an integrated program supporting men, women, young people, and children impacted by DFSV. It includes prevention and intervention work, a Men’s Behaviour Change Program, the Tangentyere Women’s Family Safety Group, and the Young Women’s Family Safety Group.

The Girls Can Boys Can Community Partner Project Lead will coordinate the expansion of the Girls Can Boys Can program through a community-led and project advisory approach. This will involve developing culturally safe resources and delivering training and workshops to early childhood educators, children, and families across Mparntwe (Alice Springs) and the Town Camps.

The successful candidate will have completed tertiary studies in Education, Social Work, Youth Work, Community Development, or a related discipline, and/or have relevant experience working alongside communities to deliver and develop primary prevention and education projects. Having a strong understanding of DFSV is desirable, however training can be provided to the right candidate.

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills who is committed to reducing violence against women and children and supporting young people to engage in safe and respectful relationships.

As part of your role, you will be working with children, people with a disability and people who are vulnerable. It is your obligation to always ensure their safety and report any concerns in line with our duty of care obligations. We have zero tolerance when it comes to abuse of any kind and will take disciplinary action, including and up to termination of employment, should we determine that abuse has taken place or there has been a failure to report any suspected or alleged abuse. 

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Closing date: 26/11/2025

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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TACS Social Worker  

Level: 5.1

Salary: $99,741 per annum/pro rata

Status: Permanent Full Time 

Tangentyere Aged & Community Services (TACS) is part of the Social Services Division, which aims to improve the quality of life of Central Australian Aboriginal people and the wider community through providing innovative, responsive, and culturally safe services.

TACS provide CHSP, HCP & NDIS home care ¢tre-based services to an extremely diverse and vulnerable cohort of people, where health is more than often secondary to other social determinants.  With more than 7 languages spoken and over 100 clients, TACS continues to uphold quality service provision and maintains its strong ties with members of the Alice Springs and wider community.

This position will also develop awareness campaigns and social support activities that will be co-designed with TACS clients and the leadership group at Tangentyere Council aiming to spread culturally safe messages to community members about elder abuse, neglect, and family violence.

This position will also support those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, to access appropriate and sustainable housing as well as community care, residential aged care, and other support services, specifically targeted at avoiding homelessness or reducing the impact of homelessness while providing early intervention strategies for clients to ensure their emotional, psychological, and physical health and wellbeing is maintained.

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Closing date: 22/10/2025

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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Administration Officer - Tangentyere Aged and Community Services (TACS)

Level: 2.1

Salary: $67,627 per annum/pro rata  

Status: Permanent Full Time

Tangentyere Aged & Community Services (TACS) is part of the Social Services Division (FSSS), which aims to improve the quality of life of Central Australian Aboriginal people and the wider community through providing innovative, responsive, and culturally safe services. TACS provide CHSP, HCP & NDIS home care ¢tre-based services to an extremely diverse and vulnerable cohort of people, where health is more than often secondary to other social determinants. With more than 7 languages spoken and over 100 clients, TACS continues to uphold quality service provision and maintains its strong ties with members of the Alice Springs and wider community.

This position will provide administration support for the TACS program. Responsibilities include providing a high level of customer service, responding to queries from clients and external stakeholders, monitoring and updating program schedules, collating meeting agendas, and completing meeting minutes. This position will also be responsible for providing administration support with the TACS intake and review process, maintain internal documents and manage confidential records, and will provide advocacy for vulnerable clients. This position requires strong attention to detail and a willingness to achieving set goals.

The successful candidate will have experience providing face-to-face customer service, have a high level of communication skills, both written and verbal, be proficient in using Microsoft 365 applications and other databases, and provide an adequate level of data-entry skill and accuracy. The successful candidate will be able to manage their time efficiently and prioritise their workload, be approachable and calm under pressure, and will have experience working with vulnerable people, possessing a strong understanding of cultural safety, advocacy, and the local context.

Hours of work will be from 8:30am-3pm, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays).

As part of your role, you will be working with children, people with a disability and people who are vulnerable. It is your obligation to always ensure their safety and report any concerns in line with our duty of care obligations. We have zero tolerance when it comes to abuse of any kind and will take disciplinary action, including and up to termination of employment, should we determine that abuse has taken place or there has been a failure to report any suspected or alleged abuse. 

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Closing date: 03/12/2025

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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Child & Family Practitioner

This is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Identified Position

Level: 5.1

Salary: $99,741 per annum/pro rata

Status: Permanent Full Time 

Tangentyere Council deliver a range of Youth, Family & Community Safety (YFCS) services across Town Camps and Alice Springs, supporting children, young people, families, and communities through the delivery of daytime and after-hours services focused on recreation, diversion, out-of-home care, community safety and family support programs. 

Tangentyere Family Support Service delivers early intervention, and prevention supports for Aboriginal families in Alice Springs, focusing on the wellbeing and best interests of children aged 0–18. The program offers culturally safe, trauma-informed case management tailored to each family's unique circumstances.

Using a goal-oriented, family-focused approach, the service supports families to create safe and nurturing environments for children. Through coordinated case planning and support, it aims to strengthen parenting capacity, build resilience, and promote long-term positive outcomes.

The Child & Family Practitioner plays a key role in delivering assertive outreach and intensive case management. They assist families in addressing immediate needs, coordinating holistic supports, and fostering sustainable change. Collaboration with Child Protection and other stakeholders is central to achieving these outcomes.

This role requires a highly motivated professional with strong communication skills and a commitment to working with vulnerable families. Experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and a deep understanding of culturally safe, trauma-informed practice, are essential to delivering respectful and effective support.

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Closing date: 26/11/2025

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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Project Lead - Youth Employment Pathways

Level: 6.1

Salary: $108,969 per annum/pro rata

Status: Permanent Full Time

Tangentyere Council deliver a range of Youth, Family & Community Safety (YFCS) services across Town Camps and Alice Springs, supporting children, young people, families, and communities through the delivery of daytime and after-hours services focused on recreation, diversion, out-of-home care, community safety and family support programs.

The Youth Employment Pathways (YEP) program is a new initiative that will develop 12 roles within the YFCS Division for young people aged 15-25 years, living in the Remote Employment Service area (Region 23) in Alice Springs. The program aims to support young people entering the workforce in learning and developing core workplace skills, receiving on-the-job training, and gaining relevant certifications to work in the community and youth services sector. 

The Project Lead will work closely with the Strategic Projects and Practice Lead (SPPL) and the YFCS Leadership Team to design, implement and oversee the YEP Program. The Project Lead role encompasses program development, promotion, participant supervision, and ensuring high-quality delivery that aligns with TCAC and YFCS values, policies, and procedures. 

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong leadership, communication and mentoring skills, with experience in staff development and training. The role involves fostering partnerships across YFCS and TCAC programs, supporting YEP employees in their development and employment journey, and contributing to sustainable employment outcomes. The Project Lead will be flexible and adaptable, with a positive attitude, strong communication skills, and experience in coaching, mentoring, training, and staff development. The successful applicant will demonstrate a commitment to trauma-informed and strengths-based practices, working in culturally safe and appropriate ways. 

This position requires flexibility, some after-hours work to provide support for YEP employees on after-hours shifts, as well as commitment to a rotating 7-day on-call roster.

As part of your role, you will work with children, people with disabilities, and vulnerable people. It is your obligation to always ensure their safety and report any concerns in line with our duty of care obligations. Tangentyere Council has zero tolerance for any form of abuse and will take disciplinary action, including termination of employment, should we determine that abuse has occurred or there has been a failure to report any suspected or alleged abuse.

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Closing date: 03/12/2025

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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Family Violence Prevention Division Manager

Level: EM

Salary: $155,080 per annum/pro rata

Status: Permanent Full Time

Tangentyere’s Family Violence Prevention Division aims to improve the quality of life of Central Australian Aboriginal people and the wider community, through providing innovative, responsive, and culturally appropriate services and offers support, referral, resources, group and individual sessions for men, women and young people impacted by family violence as well as secondary consult/referral for agencies. Tangentyere’s Family Violence Prevention Division is committed to applying an integrated response to prevent family violence in Town Camps and in the wider Alice Springs community. The vision and strategy of this division is to engage men, women and children to understand the drivers of and contributors to family violence. This in turn empowers and educates people, enabling them to pass on the knowledge to future generations, leading to hope and healing.

The Family Violence Prevention Division Manager is responsible for all activities undertaken by the Tangentyere Family Violence Prevention Division. This includes the management and supervision of staff, monitoring program contractual compliance, client related systemic advocacy and overall administrative oversight for Division programs.

The Family Violence Prevention Division Manager will represent Tangentyere Council in diverse forums, attend relevant internal and external meetings and provide leadership to the division. The Family Violence Prevention Division Manager is also accountable to Tangentyere Council’s Board and Senior Management. 

The successful candidate is to always ensure the safety of children and vulnerable people and report any concerns in line with duty of care obligations and this should be modelled to all staff within the division.

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Closing date: 26/11/2025

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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