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Safe House Carer

Level: 1.1-3.1

Salary: $29.69 - $38.65 per hour base rate  

Status: Casual & Permanent Part Time or Full Time positions available

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 hour base rate

Status: Casual & Permanent Part Time positions available

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 Employment Pathways (YEP) School Transport Officer

This is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Identified Position

Level: 2.1

Salary: $67,627  per annum/pro rata 

Status: Casual

The Tangentyere Council Youth, Family & Community Safety (YFCS) Division delivers a range of services across Town Camps and Alice Springs, supporting children, young people, families, and communities through 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 for young people aged 15–25 living in Alice Springs Town Camps. The program supports young people entering paid casual work by providing on-the-job training and mentoring to develop core workplace skills and by offering opportunities to gain relevant training, hands on experience and qualifications in the community and youth services. The program recognises the importance of culture, community, and family, and supports young people in building workplace skills while remaining connected to their community.

The YEP Intern will work within Tangentyere’s Youth and Community Safety at programs such as the 3 Brown Street Youth Service, the Child & Youth Outreach Service, and Night & Youth Patrols. The YEP intern requires no prior work experience and will be provided intensive coaching and mentoring to develop workplace skills. The role will support the delivery of the services and participate in a wide range of training & development opportunities. 

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Closing date: Ongoing

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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Youth Employment Pathways (YEP) Support Officer (YFCS)

This is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Identified Position

Level: 2.1

Salary: $67,627  per annum/pro rata 

Status: Casual

The Tangentyere Council Youth, Family & Community Safety (YFCS) Division delivers a range of services across Town Camps and Alice Springs, supporting children, young people, families, and communities through 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 for young people aged 15–25 living in Alice Springs Town Camps. The program supports young people entering paid casual work by providing on-the-job training and mentoring to develop core workplace skills and by offering opportunities to gain relevant training, hands on experience and qualifications in the community and youth services. The program recognises the importance of culture, community, and family, and supports young people in building workplace skills while remaining connected to their community.

The YEP Intern will work within Tangentyere’s Youth and Community Safety at programs such as the 3 Brown Street Youth Service, the Child & Youth Outreach Service, and Night & Youth Patrols. The YEP intern requires no prior work experience and will be provided intensive coaching and mentoring to develop workplace skills. The role will support the delivery of the services and participate in a wide range of training & development opportunities. 

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Closing date: Ongoing

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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Youth Employment Pathways (YEP) Intern (YFCS)

This is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Identified Position

Level: 1.1

Salary: $58,061  per annum/pro rata 

Status: Casual

The Tangentyere Council Youth, Family & Community Safety (YFCS) Division delivers a range of services across Town Camps and Alice Springs, supporting children, young people, families, and communities through 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 for young people aged 15–25 living in Alice Springs Town Camps. The program supports young people entering paid casual work by providing on-the-job training and mentoring to develop core workplace skills and by offering opportunities to gain relevant training, hands on experience and qualifications in the community and youth services. The program recognises the importance of culture, community, and family, and supports young people in building workplace skills while remaining connected to their community.

The YEP Intern will work within Tangentyere’s Youth and Community Safety at programs such as the 3 Brown Street Youth Service, the Child & Youth Outreach Service, and Night & Youth Patrols. The YEP intern requires no prior work experience and will be provided intensive coaching and mentoring to develop workplace skills. The role will support the delivery of the services and participate in a wide range of training & development opportunities. 

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Closing date: Ongoing

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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Senior Patroller

This is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Identified Position

Level: 4.1

Salary: $87,184  per annum/pro rata 

Status: Permanent Full Time

Tangentyere Council deliver a range of Youth, Families & 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 YFCS Division is increasingly working in an integrated fashion, ensuring staff and programs work together to provide holistic services for young people and community to achieve positive outcomes in education, safety, and wellbeing.   

With our Patrol service running seven days per week, the Senior Patroller will report and work closely with the Night Patrol Team leader in leading, supporting, and managing patrols vehicles alongside patrollers. They will provide safe and culturally appropriate transport through public areas of Alice Springs and Town Camps to both adults and children as contracted. The Senior Patroller will be responsible for leading Shifts, where the team leader is not present, shifts, incident response, risk management and representing the service at inter-agency meetings.

The Senior Patroller is an Aboriginal Identified role that will provide early intervention, education and support to Aboriginal people and the wider community in a way that respects culture and human rights.  Providing referral and relevant information about support services to Clients to 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 Senior Patroller will work closely with the Youth, Families and Community Safety Senior Leadership team to achieve the objectives of the program to improve levels of community safety, promote culturally appropriate conflict and dispute resolution in the community and offer services in line with community safety priority, using non-coercive intervention strategies to respond flexibly to communities safety needs and priorities. 

The hours of work are 6.30pm to 3am, Monday to Sunday. Flexibility around rostered days and times will be provided to the successful permanent candidate.

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Closing date: 14/07/2026

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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Strategic Project Officer - Child Family Centre & Connected Beginnings

This is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Identified Position

Level: 7.1

Salary: $117,852 per annum/pro rata

Status: Part Time 30 hours per week, 2 year contract.

Tangentyere’s Community Centres Division provides innovative, unique, place-based programs to support Aboriginal children (0-5 years), school age children (6-12 years), youth (12-18 years), families, and kin to achieve positive outcomes in community safety, education, and wellbeing. There are three programs, delivered through Tangentyere’s Town Camp Community Centres that work with families to support improved outcomes for children from birth to 5 years, including:

• Tangentyere’s Early Childhood Education Supported Playgroup 

• Tangentyere’s Child Family Centre program 

• Congress’ Connected Beginnings Program

The intention of this role is to support improved developmental outcomes through better service integration within Tangentyere services and with external services providing specialist child and allied health services.  Congress Child Health Teams, who manage the Connected Beginnings Program in Alice Springs and the broader Central Australian region, provide a range of multi-disciplinary health and development assessments to ensure that Aboriginal children aged 0-5, can access necessary allied health services, early years and pre-school programs as needed. 

This role is part of a dynamic team that uses strengths-based, client-centred, community-led approaches to respond to client identified needs. The role facilitates service linkages and referrals to a broad range of internal and external programs and service providers. This role will support Tangentyere’s Early Childhood Education Team in undertaking ASQ Trak assessments. It will also support the Early Childhood Education Team and Child and Family Centre Service Connectors to provide wraparound assistance to families where required and refer clients to specialist programs including services provided by Congress’s Child Health Teams.  

This role will work under guidance from the Division Manager and in close collaboration with the Congress Connected Beginnings Team. The position involves working in Town Camp Community Centres alongside the CFC Service Connectors, Early Years Educators, Local Support Workers, and Community Centre Coordinators. Town Campers recognise Tangentyere’s Community Centres as culturally safe spaces to access services and resources. Through the Centres, families get assistance to access a range of support services and programs designed to strengthen family and community capacity in achieving outcomes in overall wellbeing, equity of opportunity and improved outcomes.

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual with excellent communication and facilitation skills who is committed to working with Town Camp children and families. Additionally, they will engage with stakeholders and community members to promote the Connected Beginnings and Child Family Centre Programs while ensuring culturally safe, accessibility and responsiveness to individuals, families, and communities across the Alice Springs region. 

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Closing date: 15/07/2026

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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CAYLUS Youth Engagement Worker

This is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Identified Position

Level: 3.1

Salary: $75,586 per annum/pro rata 

Status: Casual

CAYLUS is a petrol sniffing prevention program. 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 is an Aboriginal Identified role, and only Aboriginal people will be considered. This position will work on a casual basis in remote communities across Central Australia. 

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Closing date: 15/07/2026

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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Carpenter  - Constructions

Level: 6.1

Salary: $108,696 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: 04/08/2026

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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Repair & Maintenance Worker (Minor)

This is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Identified Position

Level: 2.1

Salary: $67,627  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 and Trade Repairs and Maintenance Works on the Alice Springs Town Camps and 22 Remote Communities.

Repairs and Maintenance Workers provide the first response to repairs and maintenance issues reported by tenants and/or tenancy managers.

The work of the Repairs and Maintenance Worker includes inspection, assessment, and completion of minor repairs under the direction of the Team Leader. Work that requires trade qualified repairs and maintenance will be reported to the Team Leader.

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Closing date: 04/08/2026

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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Early Childhood Education Educator

Level: 5.1

Salary: $99,741 per annum/pro rata 

Status: Part Time 12 Month Contract

Please note this position is a short term maternity leave cover contract.

Tangentyere Early Childhood Education (ECE) is an innovative and unique program that supports Aboriginal children and youth to achieve positive outcomes in education, safety, and wellbeing in the Alice Springs Greater Region.

The Early Childhood Educator will be part of a small, dynamic team tasked with improving access to Early Childhood Education (ECE) for children in the 0-5-year-old age group living on Town Camps. The program supports both children and their parents and carers to receive a positive start to their child’s education journey. 

The ECE Educator position will work closely with the ECE Coordinator alongside community to help develop and deliver playgroups to support Aboriginal families and children in Town Camp communities to feel safe and connected to ECE and understand the importance of early childhood development. The ECE Educator will work with other Tangentyere programs and approved external agencies to ensure highly integrated practice and increased parental participation in the crucial area of school readiness.

To be successful in this role you will have sound knowledge of ECE pedagogies, EYL Framework and be able to apply these responsively within Town Camps.   

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Closing date: 08/07/2026

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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People & Culture Manager Employee Relations

Level: 8.1

Salary: $138,421 per annum/pro rata 

Status: Permanent Full Time 

The People & Culture Manager plays a key role in partnering with leaders to deliver contemporary people strategies and initiatives that support organisational performance, employee engagement, and a positive workplace culture. Working collaboratively across the organisation, the role provides trusted advice and contributes to the development and implementation of People & Culture programs, policies, and practices that align with organisational values and objectives.

With a specialist focus on employee relations, the position leads the management of complex workplace matters, ensures compliance with employment legislation and industrial instruments, and provides expert guidance to leaders on workplace issues. This position plays a key role in mitigating organisational risk through the development of effective people practices, policies, and governance frameworks. The role also drives continuous improvement in people practices, promotes fair and consistent decision-making, and helps build leadership capability to create a respectful, high-performing, and compliant workplace.

The role also provides leadership and oversight of the Work Health and Safety (WHS) function, ensuring the organisation maintains a safe, healthy, and compliant workplace. Working closely with the WHS team and organisational leaders, the position supports the development and implementation of WHS strategies, systems, and initiatives that promote a proactive safety culture, manage workplace risks, and ensure compliance with relevant legislation. The role fosters shared accountability for health, safety, and wellbeing across the organisation while driving continuous improvement in WHS performance.

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Closing date: 29/07/2026

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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Care Finder Tangentyere Aged & Community Services 

Level: 5.1

Salary: $99,741  per annum/pro rata 

Status: Permanent Full Time 

TACS provide CHSP, HCP, Care Finder, & Chronic Disease home care ¢tre-based services to an extremely diverse and vulnerable cohort of people, where health is more 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.

The Tangentyere Care Finder will provide specialist and intensive time limited assistance to help people to understand and access aged care services and connect with other relevant services with the overall view of improving people’s awareness and foster engagement in the aged care system.

The Tangentyere Care Finder will also provide support to eligible elders from their entry into the Care Finder program, the navigation of the system and determining services, connection to an appropriate provider, as well ongoing “post-connection” supports to ensure elders are receiving the services they need.

The successful applicant will be highly organised and will be able to manage a varied and heavy workload. They will have experience working with vulnerable people, have clinical knowledge and case management experience. This person will also have strong interpersonal communication skills, be self-motivated and have the ability to establish solid and sustainable professional relationships with all stakeholders. They will also be a team player and be able to work within the Aged Care program

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Closing date: 15/07/2026

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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Men's Behaviour Change Children's Safety Worker

Level: 6.1

Salary: $108,969  per annum/pro rata 

Status: Permanent Full Time 

The Tangentyere Men’s Behaviour Change Program (MBCP) aims to work towards the safety, well-being, human rights and dignity of women, children and others affected by men’s use of violence. It incorporates Element Four of the Northern Territory’s Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (DFSV) 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. 

The MBCP offers a groupwork model and space for men who use violence and abuse in their intimate relationships. Our work with men is part of an integrated response, including Women’s Safety Workers (WSW) who provide support for partners, ex-partners, and their children.

1. Increase the safety of women and children.

2. Monitor risk through an integrated response.

3. Support men to make change and stop using violence.

The Children’s Safety Worker will work in partnership with the Women’s Safety Workers (WSW) to support, represent, and advocate for children impacted by violence. They will understand the impact of DFSV on children and utilise a trauma-informed approach to increase their safety. The successful candidate will be highly motivated with excellent communication skills and is committed to reducing violence against women and children in Central Australia.

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Closing date: 15/07/2026

Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date. 

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