Volunteer Educator

Description:

St John WA is a well renowned not-for-profit organisation whose vision and purpose is to serve humanity and build resilient communities.
With over 130 years of experience, the culture at St John WA is underpinned by a strong team spirit, camaraderie and the collaboration of employees and volunteers working together to change lives, while creating a powerful sense of belonging, where our people want to work.
This combined with over 2800 permanent team members, 6000 volunteer team members and annual revenues of $500 million, makes St John WA the industry leader in the provision of pre-hospital care and related products in Western Australia. Each year we attend in excess of 275,000 people across the state, treat 350,000 patients at our primary health centres and teach over 330,000 people life-saving first aid skills
The Opportunity
We are currently recruiting a Volunteer Educator to join our Metro Clinical Education team. This is a 6-Month Fixed Term Part-Time role (possibility of extension) and will be responsible for effectively training and assessing our Event Health Services volunteers in pre-hospital care and clinical skills to produce competent and confident St John Volunteer Officers.
This position will primarily involve working from Friday to Monday, with a rostered schedule of 2 days per week or 4 days per fortnight, totalling 18.75 hours per week or 37.5 hours per fortnight.
What you’ll do:
Engage volunteers using a variety of adult learning styles and principles.
Ensure appropriate lesson preparation is undertaken prior to commencing a class.
Educate and teach practical skills and theory in accordance with St John’s Clinical Practice Guidelines to volunteers.
Facilitate and present training content using contemporary learning methods and a wide range of media types.
Record training information using administration systems.
Monitor student progress throughout the course and support the development of volunteers through additional training, evaluation and constructive feedback.
Follow assessment principles and guidelines according to volunteer education frameworks and assessment standards.
Ensure student assessment procedures are thoroughly prepared and students are aware of assessment requirements.
Remain fair and unbiased when assessing students.
What you’ll need:
Relevant experience in teaching and assessing adults.
Experience in a volunteer role (desirable).
Established understanding of adult learning styles and principles.
Strong, articulate and comprehensible communication skills.
Extensive knowledge of basic clinical skills.
Excellent organisational and time management skills.
Basic understanding of Microsoft PowerPoint.
Basic use of an iPad and other IT systems.
What’s in it for you?
The successful candidate will be offered an interactive and supportive working environment along with:
$550 Health and Wellness bonus pro rata
17.5% annual leave loading
Corporate uniform
Competitive remuneration package
Salary packaging options
Free emergency ambulance cover
Free first aid training
Are you ready to change lives?
To apply for this exciting opportunity please select "Apply Now". Applications must include a detailed cover letter outlining your motivations for this position and an updated resume.
Alternatively, if you have any questions, please contact Passang Dema – Talent Sourcing Consultant on (08) 9334 1332
Applications close on Tuesday 16th April at 6pm.
St John WA is committed to creating an inclusive environment which provides a sense of belonging and enables a welcoming, diverse, capable and connected workforce who represent the community we serve. Our goal is to ensure people feel safe to be themselves.
We actively encourage applications from people of all ages, genders, nationalities, abilities, and cultural backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, members of the LGBTIQ+ community, and all other suitable applicants.
Please note that St John will not accept recruitment agency applications for this position.
St John reserves the right to select a shortlist from the applications received. The selection process employed will be at the discretion of St John.
St John may begin the shortlisting process prior to the closing date.