Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator

About the organisation

Jesuit Social Services is a social change organisation working to build a just society where all people can live to their full potential. We reflect on the critical factors shaping our contemporary world; the social, political and economic contexts, and we adapt our practice to work with those most in need.

Since 1977, Jesuit Social Services has provided services to some of the most disadvantaged in our community.

We place a high priority on advocacy and are a leader in policy development and research.

About the role

The Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator is a new role joining an expanding team in the Stop It Now! Australia program.

The role will focus on coordinating and maintaining Stop It Now! Australia’s Stakeholder Engagement Plan to facilitate meaningful collaborative relationships to prevent child sexual abuse and develop effective referral pathways into and out of the Stop It Now! Australia Helpline.

The successful candidate will work closely with the leadership team to coordinate, maintain and strengthen relationships with key child sexual abuse prevention stakeholders across all states and territories, including law enforcement, child protection, service providers, victim-survivor organisations and other NGOs and advocates.

The role will coordinate collaboration with organisations and advocates representing priority groups for the service to ensure the program is accessible, safe and inclusive for; victims and survivors of child sexual abuse and their advocates, children and young people and their support networks, First Nations peoples, CALD communities, people with disability, LGBTQIA+ people, and people living in regional and remote communities

Competitive remuneration, plus salary packaging benefit, is offered together with ongoing professional and career development as well as opportunities for personal growth.

What Jesuit Social Services can offer you

• An organisation that lives its values, through its day to day work
• A welcoming and supportive relational environment
• A comprehensive Induction and Orientation program
• Ongoing training and development related to your role
• Employee assistance program
• A competitive salary plus salary packaging benefits
• Generous leave

About you

This role will suit a candidate with the following skills and experience:

1. Demonstrated experience in building awareness and service demand for a helpline service OR fostering and strengthening relationships with diverse stakeholders in child sexual abuse prevention to increase service usage, including community organisations, law enforcement, government agencies, CSAP partners, and advocates, to support shared service goals and outcomes.
2. Demonstrated experience in coordinating and maintaining Stakeholder Engagement Plan(s), partnerships, or networks, ideally within human services, community, health, or social justice settings, including monitoring engagement activities and contributing to continuous improvement. This should include continuous revision of the Stakeholder Engagement Plan in response to service data such as call/contact volumes, incoming and outgoing referral pathways, and relevant industry research.
3. Demonstrated experience in managing subcontractor relationships, including performance monitoring, compliance, and alignment with organisational objectives. Demonstrated strong organisational skills, including the ability to plan, deliver, and evaluate projects within agreed timelines.
4. Demonstrated comfort and commitment to working to prevent child sexual abuse offending and/or existing relationships with one or more of the following: CSAP sector, law enforcement, child protection, corrections, health networks, justice support organisations or court networks, other helpline providers, relevant government departments, academia, or other relevant stakeholder types.
5. Experience in designing, implementing or improving strategies to build and sustain referral pathways into services including working with multiple stakeholders to ensure effective and appropriate referral processes.
6. Demonstrated experience working with, or coordinating engagement with, organisations and advocates representing one or more priority groups: victims and survivors of child sexual abuse and their advocates; children and young people and their support networks; First Nations peoples; CALD communities; people with disability; LGBTQIA+ people; people living in regional and remote communities.

About the program

Stop It Now! Australia

Stop It Now! Australia is a child sexual abuse prevention program which works with individuals concerned about their own or someone else’s sexual thoughts or behaviours towards children. It was first established by a victim-survivor of child sexual abuse in the U.S. 30 years ago, and we have been delivering the service here in Australia for over three years. We have recently received federal funding to develop a larger scale Offending Prevention Service based on the Stop It Now! Australia Pilot program.

The program’s key feature is an anonymous phone helpline for people who are worried about their own sexual thoughts and behaviours in relation to children, as well as professionals and family members who are concerned about the behaviour of others. The service also includes a website with advice, self-help materials and guidance to raise awareness related to child sexual abuse. Stop it Now! Australia/Offending Prevention Service is dedicated to reducing or eliminating the sexual abuse and exploitation of children and seeks to achieve this by engaging with adults who may go on to harm children, and other protective adults. While the service can be accessed anonymously, all mandatory reporting guidelines are complied with.

Stop It Now! Australia sits within the Child Sexual Abuse Prevention (CSAP) team and is part of The Men’s Project.

The Men’s Project

The Men’s Project is an initiative of Jesuit Social Services launched in 2017. It provides leadership on the reduction of violence and other harmful behaviours prevalent among boys and men, and builds approaches to improve their wellbeing and keep families and communities safe.

Our vision is for good men, respectful relationships and safe communities.

We will achieve this by:

• research to understand the behaviours and underlying attitudes of men and boys including related to violence, child sexual abuse and the well-being of men and boys themselves.
• promoting positive change around gender norms related to what it means to be a man in the 21st century as well as building skills to intervene to prevent violence; and
• developing innovative ways to stop cycles of violence and harmful behaviour among boys and men.

Current priorities for The Men’s Project include:

• drawing on our Man Box research and child sexual abuse prevalence study, building a greater understanding of perpetration including opportunities for prevention and early intervention;
• supporting people who work with men and boys every day (e.g. teachers, sports coaches, social workers) to prevent violence and improve the well-being of men and boys;
• developing new early intervention approaches with adolescents at-risk of using violence;
• strengthening early intervention responses for adults and young people to prevent child sexual abuse; and
• drawing on our grounded practice experience, advocating for systemic changes that seek to prevent violence and child sexual abuse.

The Men’s Project builds on Jesuit Social Services’ over 45 year engagement with boys and men in trouble, but it also involves us leading new work to reduce violence, to improve the wellbeing of boys and men, and to keep families and communities safe.

How to apply

• Upload your resume and cover letter incorporating your responses to the Key Selection Criteria from the Position Description.

• For further information please contact Fleur Blüm, Program Establishment Manager on 0457 661 822.

Applications close at 5.00pm on 12 January, 2026.

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and the closing date may be subject to change without notice.

Please apply in confidence.

Jesuit Social Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We celebrate and welcome all people regardless of ethnicity, cultural background, age, gender, sexuality, disability or religious affiliation.

We strongly encourage applications from all community members including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, people with a disability, people of culturally diverse backgrounds and working parents.

Jesuit Social Services is a Child Safe organisation and is committed to protecting children and young people from harm. We require all applicants to undergo an extensive screening process prior to appointment.