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Careers

Join the team

Join the team

ADA Australia is a statewide, not-for-profit, independent, community-based advocacy and education service, supporting and improving the wellbeing of older people and people with disability. ADA Australia has offices throughout Queensland, with its head office located in Geebung.

At ADA Australia we value our staff. We know that it’s a compassionate, imaginative and caring team that gets the best outcomes for our clients. . We believe that every employee brings a unique perspective, opinion and life skills that not only serves as a foundation for the work we undertake, but truly help form the way we conduct our business.

We offer a flexible, family friendly and inclusive workplace, where diversity is celebrated, and our workplace culture is built on respect, dignity and fairness. A recent staff engagement survey reported 97% of our staff voted ADA Australia as a truly great places to work. We also encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, the LGBTIQ+ community and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
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Work with us

As an employer of choice, our staff enjoy a range of benefits including:

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Flexibility including working from home options
Monthly RDO
Monthly RDO
Generous salary packaging options
Generous salary packaging options
Access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Professional learning opportunities
Professional learning opportunities
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Voluntary access to flu immunisation annually

Open roles

If you are interested in a career with ADA Australia, please browse the any career opportunities we have below:

Project officer, SLASS

ADA Law

Brisbane
Part-time – 24 to 32 hours per week

Fixed term 6-month contract Applications close: 5pm, Thursday 14 September 2023 (early submission of application is strongly encouraged, as interviews may commence prior to the closing date)

Lead Practitioner - Abuse of Vulnerable Adults & Older Persons

ADA Australia

Brisbane or Gold Coast

Full Time Permanent

ADA Australia is seeking a Lead Practitioner to provide expert information directly to clients and to external stakeholders about client matters within the specialist area of abuse of vulnerable adults & older people. We are seeking people with Experience working with older people or disadvantaged/vulnerable groups and operating within a social justice framework. Applications close 5pm, Friday 13 September 2024.

Lead Practitioner - Abuse of Vulnerable Adults & Older Persons

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Connector

ADA Australia

Cairns

Full time - Fixed term contract until 30 June 2025

The Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Community Connector provides information and support to clients to ensure that they are sufficiently informed to empower them to make their own choices to access the relevant supports that they require. This involves utilising an assertive outreach approach to engage and build rapport with potential clients as well as local intermediaries, stakeholders and networks. This Identified position will have an additional focus on connecting with and supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and communities within the Cairns region. Applications close 5pm Friday 13 September.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Connector

Advocate - Aged Care

ADA Australia

Cairns

Full-time - Fixed term contract until 30 June 2025

ADA Australia is seeking an Advocate (Aged Care) to deliver high-quality advocacy through information, education, support and representation. We are seeking people with Experience working with and/or advocating for older people or disadvantaged/vulnerable groups and operating within a social justice framework. Applications close 5pm, Friday 13 September 2024.

Advocate - Aged Care

Senior Policy and Recruitment Officer

ADA Australia

Brisbane

Part-time

ADA Australia is seeking a Senior Policy and Research Officer to coordinate and undertake policy development, providing high-level analysis and advice, to support ADA Australia’s response to systemic advocacy initiatives and commitments. This involves conducting policy analysis of issues affecting older people and people with disability, as well as monitoring government policies and programs relating to older people, people with disability and people subject to guardianship and administration matters. Applications close 5pm Tuesday 17 September.

Senior Policy and Recruitment Officer

Team Leader - Words 2 Action ILC Project

ADA Australia

Brisbane or Gold Coast

Full-time

ADA Australia is seeking a Team Leader – Words 2 Action to oversee and coordinate the design, establishment and delivery of ADA’s Words 2 Actions ILC (Information, Linkages and Capacity Building). This involves ensuring that the program to delivers high quality activities that ensure people with disability, their families and carers, are aware of their rights and have skills, knowledge and confidence to exercise those rights. Applications close 5pm Wednesday 25 September.

Team Leader - Words 2 Action ILC Project

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