Victorian Refugee Health Network seeking Executive Group Membership – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

The Victorian Refugee Health Network welcomes Expressions of Interest from interested parties who have experience working with people of refugee background and people seeking asylum to join the Network’s Executive Group.

The Victorian Refugee Health Network (the Network) welcomes Expressions of Interest (EoI) from interested parties who have experience working with people of refugee background and people seeking asylum to join the Network’s Executive Group.

The Executive Group provides strategic oversight and key policy advice related to health services and systems for people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds in Victoria. Functions of the group are guided by the Network’s Strategic Plan and include the following key activities:

Identify and advise key stakeholders including Victorian Department of Health and other Government stakeholders of emerging health issues and priorities for people from refugee backgrounds.
Provide strategic and service delivery insight for capacity building and quality improvement initiatives for the health system to address the needs of people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds.
Provide guidance on, and endorsement, of the Network’s policy advocacy, including policy formulation, and education, training and resource development.
Provide oversight of the Network’s workplan activities.

The Executive Group is looking to incorporate the following areas of experience:

Paediatrics
General Practice and Primary Care
Disability
Mental Health
Rural and Regional Refugee Health

View the Executive Group’s Terms of Reference

How to Apply

If you would like to apply to be a member of the Network’s Executive Group, please view the Expression of Interest document and submit a short application that outlines:
Your interest in being a member of the Network’s executive group
Relevant skills and experience

The Network highly encourages people with lived experience to apply. Please submit your application via email to refugeehealth@foundationhouse.org.au.

Please direct any queries to Gavin Halge, Coordinator, Victorian Refugee Health Network
halgeg@foundationhouse.org.au

Applications close mid-March 2024.

View the Executive Group’s Expression of Interest document here

Victorian Refugee Health Network

	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District acknowledges the Yorta Yorta People of the land which comprises the Goulburn Valley. We pay respect to tribal Elders, past, present and emerging and we celebrate their continuing culture and acknowledge the memory of their ancestors.
	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District is a peak body whose mission is to promote and represent the social, cultural and economic well-being of ethnic communities in the Goulburn Valley Region through the provision of quality and innovative settlement, refugee support, community development, and information and advocacy services.