Busy but rewarding part-time role for someone who is passionate about working with young people and ending child sexual exploitation.
In this role you will develop and deliver ECPAT's youth engagement programme, bringing together cohorts of young people who have experienced, or are at risk of experiencing, trafficking or sexual exploitation. It provides a chance for them to learn, grow and share; to access support they might need; and to engage in youth-led campaigning and future advocacy around child sexual exploitation.
Our Youth Engagement project offers a safe and supportive space that empowers participants to learn mana-enhancing life skills such as:
What sets ECPAT apart is our distinct youth-centric approach, which is designed to foster social innovation while enhancing participants’ overall well-being. We foster recovery, leadership, and systemic change, with an emphasis on prevention, early intervention, and post-traumatic growth.
In this role you will also be an important part of the wider ECPAT team, potentially contributing to trainings, research, advocacy, campaigning, and communications, particularly developing our social media presence.
This is a role for a highly motivated individual, who enjoys engaging with young people, learning, forging connections and having real impact. We are aiming for our Youth Engagement Programme to be youth-led. We welcome applications from young people, people with lived experience of child exploitation/trafficking, and minority groups.
This is an Auckland-based role with possibility of some travel offered. Initially the role is for one year, with possibility of extension. Aprx 15 hours per week.
Requirements:
We do not want to be prescriptive about the requirements for this role. If you have experience with leading/delivering projects, a demonstrated commitment to ending abuse in New Zealand, and relate well to at-risk rangatahi, this could be the role for you.
Desirable:
Experience working with Māori and Pasifika youth;
Knowledge of the New Zealand context of child abuse and sexual abuse;
Project coordination and project management experience;
Social media experience;
Experience and existing relationships within the NZ youth ecosystem;
Great relationship and communication skills;
Demonstrated cultural competency with a priority for Te Ao Māori;
Facilitation and/or teaching skills;
Highly motivated and productive individual, able to work independently.
Please send your cv and cover letter to info@ecpat.org.nz
We will begin interviews in early March and may fill the position once a suitable candidate is found.
ECPAT Child Alert coordinates and participates in collaborative national and international programmes to ensure that children everywhere enjoy their fundamental rights and have security from all forms of commercial sexual exploitation. We provide training in how to recognise and respond to domestic trafficking and sexual exploitation of children in New Zealand. We campaign and advocate for solutions to sexual exploitation of children including online sexual abuse imagery, forced sex work, and child marriage.