Our Purpose, Vision and Values

Our Purpose:

• We create opportunities for people in our communities to live healthier, more connected lives

Our Vision:

• We strive to be a global leader in health, inclusion and HIV responses for all people in our communities

Our Values:

• COMMUNITY – We are made for and by our community. Lived experience is at the heart of what do and guides our decision-making.
• COLLABORATION – We work meaningfully with, and value the expertise of, our communities, colleagues, partners and allies.
• COMPASSION – We acknowledge the stigma, discrimination and inequality our communities face. We hold these experiences with care and compassion as we conduct our work.
• COURAGE – We strive to be courageous in who we are and the ways we work, constantly evolving, and working with integrity to ensure the best possible outcomes for our communities.
• EQUITY – We recognise that improving health outcomes requires varying levels of investment to help rectify structural inequities. We strive to work with an intersectional lens to champion the needs of our communities, recognising the systems that compound diverse and overlapping circumstances.

Care Coordinator/Counsellor – Sexual, Domestic & Family Violence Services

Do you believe in building safer, healthier futures for LGBTQ+ communities impacted by sexual, domestic and family violence? At ACON, you’ll be part of a bold, community-driven organisation at the forefront of health and wellbeing for LGBTQ+ people.

• We’re looking for a passionate and skilled practitioner to join our Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence (SDFV) Care Coordination/Counselling team and provide critical support to LGBTQ+ people experiencing, escaping and recovering from violence and abuse.
• This isn’t just another care coordination and counselling role, it’s a chance to help shape how sexual, domestic and family violence services truly meet the needs of LGBTQ+ people.
• Part-time (42 hours per fortnight) role based in our Gadigal/Sydney office.

What’s the Sexual, Domestic & Family Violence (SDFV) Service?

The SDFV team focuses on trauma-informed, culturally safe, client-led, short-term interventions for LGBTQ+ people experiencing, escaping or recovering from sexual, domestic and/or family violence.

We support LGBTQ+ people through counselling, case coordination, safety planning, advocacy, and referrals. We work to reduce barriers, challenge stigma, and strengthen pathways so that LGBTQ+ people experiencing violence can access the right support, at the right time.

Ok, so what’s the role?

As the Care Coordinator/Counsellor – SDFV Services, you will:

• Provide trauma-informed counselling and care coordination to LGBTQ+ people experiencing and recovering from violence.
• Support clients through safety planning, case management, and system navigation.
• Build collaborative relationships with external services and advocate for inclusive responses for LGBTQ+ communities.
• Contribute to service development and sector capacity building by feeding back community needs, trends, and best practice approaches.

Who are we looking for?

• Someone experienced and qualified in Psychology, Counselling, Social Work, or a related field, and current registration with an appropriate professional body (e.g. AASW, AHPRA) where required.
• A person knowledgeable about sexual, domestic, and family violence, with an understanding of the drivers, impacts, and complexities of SDFV, and particularly how they affect LGBTQ+ people and communities.
• A compassionate, trauma-informed and strengths-based person, who is committed to working alongside people with lived experience of violence.
• Someone with strong care coordination and counselling skills, and the ability to balance empathy with professional boundaries.
• An individual who values inclusion and understands the unique barriers faced by LGBTQ+ communities, First Nations peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, and people living with disability.
• An active collaborator who can also take initiative and work independently.

What else can we tell you?

ACON provides a colourful, nurturing, and fun workplace. Our employees and volunteers are the foundation for our ongoing effectiveness and for our capacity to deliver innovative community engagement and health promotion programs and initiatives for our communities.

To support the successful candidate in their new role at ACON we offer:

• Flexible working arrangements.
• Generous learning and development opportunities.
• Potential for tailored mentoring opportunities.
• Supportive working environment with a knowledgeable and friendly team.

We provide a flexible and supportive working environment. You’ll be part of the Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence team in the Peer and Client Services Division, a highly varied team providing multi-disciplinary care, including counselling, peer support, and home-based care.

What’s the remuneration and working details?

Salary:           $93,053.00 to $95,055.00 per-annum FTE (Gross Salary, PLUS Superannuation and Leave Loading) [$51.128 – $52.228/hr + Super + LL].

Location:      ACON’s Gadigal land (Sydney) Office, with flexible working options a possibility (away from the office).

Hours:          Part-Time (42 hours per fortnight) on a 1-year fixed term contract with the possibility of extension.

We offer flexible working arrangements and a generous array of benefits and entitlements often above the National Employment Standards (NES) including:

• Salary Packaging up to $35,000 gross up value (i.e., currently up to $15,900 Expenses + $2,650 Meals, tax free).
• Generous pro-rata leave entitlements – including up to an extra week of paid leave for full time employees to be taken during our Christmas and New Year’s shutdown period.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – access to a comprehensive counselling service free to employees.

How can I find out more details and apply?

If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply to join our team and help us make a meaningful impact on the lives of those we serve. By joining us, you will be part of a mission to create a healthier and more inclusive community.

We’d love someone who has experience already in this area but people at all levels of experience are absolutely welcome to apply. We highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from CALD backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people of all genders to apply.

For more information on the role, please contact Maddy Liiv, Team Leader, Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Services via email at mliiv@acon.org.au.

If this sounds like the position and organisation you’ve been looking for, find out how to apply at www.acon.org.au/jobs.

Your ONLINE APPLICATION must include:

1. Your completed ACON Employment Application Form with all the details filled in where requested; attaching your:
   1. Cover Letter (max. 3 pages) outlining how the position aligns with your Personal Values and Interests, and how your Skills and Experience meet the Essential Selection Criteria in the Position Description; and
   2. Resume (max. 2 pages) outlining any current and previous employment and training. Be sure to include your Education History and any Formal Qualifications, Major/Minor Study Fields, Honours and Publications, and Work Experience (including Paid Jobs, Internships, and Volunteer work).

Applications Close: Sunday, 28 September 2025

POSITION DESCRIPTION

We are grounded in the belief that diversity is our strength, our differentiator, and at the core of who we are and what we do. As part of our commitment to inclusion, we encourage applications from people living with HIV, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and LGBTQ people from culturally, linguistically and ethnically diverse, migrant and refugee backgrounds, and LGBTQ people of colour.

Peer Worker (Trans Mental Health and Wellbeing) Northern Rivers (Part Time)

Bundjalung Land / Lismore Office, 3 days a week.

• We are on the lookout for someone to join the Client Services team and play a vital role in our Trans Mental Health and Wellbeing program.
• This position has come about through funding to support the mental health and wellbeing of trans and gender diverse people (including people questioning their gender).

Ok, so what’s the role?

The Peer Worker (Trans Mental Health and Wellbeing) uses lived experience to guide the provision of peer navigation, peer support, mentoring and advocacy to trans community members. The position sits within and works closely with the broader ACON Client Services team to deliver trauma-informed, wholistic person-centred support to clients.

You will be required to use your experience openly, appropriately and effectively to build professional relationships with the people you support. You will be providing support to people living throughout NSW face-to-face in the ACON office and via telehealth. Due to the nature of the role, you will be supporting individuals that are experiencing mental ill health, distress, suicidal ideation or suicidal crisis.

You will:

• Provide peer navigation, peer support, mentoring and advocacy to trans and gender diverse people, including people who are questioning their gender, and trans people who are experiencing mental ill health, present in distress or are experiencing a suicidal crisis.
• Use a strengths-based and person-led approach to help clients navigate to gender affirming care and support, and if required to support them to meet their recovery journey goals.
• Support clients to strengthen their self-management skills through self-directed and shared learning experiences.
• Work collaboratively with the broader clinical, non-clinical and health promotion teams within ACON to ensure that the broad psycho-social support needs of clients are being met.
• Maintain timely client records by documenting client work in ACON’s electronic client record management system.
• Collect required client data to enable reporting to funders and service evaluation, including demographics, client outcome and client experience data.
• Conduct outreach support (as required) following ACON policies and procedures – this could include attending appointments or conducting home visits with clients to provide advocacy and support.

Who are we looking for?

• Someone with the ability to reflect thoughtfully upon one’s personal lived experience of being trans or gender diverse, and an understanding of which elements may be common to other trans people, with the intention of providing peer navigation and peer support.
• A person with lived experience of, and recovery from, psychological distress, mental ill health, and a willingness to share your story purposefully to support the mental health of others.
• Someone with at least 6-months work in a peer position or volunteering with LGBTQ+ community members.
• A person with a strong commitment to, and understanding of, trauma-informed recovery-based practice.
• Someone who works independently and collaboratively in a team, reporting regularly to be supported.
• A person with well-developed communication skills and demonstrated experience using MS Office.

What else can we tell you?

ACON provides a colourful, nurturing, and fun workplace. Our employees and volunteers are the foundation for our ongoing effectiveness and for our capacity to deliver innovative community engagement and health promotion programs and initiatives for our communities.

To support the successful candidate in their new role at ACON we offer:

• Flexible working arrangements.
• Generous learning and development opportunities.
• Potential for tailored mentoring opportunities.
• Supportive working environment with a knowledgeable and friendly team.

We provide a flexible and supportive work environment as part of the Client Services Unit within the Community Health Division. A highly focused team responsible for delivering trauma-informed, wholistic person-centred support to clients.

The ‘Nuts & Bolts’

Salary:           $75,625 – $85,614 (Gross FTE per-annum, PLUS Superannuation and Leave Loading) [$41.552 – $47.040/ hr + Super + LL].  – commensurate with skills, qualifications, and experience.

Location:      ACON’s Bundjalung land / Lismore Office, with flexible working options a possibility (away from the office).

Hours:          Part-Time (42 hours per fortnight) on an 8 Month fixed term contract (with the possibility of extension).

We offer flexible working arrangements and a generous array of benefits and entitlements often above the National Employment Standards (NES) including:

• Salary Packaging up to $35,000 gross up value (i.e., currently up to $15,900 Expenses + $2,650 Meals, tax free).
• Generous pro-rata leave entitlements – including up to an extra week of paid leave for full time employees to be taken during our Christmas and New Year’s shutdown period.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – access to a comprehensive counselling service free to employees.

Still reading?

If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply to join our team and help us make a meaningful impact on the lives of those we serve. By joining us, you will be part of a mission to create a healthier and more inclusive community.

We’d love someone who has experience already in this area but people at all levels of experience are absolutely welcome to apply. We highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from CALD backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people of all genders to apply.

For more information on the role, please contact Kate Airmid, Team Leader, Peer Workers, via email at kairmid@acon.org.au or (02) 4962 7700.

Your ONLINE APPLICATION must include:

1. Your completed ACON Employment Application Form with all the details filled in where requested; attaching your:
   1. Cover Letter (max. 4 pages) outlining how the position aligns with your Personal Values and Interests, and how your Skills and Experience meet the Essential Selection Criteria in the Position Description; and
   2. Resume (max. 4 pages) outlining any current and previous employment and training. Be sure to include your Education History and any Formal Qualifications, Major / Minor Study Fields, Honours and Publications, and Work Experience (including Paid Jobs, Internships, and Volunteer work).

Applications Close: Wednesday 8 October 2025

POSITION DESCRIPTION

We are grounded in the belief that diversity is our strength, our differentiator, and at the core of who we are and what we do. As part of our commitment to inclusion, we encourage applications from people living with HIV, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and LGBTQ people from culturally, linguistically and ethnically diverse, migrant and refugee backgrounds, and LGBTQ people of colour.

Manager, Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence

Do you want to build safer, healthier futures for LGBTQ+ communities impacted by sexual, domestic and family violence? At ACON, you’ll be part of a bold, community-driven organisation at the forefront of health and wellbeing for LGBTQ+ people. Lead our innovative work in sexual, domestic and family violence and help shape the way our services and programs truly meet the needs of LGBTQ+ people. 

We’re looking for a passionate and skilled manager to lead our new integrated Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence (SDFV) team that brings together ACON’s specialist frontline services and with ACON’s other initiatives addressing sexual, domestic, and family violence experienced by LGBTQ+ people. This is a full-time role based in the Gadigal/Sydney office.

What’s the Sexual, domestic and family violence team?

The Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Team is part of ACON’s Peer and Client Services division. The Peer and Client Services Division works alongside LGBTQ+ people to support their health and wellbeing through one-on-one or group interventions. SDFV Team is responsible for specialist LGBTQ+ SDFV Care Coordination/Counselling, SDFV group work, Say It Out Loud (a national online resource), Proud Partners (behaviour change), the sexual violence consult service and other SDFV initiatives.

Ok, so what’s the role?

The Manager, SDFV is responsible for overseeing ACON’s specialist LGBTQ+ SDFV services and programs. The Manager will ensure trauma-informed, culturally safe, affirming and evidence-based approaches are embedded across all aspects of the team’s work, and will advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusive and affirming responses to SDFV across NSW.

You will be responsible for:

Program and Service Management: 

• Oversee delivery of care coordination/counselling services, group programs, consultation services and other health promotion activity.
• Ensure services and programs are trauma-informed, intersectional, and responsive to diverse community needs.

Stakeholder Engagement and Advocacy:

• Build and maintain strategic relationships and represent ACON and the needs of LGBTQ+ people in key SDFV environment and advocate for inclusive policy, system and service responses.

Research, Policy & Evaluation: 

• Support and contribute to initiatives to strengthen the evidence base on responses to LGBTQ+ SDFV. Ensure program activities are informed by current research and community co-design – monitor and report on program outcomes, budgets, and impact and focus on continuous improvement.

Operational Leadership:

• Lead the strategic development of ACON’s LGBTQ+ SDFV work and ensure alignment with ACON’s Impact Strategy, Business and Action Plans, and relevant NSW SDFV strategies. Actively participate in ACON’s leadership forums and the leadership group of Peer and Client Services.

Team Management:

• Manage and support a multidisciplinary team – foster a collaborative, inclusive, and values-driven team culture.

Who are we looking for?

• An experienced leader who can build a positive team culture and lead through change.
• Proven experience in the design and delivery of direct services and/or health promotion programs addressing sexual, domestic, and family violence.
• An ability to apply trauma-informed, intersectional, and human rights-based approaches to service and program delivery
• Proven ability to sustain effective relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders including funders.
• Experience in developing funding submissions and managing budgets, contracts, and reporting requirements.
• High-level communication skills, including report writing and public representation.
• Understanding of and commitment to ACON’s communities and strategic plan

What else can we tell you?

ACON provides a colourful, nurturing, and fun workplace. Our employees and volunteers are the foundation for our ongoing effectiveness and for our capacity to deliver innovative community engagement and health promotion programs and initiatives for our communities.

To support the successful candidate in their new role at ACON we offer:

• Flexible working arrangements.
• Generous learning and development opportunities.
• Potential for tailored mentoring opportunities.
• Supportive working environment with a knowledgeable and friendly team.

We provide a flexible and supportive working environment. You’ll lead the SDFV Team within the Peer and Client Services Division. Our community-led service offerings bring together a deep understanding of LGBTQ+ communities and meaningful, tailored support.

What’s the remuneration and working details? 

Salary:            $141,000 (Total remuneration Package per annum, Inclusive of Superannuation and Leave Loading).

Location:       ACON’s Gadigal land / Sydney Office, with flexible working options a possibility (away from the office).

Hours:           Full-Time (76 hours per fortnight) on a 2-year fixed term contract

We offer flexible working arrangements and a generous array of benefits and entitlements often above the National Employment Standards (NES) including:

• Salary Packaging up to $35,000 gross up value (i.e., currently up to $15,900 Expenses + $2,650 Meals, tax free).
• Generous pro-rata leave entitlements – including up to an extra week of paid leave for full time employees to be taken during our Christmas and New Year’s shutdown period.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – access to a comprehensive counselling service free to employees.

How can I find out more details and apply?

If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply to join our team and help us make a meaningful impact on the lives of those we serve. By joining us, you will be part of a mission to create a healthier and more inclusive community.

We’d love someone who has experience already in this area but people at all levels of experience are absolutely welcome to apply. We highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from CALD backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people of all genders to apply.

For more information on the role, please contact Sophie Potter, Director, Peer and Client Services, via email at spotter@acon.org.au

If this sounds like the position and organisation you’ve been looking for, find out how to apply at www.acon.org.au/jobs.

Your ONLINE APPLICATION must include:

1. Your completed ACON Employment Application Form with all the details filled in where requested; attaching your:
   1. Cover Letter (max. 2 pages) outlining how the position aligns with your Personal Values and Interests, and how your Skills and Experience meet the Essential Selection Criteria in the Position Description; and
   2. Resume (max. 3 pages) outlining any current and previous employment and training. Be sure to include your Education History and any Formal Qualifications, Major / Minor Study Fields, Honours and Publications, and Work Experience (including Paid Jobs, Internships, and Volunteer work).

Applications Close: Sunday 5^th October

POSITION DESCRIPTION

We are grounded in the belief that diversity is our strength, our differentiator, and at the core of who we are and what we do. As part of our commitment to inclusion, we encourage applications from people living with HIV, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and LGBTQ people from culturally, linguistically and ethnically diverse, migrant and refugee backgrounds, and LGBTQ people of colour.

Manager, Policy Advocacy and Research

Keen to use your policy, advocacy, program design/delivery, and funding skills for good? Want to leap into a career that supports the health and wellbeing of the LGBTQ+ community?

• We are on the lookout for someone to join the Policy Strategy and Research team in a key leadership role.
• Contribute to ACON’s policy and advocacy efforts across the NSW HIV sector.
• Enhance the profile of LGBTQ health.

Ok, so what’s the role?

The Manager, Policy Advocacy and Research utilises a strong understanding of HIV and LGBTQ health and the strategic environment in which ACON operates to identify and advocate for public policy reform and assist the organisation to adjust its organisational strategy.

The position is responsible for developing and managing ACON’s engagement with, and participation in, policy, research and grants development processes. The Manager facilitates an integrated approach to policy and research that builds ACON’s evidence base to understand our communities’ needs better, design effective programs and advocate for policy change to improve health outcomes. The role is responsible for developing and maintaining key strategic relationships with key government stakeholders and key decision-makers.

This position works closely with the Manager, Strategy and Impact to ensure that ACON’s operations and external relationships are aligned. The position contributes to organisation-wide planning processes, determining strategic priorities for the Board and senior leaders and works to build organisational capability to design and deliver responses that make a positive impact for our communities.

The Manager, Policy Advocacy and Research leads a small team in developing and implementing high-impact policy, research, advocacy and grants development initiatives to achieve the goals and objectives of ACON’s Impact Strategy, funding agreements and annual business plans, including the following:

• Lead and develop ACON’s policy and advocacy strategies to respond to our communities’ health and wellbeing needs and government and system reform.
• Leads ACON’s engagement with government, agencies and key stakeholders to achieve ACON’s impact strategies.
• Strengthen and maintain ACON’s strategic relationships with key government, research, legal and community stakeholders to achieve ACON’s impact strategies.
• Coordinate ACON’s research engagement programs to strengthen key partnerships, build the evidence base to achieve our strategic impacts, and manage our research ethics review processes, including promoting and disseminating key research.
• Contribute to ACON’s strategic and business planning, including the development and monitoring of annual plans aligned with ACON’s impact strategies.
• Manage the development of key outcome indicators, impact measures and key performance metrics to monitor progress of achieving ACON’s impact strategies.
• Provide high-level advice to the Board, Executive and Senior Leadership Team on emerging strategic issues and business opportunities to achieve ACON’s impact strategies.

Who are we looking for?

• Someone with a demonstrated understanding of policy, advocacy, program design and delivery, and funding processes.
• A person with the ability to lead organisational change and capability development projects, preferably focused on performance, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Someone with a proven ability to create and sustain effective relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
• An exceptional communicator with exceptional interpersonal skills, including advanced written and verbal communication, high-level presentation skills, and the ability to represent organisational and community interests.
• A person with the demonstrated ability to manage a team working across multiple projects and deliverables with competing deadlines; who can work both independently and collaboratively, with strong organisational skills and the capacity to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.
• Someone with an understanding of and commitment to ACON’s 2025-2030 Impact Strategy and other key strategic and business plans; and to ACON’s communities, including all LGBTQ people and people living with HIV.

What else can we tell you?

ACON provides a colourful, nurturing, and fun workplace. Our employees and volunteers are the foundation for our ongoing effectiveness and for our capacity to deliver innovative community engagement and health promotion programs and initiatives for our communities.

To support the successful candidate in their new role at ACON we offer:

• Flexible working arrangements.
• Generous learning and development opportunities.
• Potential for tailored mentoring opportunities.
• Supportive working environment with a knowledgeable and friendly team.

What’s the remuneration and working details?

Salary:           $120,000 per-annum (Gross Salary, PLUS Superannuation and Leave Loading).

Location:      ACON’s Gadigal land / Sydney Office, with flexible working options a possibility (away from the office).

Hours:          Full-Time (76 hours per fortnight) on a minimum 6-month fixed-term contract (with the possibility of extension).

We offer flexible working arrangements and a generous array of benefits and entitlements often above the National Employment Standards (NES) including:

• Salary Packaging up to $35,000 gross up value (i.e., currently up to $15,900 Expenses + $2,650 Meals, tax free).
• Generous pro-rata leave entitlements – including up to an extra week of paid leave for full time employees to be taken during our Christmas and New Year’s shutdown period.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – access to a comprehensive counselling service free to employees.

How can I find out more details and apply?

If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply to join our team and help us make a meaningful impact on the lives of those we serve. By joining us, you will be part of a mission to create a healthier and more inclusive community.

We’d love someone who has experience already in this area but people at all levels of experience are absolutely welcome to apply. We highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from CALD backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people of all genders to apply.

For more information on the role, please contact Brent Mackie, Director, Policy Strategy and Research, via email at BMackie@acon.org.au or (02) 9206 2000.

Your ONLINE APPLICATION must include:

1. Your completed ACON Employment Application Form with all the details filled in where requested; attaching your:
   1. Cover Letter (max. 4 pages) outlining how the position aligns with your Personal Values and Interests, and how your Skills and Experience meet the Essential Selection Criteria in the Position Description; and
   2. Resume (max. 4 pages) outlining any current and previous employment and training. Be sure to include your Education History and any Formal Qualifications, Major / Minor Study Fields, Honours and Publications, and Work Experience (including Paid Jobs, Internships, and Volunteer work).

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Applications Close: Sunday 12 October 2025

We are grounded in the belief that diversity is our strength, our differentiator, and at the core of who we are and what we do. As part of our commitment to inclusion, we encourage applications from people living with HIV, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and LGBTQ people from culturally, linguistically and ethnically diverse, migrant and refugee backgrounds, and LGBTQ people of colour.

How To Apply

How To Apply

1. Download the PDF Position Description in the “How can I find out more details and apply?” section of the vacancy listing you wish to apply for – and ensure you meet the Selection Criteria for the role.
2. Create a Cover Letter (as a PDF or MS Word file) addressing how you meet the Selection Criteria outlined in the Position Description. Ensure that you outline how your skills and experience relate to the requirements of the role and how you’d use them to excel in this job, and how the role aligns with your Personal Values and Interests. You should use statements with examples that clearly demonstrate your competency against each of the Selection Criteria.
3. Update your Resume / CV (as a PDF or MS Word file) with the latest information, certifications, and employment history. Ensure that you outline your Current and Previous Employment and Training. Be sure to include your:
   • Name, Contact Details and preferred Pronouns
   • Education History and Major / Minor Study Fields
   • Qualifications achieved, Honours and Publications
   • Paid Work Experience, Internships, and Volunteer work
4. Click the link to the ACON Employment Application Form in the “How can I find out more details and apply?” section of the vacancy listing you wish to apply for, and ensure that you complete all details where requested; including attaching your:
   • Cover Letter
   • Resume

Application Checklist

Application Checklist

Before you submit your application, ensure you have:

• Completed the online ACON Employment Application Form specific to the role you’re applying for – ensuring that all questions have been answered.
• Attached your Cover Letter document within the online form (as a PDF or MS Word file) outlining how you meet each of the Selection Criteria – as outlined in the Position Description.
• Attached your Resume / CV document within the online form (as a PDF or MS Word file) with all your employment and training information, along with your qualifications and certifications.
• Click the “Submit form” button.

Downloads

Downloads

ACON Enterprise Agreement

ACON Impact Strategy 2025-2030

How Does Recruitment Work at ACON?

There are five main steps in the process:

1) Application

ACON receives your application pack. You will receive an email acknowledging receipt of your documents.

2) Shortlisting

A selection panel of 2-4 qualified persons will review all the applications and offer interviews to those applicants whose applications best address the requirements of the position.

3) Interview

If you are shortlisted for interview, you will be contacted by the Recruiting Manager and invited to an interview. Your interview will take the form of a question-and-answer session. At your interview, you will be met be a panel of current ACON staff members who will have read your application and are eager to learn more about you and how you can apply your skills and experiences to our work. While we understand interviews can be nerve-racking, we aim to make our interview processes as transparent and comfortable as possible. We encourage you to wear what you feel comfortable in and let us know if you require any workplace adjustments. The interview is also an opportunity for you to ask us questions.

4) Offer

The decision to make you an offer is based on your written application, your interview, and successful Referee Checks, Criminal Record Checks, Proof of Vaccination and Working with Children Checks (if applicable).

5) Acceptance and Commencement

Once a start date has been agreed, you will receive a commencement pack from the People and Culture team including your contract and other documents (E.g., ACON Code of Conduct, Tax Declaration, Bank Deposit Form, Superannuation Choice Form, etc.). Once these are returned to the People and Culture team, you are ready to start work on your agreed date.

How long does it take to hear back on my application?

If you submitted your application at acon.org.au you will receive immediate acknowledgement and information regarding the date by which all successful applicants will be notified if they have progressed to the next stage of the recruitment process.

If you are successful in gaining an interview, the Recruiting Manager will contact you to arrange a suitable date and time for interview. If you are not selected for an interview, you will not receive any further notifications regarding your application for this role. We appreciate the time you took to respond to our advertisement, and for your interest in ACON, and encourage you to apply for future roles that are advertised that fit your skills and experience.