State Representative Information Session 6 August 2020 What is - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

State Representative Information Session 6 August 2020

What is RAVN? The A ustr alian v ol u n t ee r jo ur ne y con t in u e s af t e r y o u r e tur n home t h r o u gh t he Re tur ned A ustr alian Vol u n t ee r Ne tw o r k ( RAVN ). RAVN i s t he al u mni g r o u p of t he A ustr alian Vol u n t ee rs P r og r am . The v ol u n t ee r p r og r am str e t che s back t o t he 1950s Incl u de s r e tur ned AVID s , AYAD , Red C r o ss , ABV , VIDA all t he w a y back t o t he 1960s In J u ne t hi s y ea r , t ha t ' s abo ut 7 , 600 RAVN membe rs !

Meet the current State Representatives 2 0 1 9 - 2 0 2 0

Criteria & Skills C r i t e r i a A r e t u r n e d v o l u n t e e r f r o m a n A u s t r a l i a n G o v e r n m e n t f u n d e d v o l u n t e e r a s s i g n m e n t i n t h e p a s t f i v e y e a r s ( 2 0 1 5 - 2 0 2 0 ) A b l e t o c o m m i t t o t h e t i m e , a c t i v i t y a n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n s r e q u i r e m e n t s d e t a i l e d i n t h e p o s i t i o n d e s c r i p t i o n f o r a p e r i o d o f 1 2 m o n t h s S k i l l s m o t i v a t e d t o p r o m o t e R A V N , t h e p r o g r a m a n d f o r m c o n n e c t i o n s w i t h r e t u r n e d v o l u n t e e r s e x p e r i e n c e i n e v e n t s m a n a g e m e n t a b l e t o u s e F a c e b o o k a n d M i c r o s o f t O u t l o o k ( o t h e r e v e n t s m a n a g e m e n t t o o l s s u c h a s E v e n t b r i t e a n d Z o o m a r e a n a d v a n t a g e , b u t t r a i n i n g c a n b e a r r a n g e d )

Role overview S u p p o r t t h e a c h i e v e m e n t o f R A V N a n d A u s t r a l i a n V o l u n t e e r s P r o g r a m o b j e c t i v e s P r o v i d e r e t u r n e d v o l u n t e e r s w i t h Connec t ion o n g o i n g o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r c o n n e c t i o n w i t h e a c h o t h e r , t h e p r o g r a m a n d l e a r n i n g A d v o c a t e f o r t h e A u s t r a l i a n A w a r ene ss V o l u n t e e r s P r o g r a m a n d b u i l d a w i d e r a w a r e n e s s o f v o l u n t e e r i n g i n t h e A u s t r a l i a n c o m m u n i t y

Key responsibilities O r g a n i s e , p r o m o t e a n d l e a d e n g a g i n g n e t w o r k i n g e v e n t s a n d a c t i v i t i e s , o n l i n e a n d i n p e r s o n P a r t i c i p a t e i n h i g h - l e v e l p r o g r a m a n d R A V N a d v o c a c y H e l p t o g r o w a n d s t r e n g t h e n t h e R A V N i d e n t i t y a n d m a i n t a i n a n e n g a g e d r e t u r n e d v o l u n t e e r c o h o r t S u p p o r t t h e R A V N M a n a g e r a n d R A V N C o o r d i n a t o r t o r a i s e a w a r e n e s s o f t h e p r o g r a m , R A V N a n d v o l u n t e e r i n g i n t h e A u s t r a l i a n c o m m u n i t y

Required duties Participate in RAVN State Representative Workshops (training, planning, team building, fun!) Organise 'State Representative-led' RAVN events, including managing a budget and purchases Support 'Program-led' RAVN events Communications (Facebook, email, Zoom) Other Commitments (give advice about prospective alumnus, recruitment, invited to participate in program events, conference, media activities, focus groups and pilot studies.

Support and resources F r o m R A V N M a n a g e r & R A V N C o o r d i n a t o r P l a n p r o m o t e e v e n t s a n d a c t i v i t i e s P a y m e n t / r e i m b u r s e m e n t f o r a l l p r e - a p p r o v e d e x p e n s e s G i v e g u i d a n c e a r o u n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n a n d d e l i v e r i n g s u c c e s s f u l e v e n t s M a i n t a i n R A V N c o n t a c t d a t a b a s e P r o m o t e t h e S t a t e R e p r e s e n t a t i v e r o l e a n d y o u r c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e p r o g r a m c o n t r i b u t i o n t o D F A T a n d o t h e r r e l e v a n t e x t e r n a l s t a k e h o l d e r s M a n a g e t h e S t a t e R e p r e s e n t a t i v e b u d g e t I d e n t i f y o t h e r o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r S t a t e R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s ( e . g . f o c u s g r o u p s , t r a i n i n g a n d d e v e l o p m e n t a c t i v i t i e s , l o c a l a n d f e d e r a l g o v e r n m e n t e n g a g e m e n t o p p o r t u n i t i e s ) C o a c h i n g i n c o m m u n i c a t i o n s , e v e n t m a n a g e m e n t , o n l i n e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s a n d a d v o c a c y s k i l l s .

Example of past State Representative events R e t u r n e d v o l u n t e e r s b r u n c h ( T A S ) A f r i c a n d r u m m i n g w o r k s h o p ( N S W ) O z A s i a F e s t i v a l ( S A ) H a i k u i n t h e p a r k ( W A )

Example of past State Representative events

Application process & timeline Until midnight Complete online application form Sunday, 16 August 2020 Send updated CV to ravn@australianvolunteers.com 17 - 21 Aug 2020 Shortlisting period 24 Aug - 4 Sep 2020 Online interview September Final selection State Representative Workshop 24 & 25 October (Online)

Useful links M e e t y o u r R A V N S t a t e R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s A p p l y t o b e R A V N S t a t e R e p r e s e n t a t i v e A p p l i c a t i o n f o r m P o s i t i o n D e s c r i p t i o n C o d e o f C o n d u c t R A V N F a c e b o o k G r o u p s R A V N L i n k e d I n G r o u p

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