Engineers Without Borders Australia is an international development organisation working with rural and remote communities across the Asia-Pacific, and First Nations communities in Australia, to co-design sustainable solutions that meet community needs.

Our work supports the Sustainable Development Goals — clean water and sanitation, agriculture and livelihoods, climate action, renewable energy and resilient infrastructure. EWB is part of an international, member-based movement operating in over 40 countries. Our National Office is in Melbourne, with in-country offices in Cambodia, Timor-Leste and Vanuatu. The Education Program equips today's engineers to lead change, while STEM Pathways inspires tomorrow's.

STEM Pathways aims to inspire young people to pursue careers in engineering and STEM, with a particular focus on increasing the participation of First Nations young people and other under-represented groups, such as women and girls.

The program engages and trains volunteers through university-based Chapter networks and industry partners to deliver STEM modules in primary schools, high schools and community centres across regional Australia. Volunteers also run metropolitan youth outreach, take it to regional and remote areas ("Regioneering"), and run Innovation Challenges with high school students.

The STEM Pathways Manager is responsible for the growth, development, delivery and impact of these programs — including the sustained engagement of First Nations young people in STEM and building pathways into STEM careers. The role manages all youth outreach programs, with a particular focus on refining and scaling the Indigenous-Led Outreach program.

This is an opportunity to create stronger, more relevant STEM pathways for First Nations young people and to achieve systems-level change through curriculum that connects Indigenous knowledge with contemporary science and engineering.

You will play a key role in the growing movement to reshape STEM education and career pathways, working closely with community, schools, universities and industry partners, and with EWB's Development Team to expand impact nationwide.

• General Manager Education
• Chief Development Officer
• Business Development Manager
• Industry Partnerships Coordinator
• Communications and Marketing
• Senior Manager — Engineering on Country

• Program design and development: review, update and evolve the Pathways Program to drive growth and impact, and grow the pool of engaged young people, education, university and industry partners, including funders.
• Program implementation: lead and support all outreach programs, integrate ongoing learning, and coordinate industry forums that build connections and enable the sector to support Indigenous engineers.
• Facilitation and training: ensure all facilitators are well trained to deliver culturally safe STEM workshops that are fun and engaging.
• Stakeholder and relationship management: build and strengthen sector networks for organisation-to-organisation learning, including with funders.
• Thought leadership: lead development of training material, communications, thought-leadership pieces and outreach collateral.
• STEM Pathways: develop and deliver further Indigenous STEM opportunities such as internships, industry work placements, and high school and university engagement pathways.

Essential

• A Bachelor degree in a STEM-related field and/or education, or extensive relevant experience (5–7 years).
• Demonstrated success working alongside First Nations people in Australia with a community-led, culturally safe approach.
• Experience of engineering and/or education programs for young people, preferably with First Nations communities.
• Strategic program development and management, including budget and staff responsibility.
• Monitoring, evaluation and ongoing learning to support delivery and continual improvement.
• Engagement of volunteers to deliver outcomes.
• Experience in grant writing, program evaluation or impact reporting.
• Strong relationship-building skills across stakeholders, communities and industry.
• Demonstrated experience developing communication and training collateral.

Desirable

• Excellent writing and interpersonal skills with a collaborative, creative, solutions-focused approach.
• Confident working in a highly collaborative environment.
• Contributes learning, ideas, feedback and knowledge across the team and partner network.
• Proactively engages a wide range of stakeholders, identifying and responding to opportunities and challenges.
• Collaborates with the Digital Marketing & Communications Manager to grow brand visibility across Australia.
• Background in sustainable development, appropriate technology or a related technical field.
• Experience developing STEM outreach or pathways programs for under-represented groups.

• Collaborative and generous team member who brings ideas, energy and a sense of possibility.
• Curious, creative and committed to continuous improvement.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and able to navigate complexity with good judgment.
• A natural relationship-builder who works effectively across cultures and contexts.

Travel

Some interstate travel is required, including visits to university partners, First Nations communities and community partners, subject to each year's STEM Pathways Program.

Leave entitlements

In addition to legislated leave: gifted leave between Christmas and New Year; professional development leave; paid parental leave for all new parents; cultural leave for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff; and bereavement / Sorry Business leave.

Salary packaging

As a for-purpose organisation, EWB offers salary packaging through partners such as Advantage, increasing your effective take-home pay.

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