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Position Number
NEW

Position Classification
Administrative Officer Level 6BI, increment 1 ($105,044)
Annual incremental progression is available in accordance with the Batchelor Institute Union Enterprise Agreement 2025.

Location
Darwin/ Batchelor/ Wadeye

Reporting to
CALL Manager

Licences
Applicants must have an Ochre Card and a current Police Check and/or the ability to obtain these prior to commencement.

Required Qualifications
Qualifications in project management /community development/ linguistics/interpreting/monitoring and evaluation or equivalent
Original certified copies of qualifications must be supplied.

How to apply
Submit application to recruitment@batchelor.edu.au

• All applications must include a completed application lodgement form
• Each selection criteria must be individually addressed
• Current CV/resume to be included

We strongly encourage Indigenous Australian applicants to apply for all Batchelor Institute vacancies.

Tenure
Fixed term, Full-time 12 months

Applications close
21 August 2026

Purpose of the Position
The Community language Hubs Team Leader is a new position in the Centre for Australian Languages and Linguistics (CALL) team. The Community Language Hubs Team Leader is responsible for establishing, supporting and strengthening Community Language Hubs in  the Top End: Wadeye (Murrinh and Marri language groups), Belyuen (for Batjamalh, Emmi and Mendhe languages), and other priority locations identified through regional consultations.

The position ensures that hub activities are community-driven and aligned with CALL’s strategic priorities and national best‑practice models for First Nations language maintenance. Working closely with Elders, language speakers, local workers and partner organisations, the Team Leader supports communities to identify their language goals, develop priority projects, and build the skills needed to sustain language work.

The role provides on‑the‑ground coordination, training and technical support for local Hub workers, including assistance with language documentation, resource development and pathways into interpreter training. The Team Leader acts as the key link between community‑based Hubs and CALL’s Alice Springs and Batchelor offices, ensuring that communities have access to administrative, linguistic and digital support for their language work.
  
Duties

• Lead and support remote Community Language Hubs by coordinating teams of casual language workers in two hubs and maintaining strong communication between Hub staff and CALL.
• Work with communities to identify language goals, develop local language plans, and document local language ecologies, ensuring all activities are community‑driven, culturally grounded and aligned with local priorities.
• Strengthen interpreter training pathways by identifying potential interpreters, running practice sessions, coordinating preparatory workshops, and liaising with interpreter services and training providers.
• Support language documentation and resource development through recording, transcription, digital tools and collaborative resource creation.
• Facilitate cross‑community collaboration by organising monthly link‑ups for Hub workers and assisting with annual literacy, language and translation workshops in Alice Springs and Darwin/Batchelor.
• Maintain accurate records of all Hub activities, participation, outputs and outcomes to support reporting, evaluation and continuous improvement.
• Provide training, mentoring and administrative support to local Hub workers (casual CALL staff), ensuring they have the skills, resources and guidance needed to carry out community language projects effectively.
• Undertake other reasonable duties as directed by your line manager.

  
Selection Criteria- Essential

1. Demonstrated ability to work effectively in culturally diverse teams within the social, political, and cultural environments of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families, communities, and organisations.
2. Current driver’s license and willingness to travel regularly.
3. Strong understanding of language maintenance, community-led language work and knowledge of interpreter training pathways.
4. Highly effective interpersonal skills including proficient written and oral communication which can be adapted to meet the needs of people from all educational levels.
5. Ability to support language documentation and resource development (e.g., use recording, transcription, digital tools or learn how to do so).
6. Demonstrated initiative and managing workload priorities.
7. Understanding of Work Health and Safety principles and practices, and ability to comply with Institute WHS Policies and Procedures.
8. Ability to build strong, respectful relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

Selection Criteria- Desirable

1. Knowledge of Daly or Anson Bay Languages (Batjamalh, Emmi, Jaminjung, Magati Ke, Marri Ngarr, Marri Amu, Marri Tjevin Mendhe Murrinh Kura or Murrinhpatha)
2. Experience working in remote communities
3. Experience with digital media, archiving or resource creation tools.

For more information please contact the Recruitment Team on recruitment@batchelor.edu.au.

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