KAPULULANGU NEEDS GRANT WRITERS & FUNDRAISERS ASAP! Kapululangu Aboriginal Women’s Law and Culture Centre is seeking the assistance of one or more grant-writing and fundraising specialists to volunteer with our dynamic team. If you have grant-writing and/or fundraising skills and experience, coupled with a keen passion to make a real difference for and with very remote Aboriginal peoples, then we’d like to hear from you. Your work will enable us to continue the work of our Women Elders to pass their cultural knowledge onto their Younger Generations thereby empowering them to have pride, resilience, courage, and determination, and thus health and wellbeing. Working with Kapululangu is a great way to make a real difference to Aboriginal people’s lives. BACKGROUND Kapululangu is Australia’s only Aboriginal Women’s Law and Culture Centre, and arguably Australia’s most remote women’s centre. We are a core provider of a unique range of Aboriginal Women’s Law (Ceremony) and Culture (custom) programs and services. While we focus especially on providing for Aboriginal women and girls in the four communities of the Kutjungka/Tjurabalan region of the south-east Kimberley, we also provide logistical support in Law activities to our Aboriginal men and boys. We also offer Law and Culture training to Indigenous and Non-Indigenous women from throughout the Kimberley, across Australia, and around the world. A uniquely Aboriginal women’s cultural response to locally-identified socio-economic problems that the women have themselves identified, Kapululangu is a locally-inspired strategy committed to improving the emotional, spiritual, physical and mental health of Aboriginal women and girls, men and boys. It was formed by the Women Elders in 1999. Kapululangu is exceptional in that it was established by the Senior Law Women and Tjarrtjurra (Women Healers) of seven Language Groups (“tribes”). Many of our Women Elders were born in the desert and raised in the Old Ways (traditional lifeways) before the arrival of the dominant society in their ancestral homelands. Thus, they are among the Last Generation of Aboriginal Australians to have learned the old dances, songs, and rituals. Our Elders believe that their families’ social challenges can only be healed through connectedness with Law, Culture and Country. They wish to pass their knowledge onto their Younger Generations before they die so that their families may be proud, strong, resilient and healthy survivors into the future. To this end, Kapululangu runs an intergenerational cultural knowledge transmission program designed to assist Balgo people to enjoy, revitalise and sustain their Law and Culture as part of their contemporary lives. COMPETENCIES In this rewarding volunteer role you will undertake the following duties: • develop a Fundraising Strategy • develop an annual grantor database • write grant applications • complete all required reports for funding commitments • develop strategies to encourage new or increased contributions • implement fundraising initiatives • monitor progress of fundraising programs • develop and maintain media contact lists Essentially, you will demonstrate: • Experience in grant-writing and/or fundraising • Ability to take the initiative and work independently as well as a part of a team • Understanding of the socio-economic situation facing very remote Aboriginal peoples • General understanding of Not-for-Profit community sector • Excellent written and communication skills • Willingness to take ownership and complete allocated tasks • Computer literate – word and excel are essential • Excellent time management • Enthusiasm for working with and assisting Aboriginal people and making a difference WORKING ARRANGEMENTS As most of your work will be online, you are not required to live in our remote community. We have an active volunteer program and you will be joining a team of mainly volunteers, many of whom live across Australia and overseas. Your time commitment is negotiable. Ideally we’re seeking someone who can commit to working to advance Kapululangu at least 10 hours per week over a 12 month period. However we understand that volunteers have lives, so if you’d like to make an alternative offer we’d like to hear it. HOW TO APPLY If you are interested in making a real difference to Aboriginal Women, and to their families and community, by helping Kapululangu grow our services and financial capacity, please outline your experience to each of the COMPETENCIES listed above and email to us along with your CV. Our email address is kapululangu.women.centre@gmail We will reply back to you as quickly as possible. MORE INFORMATION For more information please go to our website: kapululangu.org If you have any questions please email us at kapululangu.women.centre@gmail (Please share this email with your Friends and networks. Zohl)
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:42:08 +0000