Project Respect supports women in the sex industry, providing outreach, individual casework, and peer support, using a strengths-based model of work. We are launching an exciting project to train and employ women who have been held in situations of sexual servitude and other women wanting to exit the sex industry in a community enterprise noodle bar. This is Australia’s first community enterprise for survivors of sexual servitude and will provide women a real opportunity to access long-term, safe employment!
 
Applications are sought from people with experience in managing a successful hospitality business and a commitment to promoting social justice to establish and manage the noodle bar. The Noodle Bar will be established in Melbourne.
 
This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated individual to set up the community enterprise with full funding already available for core operations for the first year! Your work will not only promote the rights and recovery of a disadvantaged group of women but will also contribute to the long-term sustainability of Australia’s first organisation to support survivors of sexual servitude (trafficking).
 
Responsibilities include employing and training women; ensuring that their emotional welfare is attended to; overseeing the daily operations of the Noodle Bar; ordering supplies and training the staff in this; expanding the Noodle Bar, responding to market trends; and financial accountability and meet business plan targets.
 
Written applications should include a statement addressing each key selection criteria separately (see the application form below), a resume and names of two employment referees. The successful applicant will be required to undergo a Police check.
 
Download a position description here and an application form here.
 
Applications close 9th April 2010 and should be forwarded to
 
Nina Vallins
Project Respect Executive Director
PO Box 1323
Collingwood 3066
 
or
 
info@projectrespect.org.au