Tangentyere Council is a community controlled Public Benevolent Institution delivering human services and social enterprise activities for the benefit of Aboriginal people from the Town Camps and Central Australia.
First incorporated in 1979, the organisation was a finalist in the 2016 Reconciliation Australia, Indigenous Governance Awards and is one of the 10 largest Aboriginal Corporations in Australia.
At Tangentyere, our jobs are varied and range from administrative to professional fields.
We have a strong commitment to the employment of local Aboriginal staff, valuing this as a core feature of any culturally competent service, as well as the capacity development of Aboriginal people. The majority of our workforce is Aboriginal. Inherent within TCAC employment of local Aboriginal people is the concept of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
With a dedicated and friendly workforce, generous entitlements, and challenging and rewarding roles, Tangentyere Council offers an ideal workplace for people interested in working in Aboriginal Community Services.
Tangentyere Council is committed to promoting and protecting the interests and safety of children. We have zero tolerance for child abuse. Everyone working at Tangentyere Council is responsible for the care and protection of children and reporting information about child abuse.
Our recruitment and vetting practices are strictly adhered to during the application and interviewing process. Applicants should be aware that we carry out working with children, police checks and reference checks for all candidates to ensure that we are recruiting the right people.
Employee Benefits
Tangentyere is pleased to offer attractive employee benefits, including:
Generous leave entitles including 6 weeks annual leave, with 17.5% leave loading, and Healthy Lifestyle Leave
Attractive remote area Salary Sacrifice arrangements available to permanent part time and full time staff
Long Service Leave available, pro rata after 7 years continuous service.
Additional allowances include bilingual, first aid, travel
Guaranteed remuneration whilst on Jury Service
Contact Human Resources
4 Elder Street,
Alice Springs NT 0870
T: (08) 8951 4222
Option 7
Level: 4.1
Salary: $87.184 per annum/pro rata
Status: Permanent Full Time
Tangentyere Council deliver a range of Youth, Families & Community Safety (YFCS) services across Town Camps and Alice Springs, supporting children, young people, families, and communities through the delivery of daytime and after-hours services focused on recreation, diversion, out-of-home care, community safety and family support programs. The YFCS Division is increasingly working in an integrated fashion, ensuring staff and programs work together to provide holistic services for young people and community to achieve positive outcomes in education, safety, and wellbeing.
With our Patrol service running seven days per week, the Senior Patroller will report and work closely with the Night Patrol Team leader in leading, supporting, and managing patrols vehicles alongside patrollers. They will provide safe and culturally appropriate transport through public areas of Alice Springs and Town Camps to both adults and children as contracted. The Senior Patroller will be responsible for leading Shifts, where the team leader is not present, shifts, incident response, risk management and representing the service at inter-agency meetings.
The Senior Patroller is an Aboriginal Identified role that will provide early intervention, education and support to Aboriginal people and the wider community in a way that respects culture and human rights. Providing referral and relevant information about support services to Clients to encourage responsible alcohol use, school, and healthcare attendance as well as support and empower Aboriginal people to make a choice that creates a safer environment within the Alice Springs community.
The Senior Patroller will work closely with the Youth, Families and Community Safety Senior Leadership team to achieve the objectives of the program to improve levels of community safety, promote culturally appropriate conflict and dispute resolution in the community and offer services in line with community safety priority, using non-coercive intervention strategies to respond flexibly to communities safety needs and priorities.
The hours of work are 6.30pm to 3am, Monday to Sunday. Flexibility around rostered days and times will be provided to the successful permanent candidate.
As part of your role, you will be working with children, people with a disability and people who are vulnerable. It is your obligation to always ensure their safety and report any concerns in line with our duty of care obligations. We have zero tolerance when it comes to abuse of any kind and will take disciplinary action, including and up to termination of employment, should we determine that abuse has taken place or there has been a failure to report any suspected or alleged abuse.
Responsibilities
- Patrolling public areas of Alice Springs and town camps in the evening and night.
- Provide early intervention, education, and support to Aboriginal people.
- Lead, support, coach and mentor Tangentyere Patrollers and Support Workers including shift management, delegation and reporting.
- Maintain accurate encounter and service activity records.
- Build and maintain relationships with our partners (e.g. Police and service providers) with the aim to create a safer living situation within the community.
- Assist with achieving quality management objectives across the organisation.
- Assist with achieving safeguarding objectives across the organisation.
- Assist with achieving compliance objectives across the organisation.
- Other reasonable duties as required.
Qualifications and Selection Criteria
Required
- Identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person.
- Experience working with Aboriginal people in an outreach capacity and/or patrol experience.
- Understanding of issues facing Aboriginal visitors to Alice Springs and town camps residents.
- Understanding of problems associated with alcohol and violence.
- Demonstrated ability to manage conflicts and incidents.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, coach and support staff on shifts.
- Basic literacy and numeracy skills and the ability to record encounters.
- Current NT Drivers Licence, NT Working with Children (Ochre) Card and a satisfactory current Police Check.
Desired
- Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Certified.
- First Aid Certificate
- Working knowledge of Aboriginal Language/s.
Closing date: 14/07/2026
Suitable applicants may be appointed prior to the closing date.
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