We’re inviting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders and community members from across Australia to join the Our Yarning Advisory Group at Library For All.
Our Yarning is a library of books created by and for community, designed to reflect the cultural identity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and spark a love of reading. These stories ensure cultural integrity and share a wide range of voices and perspectives.
We offer you: A place to make a difference
As a member of the Advisory Group, you’ll help maintain the cultural integrity of a special Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Library. Your advice will ensure the books we publish are culturally respectful, inclusive, and truly reflect the voices and stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
You’ll be a valued advisor, advocate, and connector—helping us build strong community ties and share our work far and wide.
This part-time role can be done remotely and has a small honorarium for your cultural input into each meeting. Terms of the contribution is to be discussed in an interview.
You will make a difference by:
- Giving advice on cultural and social matters related to publishing.
- Helping ensure our books are respectful and appropriate.
- Promoting Our Yarning through your networks and community.
- Supporting us in building partnerships and finding funding.
- Being part of a team that values collaboration and cultural safety.
A place to feel valued
- You identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
- You bring your cultural knowledge and lived experience to the table.
- You’re reliable, respectful, and passionate about storytelling.
- You have expertise in not for profits, business strategy, publishing, education, or children’s librarianship.
What’s involved:
- Attend at least 3 meetings per year (each about 2 hours).
- Stay in touch via email and meetings.
- Support the program in small ways outside of meetings.
- Help us keep the space culturally safe and respectful.
Does this sound like the place for you?
We’d love to hear from you! Please send a short email or video to the Our Yarning Coordinator telling us:
- Why you’d like to join
- What knowledge and experience you’d bring
Note: This opportunity is open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates only.
Applications close COB, Saturday 13 September 2025
For more information about this position, please contact Jessica Wimbus, Our Yarning Coordinator at jessica.wimbus@libraryforall.org
Or for more information about a career at LFA and Save the Children Australia, visit our Careers Page.
- We understand the need for work-life balance. We've advertised this role as limited term engagement, but if you're looking for something different, please let us know. We offer flexible hours, remote working, and individual flexibility plans to ensure we’re providing you a personalised career.
We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure it's straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn’t quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at people.culture@savethechildren.org.au. We’re dedicated to ensuring Library For All is a place where everyone can feel supported – no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.
Library For All is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.
Library For All is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.