Gender Minorities Aotearoa is a national charity, which works to improve outcomes for transgender people of all ages across every aspect of their lives in Aotearoa.
As part of our core fund raising activities, we operate a social enterprise, Aunty Dana’s Op Shop.
The Op Shop Coordinator’s core duties are recruiting, training, and managing volunteers, and overseeing the daily operations of Aunty Dana’s Op Shop.
Where you’ll fit in
Aunty Dana’s Op Shop, 130 Riddiford street, Newtown, Wellington. You will have office facilities on Level 1 at the Gender Minorities Aotearoa office.
Work hours
20 hours per week, from 10am to 2pm weekdays.
Manager
Executive Director.
Direct reports
All op shop volunteers, Transporter.
Key responsibilities
The key responsibilities of the Op Shop Coordinator are recruiting, training, and managing volunteers, maintaining an upbeat, fun, and welcoming environment for volunteers and a welcoming and professional shop environment for customers, and overseeing the daily operations of Aunty Dana’s Op Shop.
Volunteer coordination
Recruit volunteers.
Train volunteers in customer service and general professionalism.
Develop and maintain rosters.
Arrange cover when a volunteer can’t come in.
Ensure there is a keyholder on each shift, keeping record of who has keys.
Deal with any issues as straightforwardly and simply as possible. When there are complex issues or conflicts, take them to the Executive Director.
Oversight of store
Be the primary contact for the store.
Ensure window displays are appropriate.
Maintain the store to a professional standard.
Organise cleaning and removal of trash.
Purchase consumables such as stationary, tags, rubbish bags, toilet paper, as needed.
Social media marketing.
Banking.
Floats and change orders.
Ensure the takings and floats are secure.
Manage the Eftpos system.
Stock rotation including labeling, rotation.
Ensure consistency of stock pickup and removal of old stock.
Promptly inform the Executive Director of signage issues, repairs needed, electrical or other issues.
Carry out other tasks as assigned.
Embedding Te Ao Māori
Embedding Te Ao Māori (te reo Māori, tikanga, kawa, Te Tiriti o Waitangi) into our work.
Building experience, knowledge, skills and capabilities to confidently engage with service users.
Health, safety and security
Ensure you understand, follow and implement all health, safety, security, and wellbeing policies and procedures as outlined in your employment agreement and the GMA Policy and Procedure Manual.
What you’ll bring with you
Lived experience as a transgender person, or meaningful experience working with transgender people.
A passion for social justice and equity.
Excellent time management skills.
Sensitivity and aggressive positivity when working with volunteers.
A willingness to ask questions and learn on the job.
Experience in managing volunteers and experience in retail would be an advantage.
Remuneration
We pay Living Wage rates.
How to apply
Send us an email at contact@genderminorities.com, put your cover letter in the body of your email, and attach your CV. Your application must be received by 10am on Monday 11 September. We will contact shortlisted applicants on Wednesday 13 September, and will interview for this position between 2pm and 5pm on Friday 15 September. All interviewees will be notified of the outcome on Weds 20 September.
Gender Minorities Aotearoa is a national charity, which works to improve outcomes for transgender people of all ages across every aspect of their lives in Aotearoa.
Our vision is for all takatāpui, transgender, and intersex people to be empowered by a full range of choices across all aspects of their lives, and to be able to participate fully in society.
Part of our work is carrying out peer support on an individual level with service users, in person as well as by phone, and email.
Where you’ll fit in
Gender Minorities Aotearoa drop in centre and office, level 1, 130 Riddiford street, Newtown, Wellington.
Work hours
16 hours per week, 10am-6pm Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Manager
Executive Director
Direct reports
None
Key responsibilities
The key responsibilities of a Peer Support Worker are exploring the issues which service users seek support with, and giving accurate, evidence based information to people seeking support.
Peer support
One to one peer support with service users – face to face, by phone, letter correspondence, and email.
Social media group moderation within work hours.
Supporting service users with the IPL clinic and other offerings.
Embedding Te Ao Māori
Embedding Te Ao Māori (te reo Māori, tikanga, kawa, Te Tiriti o Waitangi) into our work.
Building experience, knowledge, skills and capabilities to confidently engage with service users and their whānau.
Health, safety and security
Ensure you understand, follow and implement all health, safety, security, and wellbeing policies and procedures as outlined in your employment agreement and the GMA Policy and Procedure Manual.
What you’ll bring with you
A lived experience of being transgender.
Commitment to the vision of Gender Minorities Aotearoa.
Clear communication and good interpersonal skills, with the ability to relate to people from a range of cultures and backgrounds, and to exercise patience, diplomacy, and discretion.
Understanding of the broad social environment for transgender people.
Understanding of the health sector as it relates to transgender people.
Knowledge of how to access services, or ability to find out.
The ability to work collaboratively as part of a team, and also independently with minimal supervision.
Working knowledge of relevant legislation affecting transgender people’s wellbeing – particularly the Human Rights Act, Health and Disability Code would be an advantage.
Remuneration
We pay Living Wage rates.
How to apply
Send us an email at contact@genderminorities.com, put your cover letter in the body of your email, and attach your CV. Your application must be received by 10am on Monday 11 September. We will contact shortlisted applicants on Wednesday 13 September, and will interview for this position between 10am and 2pm on Friday 15 September. All interviewees will be notified of the outcome on Weds 20 September.
Gender Minorities Aotearoa is a national charity, which works to improve outcomes for transgender people of all ages across every aspect of their lives in Aotearoa.
Our vision is for all takatāpui, transgender, and intersex people to be empowered by a full range of choices across all aspects of their lives, and to be able to participate fully in society.
This requires a receptionist who can also carry out a degree of peer support with service users.
Where you’ll fit in
Gender Minorities Aotearoa drop in centre and office, level 1, 130 Riddiford street, Newtown, Wellington.
Work hours
32 hours per week, 10am-6pm Mondays through Thursdays.
Manager
Executive Director
Direct reports
None
Key responsibilities
The key responsibilities of the Receptionist are keeping the office clean and tidy, being the primary point of contact for service users, forwarding messages, keeping records, scheduling appointments and following up on these as necessary.
The peer support element of this role involves giving accurate, evidence based information to people seeking support.
Reception
Keep the reception inbox clear by responding to emails the day they are received, or forwarding them to the appropriate member of staff
Booking and following up appointments as per current systems
Keeping the office clean, tidy, and professional
Errands such as the purchase of printer ink and other office supplies.
Peer support
One to one peer support with service users – face to face, by phone, letter correspondence, and email.
Social media group moderation within work hours.
Supporting service users with the IPL clinic and other offerings.
Embedding Te Ao Māori
Embedding Te Ao Māori (te reo Māori, tikanga, kawa, Te Tiriti o Waitangi) into our work.
Building experience, knowledge, skills and capabilities to confidently engage with service users and their whānau.
Health, safety and security
Ensure you understand, follow and implement all health, safety, security, and wellbeing policies and procedures as outlined in your employment agreement and the GMA Policy and Procedure Manual.
What you’ll bring with you
A lived experience of being transgender.
Commitment to the vision of Gender Minorities Aotearoa.
Understanding of the broad social environment for transgender people.
Understanding of the health sector as it relates to transgender people.
Knowledge of how to access services, or ability to find out.
The ability to work collaboratively as part of a team, and also independently with minimal supervision.
Strong organisational ability.
Ability to use Google office systems and spreadsheets.
Clear communication and good interpersonal skills, with the ability to relate to people from a range of cultures and backgrounds, and to exercise patience, diplomacy, and discretion.
Working knowledge of relevant legislation affecting transgender people’s wellbeing – particularly the Human Rights Act, Health and Disability Code would be an advantage.
Remuneration
We pay Living Wage rates.
How to apply
Send us an email at contact@genderminorities.com, put your cover letter in the body of your email, and attach your CV. Your application must be received by 10am on Monday 11 September. We will contact shortlisted applicants on Wednesday 13 September, and will interview for this position between 10am and 2pm on Friday 15 September. All interviewees will be notified of the outcome on Weds 20 September.
Rainbow Violence Prevention Network (RVPN) invites you to a conversational Q & A panel discussion. The topic is ‘preventing family violence against rainbow people in Aotearoa’.
RVPN is at the forefront of researching, responding to, and preventing family violence towards rainbow people in Aotearoa. The network is a coalition of diverse rainbow violence prevention practitioners and organisations. You can find out more about RVPN here.
This event has been organised with violence prevention professionals in mind. It will be a great opportunity to engage with other violence prevention practitioners, who are part of rainbow communities in Aotearoa.
A research report from The Disinformation Project has documented the merging of disinformation communities in Aotearoa, and shift from Covid 19 to transgender hate.
The report, ‘Transgressive transitions’, documents the merging of conspiracy theorist communities which produce disinformation in Aotearoa. The ‘disinformation communities’ include anti-vaxx, Covid 19 denialist, white supremacist, fundamentalist faith based, and anti-trans communities.
It found that the disinformation community which formed around Covid 19 recently shifted it’s focus to the transgender community. This shift happened in ‘near real time’ as a visit occurred from UK anti-trans campaigner Posie Parker (Kelly-Jay Keen-Minshull). Parker is also known for her links with white supremacy and neo-nazis. Parker visited Aotearoa in March 2023.
The report defines ‘disinformation’ as :
“false information created with the intention of harming a person, group, or organisation, or even a company”
Transgressive transitions
The report documented an unprecedented increase in extremist, far-right disinformation online in Aotearoa, as the disinformation communities merged and refocused on transgender hate.
The report notes several important concepts, which trans communities have attempted to highlight over the past few decades:
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention has described the international ‘gender critical movement’ as genocidal: “the gender critical movement simultaneously denies that transgender identity is real and seeks to eradicate it completely from society.”
Transgressive transitions
The reports goes on to say:
We note specifically the continued and targeted use of the language of genocidality […]
Through the repeated use of dehumanising language … we are studying the strategic shift of social perceptions, values, and attitudes, which is a dangerous speech hallmark. The violative language engenders and normalises the notion that targets must be killed, and often, urgently.
Transgressive transitions
This is what we’ve been telling the government for years, if you want to counter terrorism, this is the direction you need to look in.
