Golf House Community Supervisor Needed!

The Community is primarily designed for indigenous students completing Year 12 at Riverview. However, indigenous students from other schools, be they male or female, and non-indigenous former Riverview students may join the community as long as they apply to the Community Coordinator and are accepted. All new applicants need to be interviewed by a panel consisting of the Community Coordinator and either the OIU President or the OIU Secretary. Applicants must agree to abide by these rules in order to be considered. No visitors are permitted to stay in the Golf House, even for a single night, without the prior permission of the Community Coordinator.

What are the Responsibilities of the Community Supervisor & How Much Effort is Involved?

The Community Supervisor is responsible for:

a.        Meeting with the Community at least once per week, usually at a community dinner.

b.       Collecting the rent from the participants. Currently, this is set at $50 per week per person.

c.        Assisting the participants with skills such as budgeting, cleaning and cooking.

d.       Acting as a central point of communication between the Community Participants and OIU Executive and the College. For example, holding spare keys, ensuring all furniture requirements are met, ensuring any repairs are seen to, etc.

What are the Critical Skills of the Community Supervisor?

Critical skills for potential applicants:

a.        A commitment to assist in the transition of indigenous students from the protection of boarding school to general rental accommodation and the demands of city living.

b.       Well suited to a young person, possibly an old boy in the latter stages of a university degree or in the first few years of employment. [Also, a young married couple may wish to make it a team effort!?]

c.        A car is essential, given the lack of public transport in Lane Cove.

d.       That’s it!

5.         Interested in Applying?

If you wish have a chat with last year’s Supervisor, Peter Hartman (OR02), please email him on pete_hartman@yahoo.com. Please forward your application to John Allen (OR81), OIU Secretary, on john@joniti.com or call on 0411 02 95 95 by Friday 31^st October 2008.