Have a question about a career at the ASRC?
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The ASRC team is made up of over 200 staff and 1100 dedicated volunteers, passionate about supporting and empowering people seeking asylum.
The ASRC is a diverse and thriving workplace, providing support and services across a number of organisational streams. This not only provides people seeking asylum with wrap around support but also offers you varied career opportunities. Join a dedicated and passionate team of employees working within a range of disciplines. Each program works collaboratively to provide critical services to people seeking asylum, within a supportive and engaging workplace.
Whether your skills, experience and passions are aligned with our advocacy work, frontline humanitarian services, human rights and migration law services, fundraising and marketing activities, or our education, health, employment or human resources services – you’ll find a rewarding role at the ASRC. Each of the specialised programs at the ASRC will support you to utilise your knowledge and experience to improve the lives of people seeking asylum in Australia.
We love our people. Ensuring our staff feel valued and heard is integral to the continued success of the ASRC.
Our values are the foundation of the ASRC’s identity, the core of our organisational culture, and what guides all decision-making – including the recruitment process.
Informed by our passionate team of staff and volunteers, our values aim to uphold respect and transparency throughout the organisation.
The ASRC promotes diversity and inclusion holistically. We strongly encourage people who identify as LGBTQIA+, people with lived experience of seeking asylum, First Nations people, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and people with disability or with lived experience of disability to apply for a career at the ASRC.
Child safety
We are proud to be a child-safe organisation. All forms of employment with the ASRC – paid or voluntary – are subject to continued compliance with our Child Safety Reporting Policy.
A fantastic way to help people seeking asylum is to join the ASRC’s community of compassion as a passionate and generous volunteer.
As an independent, not-for-profit, we are powered by the generosity of our community and the support of a wonderful volunteer workforce. It is thanks to these amazing people who volunteer their time, energy and expertise to the ASRC that together we can affect positive change in our community.
Find out more about becoming a volunteer, including our Student Placements and Practical Legal Training.
The ASRC is proud to be a child-safe organisation. All forms of employment with the ASRC; paid or voluntary are subject to continued compliance with our Child Safety Reporting Policy. All or any breaches to this policy may result in disciplinary action being taken and/or the cessation of the employment contract or volunteer agreements.
All offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and provision of a valid Working with Children Check prior to commencement.
Before applying, please ensure that you have the correct visa to work in Australia. To do this you can visit the Australian Government Department of Immigration and Border Protection website – www.border.gov.au
ASRC reserves the right to conduct a visa status check prior to making an offer of employment.
All applications must address the Key Selection Criteria and include a CV (resume). Only applications addressing the key selection criteria will be considered.
Please apply via the ASRC website.
We encourage applications from people with refugee backgrounds.
Fill in the form below to get in contact with our recruitment team.
As you may be aware, there are changes occurring at the ASRC.
To plan for these changes to make the ASRC sustainable into the future:
The Footscray centre will close to all visitors every Wednesday.
Every Friday, some services will be closed but the Foodbank, Health, Legal and Hub services will remain open.
To access our services, you can phone 03 9326 6066 or come to the ASRC Footscray in person during opening hours.
The Reception Team will greet you and link you with our services.
As you may be aware, there are changes occurring at the ASRC.
To plan for these changes to make the ASRC sustainable into the future:
The Footscray centre will close to all visitors every Wednesday.
Every Friday, some services will be closed but the Foodbank, Health, Legal and Hub services will remain open.
To access our services, you can phone 03 9326 6066 or come to the ASRC Footscray in person during opening hours. The Reception Team will greet you and link you with our services.
The Government has announced it will provide pathways for TPV/SHEV holders and TPV/SHEV applicants to
be assessed for RoS visas. RoS visas are permanent visas that allow holders to live, work and study in Australia,
access government services such as Medicare and Centrelink, and sponsor eligible family members for
permanent residence.
Click here for Permanent Visa Pathways for TPV/SHEV Holders & Applicants Fact Sheet
The Fact Sheet is also available in: Dari – Urdu – Arabic – Tamil
Thanks for your interest in supporting the ASRC Telethon on World Refugee Day, Monday 20th June.
Complete this form with your details and we will send you an email reminder before the event as well as alerts throughout the day when key activities happen.
Please note: all requests submitted to the Marketing Services Model will not be worked on until 1 July 2022 to allow the team space to focus on projects such as the Winter Appeal and Telethon.
You are welcome to submit requests and we’d love to support – we ask that you please supply a reasonable due date, keeping in mind we will not tend to the request until July. Thank you!
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners across Australia and pay respect to their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. We acknowledge sovereignty of the lands upon which we work and live have never been ceded.
The centre is OPEN again from Tuesday 11th – Friday 14th (10am – 5pm).
We will return to normal operating hours (10am – 5pm, Monday – Friday), from Monday 17th of January onwards.
The centre is OPEN again from Tuesday 11th – Friday 14th (10am – 5pm).
We will return to normal operating hours (10am – 5pm, Monday – Friday), from Monday 17th of January onwards.
You can see how this popup was set up in our step-by-step guide: https://wppopupmaker.com/guides/auto-opening-announcement-popups/
If you applied for a TPV or SHEV visa between 2015 and 2017 and have not already attended a Protection visa interview with the Department, please contact the ASRC urgently for legal assistance. CALL: Fast track hotline 0422035324 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm) or email legal@asrc.org.au
The application interview is your only chance to explain your case to the Department. Update your contact details with the Department to receive your Interview Invitation (the ASRC can also help you do this).
Click here to learn more (Info sheet Fast Track interviews).
Click here to read info sheet in other languages.
“I can’t erase racism by myself. It’s only if we all come together to accept that there is an issue and work together that we can make a change.”
Prudence Melom, founder and CEO of E-RACED
“Growing in a refugee camp and experiencing hardship from a young age I felt very misunderstood among my peers in Australia. Kids my age did not understand why my skin was darker, they didn’t understand why my accent was a little different and they didn’t understand why I came to Australia.
“I was inspired to start E-RACED after experiencing first hand the effects of racism in this country and the power of sharing my story to completely change people’s attitudes. Never underestimate the power of one-on-one interactions and sharing stories to change the world.”
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Need help from the ASRC? Call 03 9326 6066 (Monday - Friday, 10am - 5pm) to book an appointment.