Stories matter.
We work with young people to write their own stories, imagine their own worlds and see themselves as authors who have a voice worth sharing with the world. The benefits can last a life time.
Current Open Positions
Administration Officer
This vital role provides day-to-day administrative support to senior staff, particularly the Executive Director and Engagement and Operations Lead, and acts as the primary point of contact for our Redfern centre.
The role is part-time, 0.6FTE, and reports to the Engagement and Operations Lead.
About Us
At Story Factory, we believe that stories can change lives. We focus on enriching the lives of young people in under-resourced communities through quality creative writing programs, improving their writing skills, increasing their confidence and expanding their future prospects.
Story Factory runs a wide variety of fun and engaging creative writing programs at primary and high schools across Sydney and Western Sydney, at our centres in Redfern and Parramatta, and digitally across Australia.
Since opening in 2012, our achievements include:
- 70,000+ student enrolments, with more than 8,000 enrolments in 2024;
- 15% of student are Indigenous and 49% are from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds;
- Recognition of our work with multiple awards, including a Secretary’s Award for Excellence in the 2018 Public Education Foundation Awards, and Executive Director and Co-founder Catherine Keenan AM being named the 2016 Australian of the Year Local Hero.
We are currently in the third year of a five-year strategy that will see us grow the reach and impact of our work.
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