2025 Melbourne Poche Indigenous Health Leadership program
The Melbourne Poche Indigenous Health Leadership Program is an exciting opportunity to explore your leadership potential, affect change in Indigenous health and broaden your ideas of leadership and networking.
Designed for Indigenous health professionals with sound experience working in the health sector in community, policy, academia, government or clinical areas with leadership responsibilities.
Express your interest in the program
Program aims
- To elevate and progress disciplinary and industry engagement in Indigenous health, by fusing Indigenous knowledges and values, with political and social theories.
- To develop the confidence, self-efficacy, motivation and sense of purpose of program participants, the Fellows.
- To bring Fellows together in a richly interconnected and interactive program, supporting their development as Indigenous health leaders.
Each module is delivered across different contexts to foster engagement, collaboration and leadership diversity
- Storying Indigenous health leadership and philosophy (Module 1)
- Positioning Indigenous health leadership globally (Module 2)
- Harnessing local Indigenous health leadership (Module 3)
The Program supports Fellows to
- Engage with Indigenous leadership philosophies
- Increase awareness of their own leadership potential
- Gain insights to improving Indigenous health outcomes
- Build richer, stronger and more diverse networks across the health sector
- Develop a personal leadership narrative
- Extend intellectual development and understanding of Indigenous health leadership discourse, models and theories
- Connect with national and international Indigenous health leaders
What's included
- International and interstate* travel during 2025 for the following dates
- 16 - 21 March - travel to Melbourne and Wilsons Promontory, Victoria for Module 1
- 30 May - 7 June - travel to Toronto, Canada for Module 2
- 25 - 29 August - travel to Moama and Shepparton, Victoria for Module 3
- Accommodation
- Most meals
- Program materials, including workbooks and textbooks
*For Fellows living outside Victoria
Investment
We have introduced a $5,500 fee for the 2025 program. This fee goes toward a small portion of the program costs and is only payable once Fellows have been accepted. As a professional development program, there is an expectation employers will cover this fee.
There will be modest out of pocket expenses for some meals, short uber/taxi travel and other minor expenses during the program.
A number of scholarships are available to applicants working at an ACCHO, and two scholarships are available for applicants working at a MACH partner organisation.
Commitment
- This comprehensive program will demand a substantial time and energy commitment from Fellows to assist them in their leadership development.
- Prior to applying for the program, please ensure you are available to attend all three modules and are willing to undertake the necessary travel both domestically and internationally.
- It is critical you have the support of your work/study supervisor and organisation to attend.
- Necessary paperwork, including Health and Safety Risk Assessments and website profiles are part of the program. It is expected you respond promptly to these requests.
Important information
Payment details
Payment will be due 7 February, by Visa or Mastercard only. No refunds will be given after 30 April 2025, including circumstances such as COVID-19 or bereavement.
Payment process details will be sent to successful applicants once the 2025 cohort has been finalised.
Travel
A valid Australian or New Zealand passport with at least six months validity from the date of travel is essential.
A reasonable level of fitness is required as there is a certain amount of walking, including off-road. Please contact Emily to discuss any accessibility questions.
Accommodation
There will be a range of accommodation, including shared cabins. We will not accommodate partners or family members during the modules.
Partners, family or friends
Given the nature of the program and the commitment required, it is expected that Fellows are focused on the program and the cohort, which includes evening events and collective meals.
The program does not support partners, family members or friends travelling alongside Fellows for any of the modules.