Organisation : The Fathering Project
Location : Sydney
Work type : Full-time
Sector : Community Engagement, Families, Youth & Young People
Salary type : Annual Package
Salary : $120,000 - $139,999
Application closing date : 31 Jul, 2019
About the organisation
About Us:
The Fathering Project is a preventative Not-for-profit charity established by Professor Bruce Robinson. At our core is the desire to ensure every child in Australia (and the world) has an effective father or father-figure.
We know that an effective father or father-figure has a profound impact on the health and well-being of a child. A child with an effective father or father-figure in their lives is significantly less at risk of harm; youth suicide, self-harm, substance abuse, crime, domestic violence.
Everything we do at The Fathering Project is designed to help fathers and father-figures become more effective. We're responsive to the needs of kids and fathers today, and proactive in the prevention of issues in the future.
We engage and inspire fathers and father-figures to think about their priorities and to elevate the importance of fathering in their lives and their children's lives, by encouraging fathers and father-figures to Put Fathering First, for the benefit of their kids.
The Schools Program is the core activity of The Fathering Project.
We create Fathering Project Dads Groups in schools that combines the building of a community of men and the support of relevant, research-based content and resources to help fathers and father-figures understand the importance of their role. The groups are self-supporting but collaborative within the school. School Principals and teachers get it – if a father or father-figure is present and effective, the child not only performs better at school but has greater opportunity for better health outcomes as they head towards adulthood.
About the role
The Opportunity:
We currently operate in over 70 schools in NSW and 250 nationally, however are now gearing toward significant growth due to recent support from the Federal Government and therefore have some ambitious targets for recruitment and expansion over the next 5 years.
The NSW team requires the leadership of a Program (schools) Operations Manager responsible for all aspects of schools support to ensure a positive relationship between the schools and The Fathering Project. The role includes designing and implementing a system for scalable management of the schools program incorporating large scale volunteer and event team development. Following the registration of a school, effective support is a key requirement to the sustainability of our organisation moving forward. This role will essentially oversee the delivery of our value proposition, its content application, management of a system for school events and the development of a strategy for large scale volunteer recruitment and long-term engagement.
About You:
This is a senior role within our team, responsible for building, implementing and managing schools support which is essential for long term sustainability of the program.
Essential
- 10+ years’ experience in building, implementing and managing programs for growth or change
- Ability to develop strategy in a collaborative environment and then work autonomously and strategically to deliver
- Exceptional communication skills, confident presenting and speaking to groups to engage and motivate
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships and to gather and act on feedback
- Exceptional organisation and planning ability, setting and managing priorities
- Ability to set and report on KPIs
- Experience in building and leading teams
- Experience in culture building and team engagement strategies
- Demonstrated ability to design systems and processes for service delivery and building engagement
- Ability to identify and work with technology for multi-location, large scale service delivery
- Ability to operate both strategically and hands-on to achieve outcomes
- A sense of humour and a can-do attitude is a must!
Desirable
- Experience in school administration
- Experience working with large volunteer networks
- Experience in event management
- Worked with multi location networks
Key functions:
- Assist in the design and implementation of the schools large scale delivery model
- School implementation process delivery
- Managing the volunteer recruitment and engagement strategy for NSW
- Building a system and associated technology for large scale event support and monitoring, ensuring training and adoption of the system
- Documenting systems and processes
- Monitoring and maintaining school sustainability in the program
- Set up schools communication and relationship management processes
- Manage structured feedback and reporting
- Deliver schools progress reporting as per KPI’s set.
Benefits
Flexible work practices, Quality office space and facilities close to public transport and parking
How to apply
Applications not allowed for this job listing.
Please quote in application: Program Operations Manager via Pro Bono Australia.
Sector: #Community_Engagement, #Families, #Youth_and_Young_People
