Riverwood Community Centre Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

The Role

Riverwood Community Centre is looking for a CEO who is passionate about working with our diverse community and shares RCC’s values, vision, and purpose, as documented in the Strategic Plan.  As CEO you will:

• Lead a committed team to provide effective, quality services to the community, demonstrate a strong commitment to social justice, and work collaboratively to shape the Centre’s future direction.
• With knowledge and an ethical approach, integrity and honesty, ensure the organisation meets its legislative and financial requirements, manages risks and responds to the community.
• Be transparent and accountable to the Board of Directors, providing timely and quality advice in accordance with the Governance Charter and RCC Constitution
• Demonstrate leadership, direction and support to staff and volunteers, building a strong team culture, and overseeing a welcoming culture to our diverse community
• Demonstrate significant senior management experience in the community services sector and with a Board of Directors. Working sensitively with, listening, and responding to all community members, particularly people from culturally diverse backgrounds who make up the majority of our community, is essential.
• Hold relevant tertiary qualifications in the social sciences, community services or management

Key responsibilities

• Foster quality, collaborative and professional working relationships within and external to the organisation.
• Provide strategic leadership that reinforces RCC’s vision, purpose, values and sound management practices of the organisation.
• Provide accurate advice to the Board to support effective governance and meet quality outcomes for the community.
• Promote a caring, welcoming and inclusive organisational culture that supports a sense of belonging.
• Demonstrate excellent organisational, interpersonal and people management skills and support professional development of staff.
• Proven experience in preparing, managing and reporting on budgets and evidence of strategic thinking for successful tendering to support current and future financial sustainability.
• Demonstrated experience in working collaboratively with external partners and stakeholders to maintain high-quality and responsive levels of service and sustain and develop RCC’s vital and critical role in the life of the community.

If you have exceptional skills in the above areas, are flexible, responsive and are looking for a new and exciting opportunity to join with and work collaboratively to shape the future direction of a leading community organisation in Riverwood, please read the attached Position Description and Strategic Plan.