Organisation : Anglicare Victoria
Location : Melbourne (Frankston, Dandenong or Morwell)
Work type : Full-time
Profession : CEO & Senior Management, Community Services, Social & Support Work
Sector : Children, Community Support Services, Domestic / Family Violence, Families, Youth & Young People
Salary type : Annual Package
Salary : total salary package of 181,562.40
Application closing date : 16 Mar, 2025
About the organisation
About Us
We are proud of what we have achieved over the years and are excited to continue to grow and delivering excellent services to our clients, supporting sector reform and developing our workforce within the child, youth and family services sector.
To enable us to continue to lead the way in innovation and service delivery, we are investing to build upon the operational, management and leadership capacity of the business with the addition of an Assistant Director role, part of the South Division. This new role comes of the back of our restructure, brining together our Southern and Gippsland regions so that we can better support our clients.
What makes this such a great role for you:
This is a career defining opportunity to join an organisation that has led major change to the system and is an opportunity for you to be a part of our continued journey towards improvement and innovation across within AV and more broadly within the sector.
As an Assistant Director at AV you’ll receive:
- A total salary package of 181,562.40
- Access to Salary Packaging of up to 15,900
- Access to discounted health insurance and other retail discounts.
- Access to AV’s suite of Health and Wellbeing benefits, such as our Well Worth It! Program, Fitness Passport, EIP and EAP.
About the role
- Work with an organisation that is seen as a sector leader in children, youth & family services
- Belong to a senior leadership team that makes a difference through innovation, service delivery, & excellence
- Head up the teams in the Children and Families and Family Violence with 5 direct reports
About the Role
This is a new role. We have restructured our Gippsland and Southern regions to form a Division that better reflects the sector. As such the senior leadership team will consist of a Divisional Director and 3 Assistant Directors.
This Assistant Director role will manage the operational aspects of specific service delivery areas including Family Services and Family Violence including The Orange Door across the South and Gippsland area, that is 5 direct reports.
As well as ensuring the ongoing delivery of excellent client outcomes across your service scope, you’ll support the us to build our overall leadership, management and capability, placing us in an even better position to continue to grow and excel in line with our strategic agenda, at both a regional and organisational level.
About our Ideal Candidate
Given the scope of the position and operational responsibility, you’ll bring demonstrated skills and experience in areas including:
- The management of large and complex teams across various service delivery areas.
- The human service delivery system, including the complexities in reference to Child Protection, Family Violence and other relevant theoretical frameworks and evidence-based models relating to Family Services, children and young people.
To help drive our future growth and development, and to complement the existing leadership team You’ll bring:
- You’ll bring an engaging and individualised approach to leadership, with the ability to develop, engage and lead an inclusive and diverse workforce.
- In support of the areas, you will have responsibility you will support the already established, successful and supportive leadership team, you’ll bring the ability to listen to their needs, coaching them to excel and grow.
- You’ll bring a mature and comprehensive understanding of data, analytics and evidence informed practice to further drive the delivery of exceptional client outcomes.
- You’ll will naturally take accountability with an exceptional understanding of the importance of contractual obligations, compliance requirements and the ability to maintain the highest standards.
- You’ll bring an ability to both grow and maintain key stakeholder relationships, supporting the operational excellence internally at AV and building on our reputation externally.
Why You'll love working here
Work from home
Relocation assistance
Gym membership
Health insurance
How to apply
Ready to take the next step:
We would like to receive applications by no later than Sunday 16th March.
All you need to do is click APPLY wherever you see this advertisement. You will be taken to our careers page where you can simply “Apply for this job” over on the right-hand side.
To support your application, please provide us with a resume, along with a 1-page cover letter that describes you, your approach to leadership and anything else that you feel might add value to your application and set you apart.
As part of the selection process, we’ll conduct a 3-stage interview process including face to face interview, Psychometric testing and a final face to face catch-up.
We may reach out during the advertising period to discuss your application in more detail and ask some further questions. We would also invite you to do the same. Please contact Paul Ridley, Recruitment Specialist by phone on 03 9412 6078 or email paul.ridley@anglicarevic.org.au
Anglicare Victoria acknowledges Aboriginal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate. We commit to working respectfully to honour their ongoing cultural and spiritual connections to this country.
Diversity and inclusivity are important to Anglicare Victoria and we are committed to ensuring our workplace and services reflect this. Everyone is welcome at Anglicare Victoria, regardless of age, ethnicity, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation and physical ability.
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