Are you a values-driven leader who is passionate about supporting children, young people, and families to thrive? In this role, you'll lead a dedicated team delivering high-quality services to some of the most vulnerable members of our community, ensuring they receive the support they need to achieve positive outcomes.

At 54 Reasons, this role is about more than managing people and programs. It is about creating a culture where staff feel supported, empowered, and equipped to make a meaningful difference every day. Your leadership will help ensure children and families receive safe, responsive, and culturally informed support, while strengthening partnerships across communities and service systems.

We're looking for a collaborative and compassionate leader who can balance strategic thinking with hands-on operational leadership, inspire others, and navigate complexity with confidence and care.

54 reasons is Australia's leading child rights organisation - no ordinary not-for-profit.

Proudly part of the Save the Children Australia Group and global movement, we're here to make sure that children and young people have their rights met and thrive, in all their diversity.

With the child's voice at the centre, we provide quality services to children and their caregivers in every state and territory, and across regions, remote areas and capital cities. From our programs to our support services - this is the place to realise your purpose.

A place to make a difference:

In this part-time role (30.4 hours per week) you'll work as a part of our Perth Metro team located in Kelmscott to help us create lasting change for children everywhere.

You will make a difference by

• Leading, coaching, and supporting a high-performing team to deliver safe, high-quality, and child-centred services.
• Building the capability, wellbeing, and professional development of team members through effective supervision, mentoring, and performance management.
• Ensuring services are delivered in line with organisational policies, funding requirements, legislative obligations, and best-practice frameworks.
• Developing and maintaining strong partnerships with children, families, communities, and key stakeholders to improve outcomes and strengthen service integration.
• Monitoring service delivery, resources, and program performance to ensure positive outcomes for children, young people, and families.

A place to feel valued:

Your deep expertise in supporting vulnerable children, young people, and families will be invaluable. You're a compassionate and authentic leader who builds trust quickly, develops the capability of others, and creates a positive team culture. You are confident navigating complexity, making sound decisions, and balancing operational priorities with a strong focus on achieving positive outcomes for children and families.

This role requires:

• Strong leadership skills to motivate and guide a high performing team to achieve collective goals, program and client outcomes.
• A genuine passion to support and manage a high-performing team to meet and exceed objectives and achieve positive outcomes for children and young people.
• Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder engagement skills, with a strong understanding of place-based practice and the ability to work collaboratively with communities, services, and partners to achieve shared outcomes.
• Sound judgement and the ability to navigate complex situations, balance competing priorities, and make informed decisions in a dynamic environment
• A commitment to strengths-based, trauma-informed, culturally safe, and child-centred practice, ensuring the needs and voices of children, young people, and families remain at the heart of service delivery.

A place to belong:

At 54 reasons, we invest in the development and wellbeing of our people. Our workforce is approximately 600 people strong, and proudly diverse, whether in race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, cultures and beliefs.

It takes all types of people to do the challenging work we do. We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:

• Award rate salary (Level 6.1 - $55.72 per hour) plus access full PBI salary packaging benefits - use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!
• Extra leave to use in a range of ways to ensure you're able to perform at your optimum
• Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program
• Individual learning plans to help map and deliver on your career development
• Celebrate and feel supported in your diversity. We have a highly inclusive culture and diverse workforce reflecting the communities we serve, allowing you to bring your whole self to work (if that's what you want)!

Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.

Does this sound like the place for you?

We'd love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis as they come in, so don't delay in applying!

Position Description: Team Leader

For more information about this position, please contact Amanda Splatt on 0458 018 894 or [email protected] using the subject line: Team Leader enquiry via EthicalJobs Or for more information about a career at Save, visit our Careers Page.

We understand the need for work-life balance. We've advertised this role as part-time but if you're looking for something different, please let us know.

We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure its straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn't quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at [email protected]. We're dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a place where everyone can feel supported - no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.

If you are having any issues with uploading your application for this role, please contact [email protected] for further support.