There's something special about spending your days alongside like-minded people, just as committed to purposeful work as you. At Save the Children Australia & Library for All, we attract bright and big-hearted people who are inspired to make a difference. Together, we are fearless in our pursuit of making lasting change for the children and communities who need it most.

This is no ordinary opportunity

Our Head of Programs has the power to change the lives of millions of children around the world.

Reporting to the CEO of Library For All, the Head of Programs is responsible for ensuring that Library For All's programs are working efficiently and effectively to fulfil our mission.

The Head of Programs is responsible for:

1. Driving rigorous portfolio planning and execution aligned to the Library For All strategy
2. Supporting effective and efficient delivery through designing and rolling out new robust operational systems and processes
3. Working with the CEO to redefine Library For All's business model to ensure we effectively respond to changing international and domestic market conditions and emerging opportunities

We've already changed the lives of more than 250,000 children, and with your help we can grow that to 20 million before the end of this decade.

Library For All is a place where your purpose matters.

It takes all types of personalities and talents to drive our organisation- yours included. We value a healthy work-life balance and ensure our people feel connected to each other and our impact. Learn from inspiring people and grow from a connection to our strong local and global networks. From our programs to our support services - this is the place to realise your purpose.

We offer you: A place to make a difference

Here you're empowered to make a difference in children's lives by learning, sharing and collaborating to find new ways to solve problems. In this full-time permanent role, you'll work as a part of our Library for All team from any location in Australia or across the APAC region to help us create lasting change for children everywhere. The Head of Programs plays an important role in delivering on our vision of a better world for children. Whether it's by participating in strategy development, senior decision-making, and building a collaborative, service-oriented and visionary organisational culture or acting as a bridging role across Publishing, Technology, Program, and Business Development functions to ensure strong planning and seamless exchange of information, you'll be contributing to our commitment to children in Australia, the Pacific and around the world.

You will make a difference by:

• Establish comprehensive frameworks for operational oversight, monitoring, and quality assurance of program delivery across the LFA portfolio.
• Provide strategic operational input at critical project review points, including project design, proposal development, and donor reporting.
• Develop a partnership framework that enables timely decision-making, and leverages resources to deliver against our strategy.
• Identify common constraints and requirements across the portfolio, leading harmonisation efforts in line with Save the Children standards and exploring innovative solutions.
• Collaborate with Finance and Business Development teams to ensure new projects align with the forward-looking LFA business model and cost-recovery mechanisms
• Lead product management, including customer feedback processes, product planning, prioritisation, and delivery.
• Provide direct and indirect management of program delivery staff in LFA and partner countries, focusing on supervision, support, team coordination, staff development, and performance management.

A place to feel valued

Your deep expertise in senior leadership roles at international non-profit, humanitarian, or development organisations is invaluable. We recognise your contribution and provide you the support to ensure you can bring your best, knowing here you have the space and opportunity to grow. Bringing your best every day, means:

• Proven track record of managing complex, multi-stakeholder portfolio
• Demonstrated experience in program strategy development and implementation
• Extensive experience in organisational change management
• Background in technology-enabled social impact programs preferred
• Advanced project management capabilities
• Strong financial modelling and budget management skills
• Proficiency in data analysis and performance metrics tracking
• Technology product management expertise
• Advanced knowledge of international development funding mechanisms

A place to belong

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.

In addition to working at the leading edge of education technology alongside a team of highly engaged professionals we offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:

• Opportunity to work on additional projects to enable you to stretch and feel connected to programs in a different way
• Individual learning plans to help map and deliver on your career development.
• Internal employment and development opportunities
• Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program
• Celebrate and feel supported in your diversity. We've established internal networks to support our diverse workforce, foster inclusion and allow you to bring your whole self to work (if that's what you want!) (Pride@Save, Parents and Carers@Save, Mental Wellness Alliance, Disability@Save, First Nations Advisory Commitee).
• Salary base of AUD150k - AUD155k + full salary packaging benefits (please 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

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. Click "Apply Now" and submit your cover letter and resume below.

Position Description - Head of Programs

For more information about this position, please contact our People & Culture team at [email protected] using the subject line: Head of Programs - Flexible Location enquiry via EthicalJobs or for more information about a career at LFA and Save the Children Australia, visit our Careers Page.

*We understand the need for work-life balance. We've advertised this role as full-time permanent, but if you're looking for something different, please let us know. We offer flexible hours, remote working, and individual flexibility plans to ensure we're providing you a personalised career.

We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure it's 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 Library For All is a place where everyone can feel supported - no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.

Library For All 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. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding here.

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