Want to be part of a Technology team that makes a difference? We create and support technology platforms for 1000 employees, 2000 volunteers in 100 locations across Australia and the Pacific positively impacting the lives of children. Supported by a new CIO, you will join the Technology Leadership team with broad accountability across our core applications including engineering, support and delivery management for Save the Children Australia, the Pacific, and our social enterprises. We have new, bold technology ambitions and you'll help the team continue to iterate toward a progressive and technology led culture. You'll have room to grow, learn, coach, and make a real difference.

Save the Children is no ordinary not-for-profit.

We're ambitious, creative and outspoken. We stand up for children's rights. We want all children to be educated, healthy and live a life free from violence. We run programs in Australia and overseas and, if there's a disaster - like an earthquake, drought or conflict - we are there on the ground.

Where you come in:

In this full-time, permanent position based in Carlton* you will be responsible for managing our core applications for Save the Children in Australia and the Pacific. You will be part of our Technology Leadership team and report to our CIO.

You will make an impact by:

• Managing the full SDLC for core applications including requirements, testing, solution development, change and release management
• Managing the continuous improvement of our agile delivery and support processes
• Providing transparency of technical debt and ensuring our applications are healthy, cost effective and available.
• Creating technical roadmaps for applications and engineering and operational guardrails to guide the teams.
• Leading by example, showing the teams how to engineer, deliver and operate modern technology
• Creating and maintaining a positive, productive, and happy team culture where team members can grow, learn and coach others to make a real difference.

Does this sound like you?

You lead by example, are hands on and a collaborative problem solver. You have engineered, delivered and supported many applications in many context and can converse with junior technical team members through to non-technical senior managers. You love solving problems and helping people.

This role requires:

• Extensive applications management experience in the cloud and SaaS
• Significant project management, scrum master or team management experience
• Significant experience with managing modern engineering and delivery principles, tools and processes (eg CI/CD, Devops, Serverless, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
• An agile mindset and an advocate for users of the applications
• A customer centric approach and significant experience with service delivery tools and frameworks (eg Jira, ServiceNow, ITIL)

Working at Save the Children is more than just a job.

It's the feeling of knowing that your work is contributing to making the world a better place for children and working with others who feel the same. In addition to a connection to social causes, you will have access to:

• Friendly and flexible work environment
• Agile work environment including working from home
• Child and pet friendly work environment
• Full salary packaging benefits (please use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!)

For more information regarding our employee benefits, please follow this link.

Sound interesting?

We'd love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume by clicking on the 'Apply' button below.

Position Description - Applications Manager.

*We understand flexibility is important to you. We've advertised this role as Permanent, full-time role based in Carlton, but if you're looking for something slightly different, please let us know. We offer flexible hours, remote working, and flexible job structure, among many other employee benefits. All are available for the right candidate!

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. Successful applicants are required to provide evidence of vaccination against COVID-19, or proof of medical exemption.

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! We're dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a workplace suitable for all people and can modify our processes to suit you - 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 where necessary, 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.