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Development and Operations Manager

CREATE Foundation

CREATE Foundation is the peak consumer body representing the voices of children and young people in the out of home care sector to advocate for change to improve the system.

Are you a change maker, passionate about the rights of children and young people? Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and advocating for change, and do you have highly developed leadership skills to achieve great outcomes? Then this job may be just what you are looking for.

CREATE Foundation is a dynamic child focused organisation. The Development and Operations Manager plays a pivotal role in business strategy and is responsible for ensuring accountability and compliance through effective risk management, and adherence to state government and fee for service contractual obligations.

This role is responsible for monitoring and supervising a number of states and assisting them to secure new funding to meet organisational objectives. It also contributes to the development, implementation and monitoring of the organisational Strategic Plan, Operational Plan and assisting states to develop and monitor state Action plans.

Specific role requirements:

  • Strategic direction
  • Management and leadership
  • Risk
  • Compliance
  • HR

In Practice

  • Oversee an organisational best practice approach to working with children and young people with a care experience.
  • Ensure that CREATE maintains a child safe environment and that activities and programs are child-centred.
  • Assist in the development of the Staff Training & Development agenda for State Coordinators in conjunction with Leadership Committee Members.

Key Result Areas:

  • Provide effective leadership, and communicate instructions clearly to direct reports to ensure that the organisation meets its strategic goals and KPI’s.
  • Effectively identify and nurture new opportunities in states and write quality tenders/proposals to secure funding.
  • Effectively identify, manage, and mitigate risk.
  • Manage state contractual compliance and ensure contractual, and CREATE KPIs are met, and recorded accurately on internal systems. Ensure that the records kept meet stated timeframes.
  • High level of analysis of data and preparation of accurate reports that meet stated deadlines.
  • Effectively manage and supervise direct reports.
  • Decisively respond to state inquiries and needs.
  • Participate actively as a Leadership Committee member, and support Leadership Committee colleagues.
  • Meets targets for new funding as per Operational Plan.

KEY SELECTION CRITERIA

Note: All applicants must successfully undertake security checks.

  1. Must have a Bachelor Degree in Social Science/Social Work/Business or related discipline combined with at least 3 years managerial experience in the non-profit sector (Experience in the out of home care sector is highly desirable).
  2. High level of skill and proven experience across all aspects of business operations including; contract and risk management, and preparing funding submissions/ grant writing with demonstrated success.
  3. Demonstrated ability to contribute to the development of, interpret and monitor adherence to organisational policy. High level of ability to analyse and interpret data with proven experience in managing data flows and reporting processes coupled with demonstrated ability to write concisely, edit and compile credible reports.
  4. High level of skill and demonstrated ability to manage and supervise staff. Experience in remote supervision (i.e. supervising staff in another state) will be highly regarded. Ability to create a positive culture within an organisation built on a shared purpose. Capacity to travel frequently to support and monitor states.
  5. Strong administrative skills with a demonstrated eye for detail. Highly effective time management skills and ability to prioritise competing demands and delegate efficiently.
  6. Highly developed interpersonal, conflict resolution and negotiation skills and ability to work autonomously and as part of a team. Ability to be decisive, and effectively follow though to get results. Demonstrated ability to manage work/life balance.

We believe CREATE is a fantastic place to work. You will enjoy a supportive team and you'll be surrounded by people who are motivated and truly passionate about the work we do.

We are invested in our team and reward and acknowledge our staff achievements with annual Performance Awards and offer extensive personal development opportunities through organisational training.

We offer great entitlements including Salary Sacrificing, and an additional 3 days Board Leave per annum on top of the 4 weeks annual leave.

CREATE is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunities and we encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background to apply for the position. People with out-of-home care experience are also strongly encouraged to apply.

Full position details are available from our website http://create.org.au/who-we-are/join-team/current-vacancies/.

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