Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 1st Apr 2021
Raising Children Network (RCN), is a not-for-profit consortium of the Parenting Research Centre (PRC), the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne’s Centre for Community Child Health.
RCN’s flagship product is raisingchildren.net.au. This highly regarded online resource offers Australian parents and carers trusted, reliable, free information on everyday parenting issues from pregnancy through to teens.
Funded by the Australian Government, the website features plain language articles, videos, graphic guides, interactive tools, podcasts, webinars and apps on topics spanning physical, social and emotional health, development, disability and autism, school and education, and safety from pregnancy to teenagers. Content is original, based on the latest scientific evidence, reviewed by experts and designed for busy parents and professionals working with families. Content is regularly reviewed and updated.
We are now looking for someone to lead the next phase of RCNs development, including: driving the strategic development of the existing platform, while remaining aligned to our purpose and vision; creating opportunities through innovation and new partnerships; and charting pathways to longer term financial sustainability and greater impact, whilst, at the same time, ensuring smooth and effective operations required to maintain our world class digital products.
In doing this, you will work closely with the RCN Board, be embedded in two of Victoria’s leading child and family research organisations, and be supported by a talented, productive and creative multidisciplinary project team based at the Parenting Research Centre (PRC) and the Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH) at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.
More specifically, some of your key areas of responsibility will include:
This position would suit an accomplished leader and collaborator who inspires and empowers others. The successful candidate will have an entrepreneurial mindset with demonstrated capacity to cultivate business opportunities and secure funding aligned with strategic and business priorities. Your extensive experience in the successful delivery of major projects will ensure positive, high impact outcomes along with your highly developed skills and experience in a complex stakeholder environment. Knowledge and experience in a relevant child and family service context and an understanding of contemporary digital media platforms and their capacity to engage, inform and support would be highly desirable. Outstanding written and oral communication skills are a must.
In recognition of your hard work and dedication, you will enjoy an attractive remuneration along with a range of benefits, including;
We are committed to inclusion of diversity and we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds and people living with a disability to apply.
If you're ready for a new challenge and want to make a difference in the lives of children and families — Apply Now!