• Location: Melbourne
• International, award-winning, evidence-based, parenting website!
• Ideal opportunity for someone with excellent leadership skills and entrepreneurial flair
• Flexible work practices available, including work from home

About the Raising Children Network

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.

About the Opportunity

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:

• Driving business development and income diversification according to strategic directions, government priorities and emerging areas of investment.
• Creating opportunities through thought leadership and building partnerships with government and non-government sectors.
• Growing reach and impact by developing effective parenting information resources on the raisingchildren.net.au platform for use by the family health, education, community and welfare sectors, and work to embed RCN content in service delivery and practice.
• Increasing reach and awareness of our online platforms through mass media and sector partnerships.
• Ensuring RCN meets all contract deliverables including reporting to stakeholders, content creation and currency requirements, website functionality, and promotion; and all relevant standards and regulations related to contracts and internal policies.
• High-level stakeholder management, representing RCN in government, policy and professional forums as well as quality presentations and publications.
• Leading a high performing, multidisciplinary team distributed across two organisations.

About You

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.

About the Benefits

In recognition of your hard work and dedication, you will enjoy an attractive remuneration along with a range of benefits, including;

• A supportive, flexible, autonomous & values based working environment
• Work life balance and family friendly culture
• Flexible work arrangements including a blend of working from home and office locations
• Support to continue your professional development and continuous learning; and
• Opportunity to be part of an organisation that make a difference to the lives of parents and children.

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!