• Location: Goulburn North - Shepparton, Victoria
• Full-time, Ongoing
• Level 7 SCHADS Award - $119,094 per annum + Superannuation + NFP Salary Packaging

About Vincentcare Victoria

VincentCare Victoria is an award-winning organisation established to provide a range of accommodation and support services to people that are facing disadvantage throughout metropolitan and regional Victoria.

Our aspiration is to be the leader in providing care, hope and advocacy for those facing disadvantage. Our purpose is to create opportunities and lasting change for the most marginalised. VincentCare is well equipped to provide a continuum of services that effectively meet the needs of people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Little bit about the role

Reporting to the Hume Community Hub Manager, you will apply your high level operational expertise and professional judgement when leading the core program functions of VincentCare’s highly effective Marian Community 24/7 specialist family violence services in our Goulburn North service region.

The services provided by Marian Community are accessible in the City of Greater Shepparton, Moira, Strathbogie, Mitchell and Murrindindi Shires in both business hours and after-hours, providing crisis and case management responses to victim survivors experiencing or escaping family violence, including children. The business hours services are provided from office sites in Shepparton (North Goulburn) and Seymour (South Goulburn).

You will provide leadership and direction to the Team Leader and Specialist Practitioners servicing the Goulburn North region (City of Greater Shepparton, Moira and Strathbogie Shires); work alongside the Program Manager for Goulburn South to ensure a responsive and effective service across Goulburn; and support the Hume Community Hub Manager to meet required legislative, funding and operational compliance.

Additionally, you will be required to pro-actively participate in the enhanced after-hours crisis response on-call roster and be available on designated weeknights, weekends, and public holidays.

About You

Your skills and capabilities will include:

• Evidenced leadership within a crisis driven environment.
• Strong organisational and time management skills to meet deadlines in a high-volume, complex environment.
• Demonstrated ability to co-lead and partner with internal and external service expertise for the purposes of strategising future actions, improvements, design and/or implementation of program needs.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and coordinate all aspects of program operations including people, risk and contingency management.

Qualification

• A Bachelor level qualification in Social Work or equivalency met through the 7 Equivalency Principles in line with the minimum mandatory qualification requirements. Please refer to Mandatory minimum qualifications for specialist family violence response roles - vic.gov.au for further information.
• Minimum 5 years in leadership within the family violence response and case management context.

Why work for us? We offer

• Salary packaging, sometimes called salary sacrificing is a huge attraction here! It is a popular way of providing employees in the community sector with tax benefits over and above their salary. It means the real value of a salary package can be significantly higher than the nominal value.
• Employee Assistance Program
• Purpose-driven work that directly supports vulnerable individuals.
• Collaborative team culture that values diversity and inclusion.
• Career development opportunities with ongoing training.
• Innovative service models driving positive change in family violence responses.
• We offer a place where you know you are contributing to a firm committed to helping others. We are passionate about #SocialJustice.

Special Measures Recruitment

This is a female-only position. VincentCare Victoria considers that being female is a genuine occupational requirement under section 28 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic).

How to apply:

If this opportunity sounds perfect to you and you meet our essential requirements, we can’t wait to hear from you! Please click "Apply Now" and submit your updated CV and a cover letter telling us a little bit more about you and how your skills meet our key selection criteria in the position description available here.

Please note: Candidates may be reviewed and progressed as applications are received. VCV reserves the right to close the advertisement at any time. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to ensure you don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity.

Phone enquiries may be made to Marie Murfet, Hume Community Hub Manager on 0428 316 385.

Prior to any commencement to employment, pre-employment checks must be completed. This will include reference checking, a national criminal history and right to work check and a working with children check.

VincentCare Victoria is an accredited Rainbow Tick organisation.

We are committed to the principles of social justice and aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation or religion.

A position description is attached.