• Leading Community Services Organisation
• Salary packaging, and competitive sector remuneration
• Relocation costs available
• Full-time ongoing position
• Based in Gippsland (Sale)

About the opportunity

Uniting offers a positive and supportive culture, training and leadership opportunities and rewarding work in a leading Community Services organisation. We are also offering relocations costs for successful applicants.

The Manager of Children, Youth and Families will work as part of a team of managers and is responsible for efficient coordination and management of a group of client services and community development programs and services.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, the Manager will oversee the delivery of and provide expertise in a portfolio of Government funded programs. 

This is achieved through;

• Ensuring effective planning, development and delivery of high quality, sustainable consumer and community focused programs and services
• Ensuring that all programs are managed in accordance with funding requirements, Uniting policies, allocated budgets and contemporary human resource management approaches
• Developing effective systems to ensure compliance with quality and risk management accountability requirements and reporting processes in accordance with funding requirements and Uniting policy
• Providing strategic advice and support to the Senior Manager and Executive Officer, including the preparation of planning data, budgets, reports, continuous improvement strategies and funding proposals
• Leading the implementation of relevant service development and improvements in partnership with consumers, the community, funding bodies and employees
• Working collaboratively with external agencies, liaising with key stakeholders and funders and actively participating in and influencing the direction of the agency.

You can view the full position description here

About you

• Demonstrated Experience in a leadership role
• Strong understanding of Child, Youth and Families Act 2015 and the Best Interest Principles Framework
• Ability to manage programs/services, staff and budgets
• Demonstrated proactive approach to problem solving, innovative thinking and decision making
• Demonstrated ability to support change and improve agency and team culture

How to Apply

If this sounds like you, apply today by submitting the following

• Cover Letter (1 page outlining your suitability according to the position description)
• Current Resume (no more than 3 pages)

Get in touch

Tracey Donaldson – Senior Manager Children, Youth and Families    
T: 03 5144 7777

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. Visit us: unitingvictas.org.au

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and Working With Children Check (in Victoria) and/or Working With Vulnerable People Check (in Tasmania) prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

We work in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s First Peoples and as the traditional owners and custodians of this land. We celebrate diversity and value the lived experience of people of every ethnicity, faith, age, disability, culture, language, gender identity, sex and sexual orientation. We welcome lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse and non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people at our services. We pledge to provide inclusive and non-discriminatory services.