AddressThe Family Services Operational Manager will play a pivotal role in overseeing the delivery of funded activities aimed at increasing the number of Aboriginal children safely placed with Aboriginal foster and family kinship carers in the Northern Territory, while also contributing to community change activities under the Connected Beginnings initiative. This role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and a commitment to culturally sensitive practice.
The Connected Beginnings program includes, implementing, and tracking the effectiveness of community change activities and developing strategies to use the community’s voice to inform decision making aim is to increase Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children’s and families’ engagement with health and early childhood education and care. It improves access to existing early childhood, maternal and child health, and family support services so children are safe, healthy and ready to thrive at school by the age of five. The role will contribute to organisational strategy, measurement and evaluation and facilitation of meetings, workshops and other capacity building activities.
The objective role through overseeing kinship is to effectively manage the grant funding allocation aimed at identifying, evaluating, and supporting Aboriginal Carers for Aboriginal Children in Care in the Northern Territory, ensuring that children are placed in culturally appropriate and safe environments within their extended families or communities whenever removal from their parents is necessary.
Key Responsibilities:
- Program Management
- Team Leadership and Collaboration
- Stakeholder Engagement and Partnership Building
- Quality Assurance and Reporting
- Staff and Performance Management
- Compliance
- Work, Health & Safety
- Other tasks as reasonably directed by your line manager.
The successful applicant should posses the following attributes, skills and competencies;
• Tertiary qualifications and/or significant experience in education, community development, communications, change management, social services, health, business, or related area, and demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development
• Demonstrated experience in project management and team leadership; to design, implement, manage and monitor using a data driven approach
• Proven ability to build capacity and thinks strategically at organisational and systemic level over multi-year horizons
• A demonstrated capacity to lead and work in a highly functional team environment
• High level interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills and the ability to resolve conflict
• Proven experience in community led change, working across difference and building relationships with a broad range of stakeholders
• An understanding of the issues affecting Aboriginal communities, particularly rural and remote areas, in a way that fosters mutual respect
• Ability to generate concise and accurate reports, briefing papers and other documentation
• Understanding of children’s services, funding and gaps in current service delivery environment
• Existing relationships with a range of stakeholders in the local or regional area
• Experience managing budgets
• Competent Computer and literacy skills
• Valid NT Drivers Licence, Valid Ochre Card and willingness to undergo a National Police Check.
Renumeration Package:
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary Range: $96,076.75 - $107,000 per annum (pro-rata)
Entitlements/Benefits:
- 6 Weeks Annual Leave
- 2 Weeks Sick Leave
- 2 Weeks Ancillary Leave
- 1 RDO per Month
- Access to pre-tax salary packaging
- mobile Phone & Laptop for work use
- Kalano motor vehicle for work use and home garaging
Location: Kalano’s Big Rivers Child & Family Centre, Katherine NT
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week – 7.5 hours per day [Monday to Friday | 08:00am – 4:30pm]
Indigenous and/or Torres Strait Islander persons encouraged to apply
All applications are to include an up-to-date Resume and a Cover Letter addressing your suitability for the role and apply via our Kalano’s Careers page before the closing date to be accepted.
Position Descriptions can be obtained from Human Resources.
Phone 08 897225***| Email **@kalano.org.au
Applications Close: Thursday 11th July 2024
