Program Assistant (Child Youth & Family)

Work for one of Australia's largest social purpose organisations
Competitive base salary + 11% super
Monthly rostered day off
About the Organisation
Every day, Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people, as we work collaboratively with families, carers, and communities, to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect, this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.
About the Role
The aim of the Program Assistant is to actively support the Operations Manager in the referral process of clients, the review of client’s services, program related administration tasks and the management of the client data base. Demonstrate leadership and peer support to assist teams to achieve positive outcomes with the children and young people we support.
This position is being offered on a permanent full-time basis, working from our office in Unley.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and maintain local administrative finance systems and procedures to support the effective management of programs.
Manage registers for the purpose of licensing and compliance as well as external reporting
Supporting the operations manager in managing assets and resources across the programs
Manage learning and development registers including induction of new staff members
Provide administrative support to management in recruitment
Skills & Experience
Demonstrated experience in a similar role; with the ability to multi task and prioritise work loads
Experience in providing managerial and team support and assistance
Ability to manage sensitive information and maintain a high degree of confidentiality and discretion in dealing with commercial, private or personal information
Proven problem-solving capabilities and ability to work under pressure
Ability to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders including peers, employees, external organisations, funding bodies and government agencies
Excellent verbal communication skills and presentation ability
Qualifications & Licences
Tertiary qualifications in the health or welfare field and/or relevant experience.
Current First Aid certificate.
Current Full Unrestricted Australian Driver’s Licence.
DCSI Working With Children Check (or willing to obtain if successful).
Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check.
To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a minimum of two (2) doses or hold a valid medical exemption certificate, in accordance with Life Without Barriers Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process.
Benefits
Competitive base salary + 11% super
Up to $15,900 annual salary sacrifice
$2000 annual meal & entertainment card
Novated Car Lease - pay no GST on the purchase price of new car or save on running costs of existing car.
Opportunity to work for one of Australia’s largest social purpose organisations
Ongoing training and development opportunities
How to ApplyInclude your resume and covering letter combined in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For confidential enquiries including persons with disability that require application adjustments, contact recruitment@lwb.org.au with the subject heading ‘Program Assistant – Adelaide’This ad closes at midnight on 16th February 2024
Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA)