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SalaryDepartment for Education
Job reference: 582431
Location: 5000 - ADELAIDE
Job status: Long Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
Exciting opportunity for an experienced strategic and operational individual to lead the department’s current and future employee case management needs, ensuring that outcomes are effectively, consistently and cohesively implemented.
Why work with us:
Every child and young person deserves a great education.
We have a strategy that aims to unlock every child’s potential now and into the future, one that in partnership with learners, students, parents and the wider South Australian community will build a world-leading public education system. One that is equitable and prioritises learning and wellbeing.
Together we will make our education system the best it can be.
When our children and young people thrive, so do our communities and our state.
About the role
The Assistant Director, Employee Management Services is responsible for leading high performing teams to assist the department to manage unsatisfactory performance; injuries under the worker’s compensation legislation for department employees; ethical conduct matters (including employee complaints) and unplaced employees.
With a strong focus on human centered approaches to contemporary workforce issues, the Assistant Director will proactively work to identify opportunities in the case management of employees for the different workforce cohorts that enable effective support for individuals and improvement in departmental outcomes, while maintaining flexibility and building the department’s reputation as an employer of choice.
The Assistant Director will understand the priorities across the department’s broader agenda and will foster multidisciplinary ways of working to ensure employee case management outcomes reflect the future direction of the department.
The importance of effective employee case management to the organisation means that this role will develop and maintain a broad network of stakeholders to ensure perspectives are understood and that the various employment conditions, when operationalised, will work cohesively and in the best interests of employees and children and young people.
Qualifications and competencies:
- Strong leadership and management skills, with proven success in developing high-performing teams and effectively implementing change.
- In-depth knowledge and experience in providing highly effective case management using human centered approaches.
- Proven high level interpersonal and negotiation skills with flexibility, resilience, compassion and discernment within a complex, multidisciplinary and collaborative working environment.
- Diversity of work with the opportunity to lead Performance Support, Injury Management, Ethical Conduct and Case Management teams.
- Be part of the largest employer in the state, with great career and professional development opportunities.
- CBD location and flexible working arrangements to enable work life balance.
- Access to Employee Assistance Program and Fitness Passport to support health and wellbeing.
The successful applicant is required to gain a Department for Human Services (DHS) working with children check (WWCC) prior to being employed which is required to be renewed every five years before expiry. The incumbent will be required to undertake RRHAN –EC (Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect - Education Care) Facilitator Lead (Masterclass) extended course which will be required to be updated every three years.
For all other Special Conditions please refer to the attached Position Description.
Enquiries:
Enquiries can be directed to Lisa Dwiar, Director, Employee Relations, via tel: (08) 8226 2207 or email: .
Application Instructions:
Applications should be made through the IWorkForSA website.
Applicants are required to submit a CV and a cover letter outlining their suitability against the key competencies in the attached position description.
People of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and/or those who have a disability are strongly encouraged to apply.
Additional Note:
This is a full-time contract role (1.0 FTE), initial 3 year contract.
Applications close: 21/03/2024 11:30 PM
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Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
