Assistant Director Community Services and Support Services

Job Description

Work with an organisation that is seen as a sector leader Belong to a senior leadership team that makes a difference through innovation, service delivery, & excellence Head up teams in Community Services, Legal, Admin and Quality with 7 direct reports About Us We are proud of what we have achieved over the years and are excited to continue to grow and deliver excellent services to our clients, supporting sector reform and developing our workforce within the child, youth and family services sector. To enable us to continue to lead the way in innovation and service delivery, we are investing to build upon the operational, management and leadership capacity of the business with the addition of an Assistant Director role, part of the South Division. This role comes off the back of our restructure, bringing together our Southern and Gippsland regions so that we can better support our clients. About the Role We have restructured our Gippsland and Southern regions to form a Division that better reflects the sector. As such, the senior leadership team will consist of a Divisional Director and 3 Assistant Directors. This Assistant Director role will manage the operational aspects of specific service delivery areas including Community Services, Community Legal Services and Youth Services, as well as embedded teams providing Administrative and Quality support, across the South and Gippsland area, with 7 direct reports. As well as ensuring the ongoing delivery of excellent client outcomes across your service scope, you’ll support us to build our overall leadership, management and capability, placing us in an even better position to continue to grow and excel in line with our strategic agenda, at both a regional and organisational level. About our Ideal Candidate Given the scope of the position and operational responsibility, you’ll bring demonstrated skills and experience in areas including: The management of large and complex teams across various service delivery areas. The human service delivery system, including the complexities in reference to Community Services, Community Legal and Youth Services. Leading large Administration and Quality teams embedded within the Division. To help drive our future growth and development, and to complement the existing leadership team, you’ll bring: An engaging and individualised approach to leadership, with the ability to develop, engage and lead an inclusive and diverse workforce. The ability to listen to the needs of the established, successful and supportive leadership team, coaching them to excel and grow. A mature and comprehensive understanding of data, analytics and evidence-informed practice to further drive the delivery of exceptional client outcomes. A natural accountability with an exceptional understanding of the importance of contractual obligations, compliance requirements and the ability to maintain the highest standards. The ability to grow and maintain key stakeholder relationships, supporting operational excellence internally at AV and building on our reputation externally. What makes this such a great role for you: This is a career-defining opportunity to join an organisation that has led major change to the system and is an opportunity for you to be a part of our continued journey towards improvement and innovation within AV and more broadly within the sector. As an Assistant Director at AV you’ll receive: A total salary package of 181,562.40 Access to Salary Packaging of up to 15,900 Access to discounted health insurance and other retail discounts. Access to AV’s suite of Health and Wellbeing benefits, such as our Well Worth It! Program, Fitness Passport, EIP and EAP. We are happy for the role to be based at Morwell, Frankston or Dandenong, with regular travel required to Gippsland. Ready to take the next step: We would like to receive applications by no later than Tuesday 25th March. All you need to do is click APPLY wherever you see this advertisement. You will be taken to our careers page where you can simply “Apply for this job” over on the right-hand side. To support your application, please provide us with a resume, along with a 1-page cover letter that describes you, your approach to leadership and anything else that you feel might add value to your application and set you apart. As part of the selection process, we’ll conduct a 3-stage interview process including a face-to-face interview, psychometric testing and a final face-to-face catch-up. We may reach out during the advertising period to discuss your application in more detail and ask some further questions. We would also invite you to do the same. Please contact Paul Ridley, Recruitment Specialist by phone on 03 9412 6078 or email Anglicare Victoria acknowledges Aboriginal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate. We commit to working respectfully to honour their ongoing cultural and spiritual connections to this country. Diversity and inclusivity are important to Anglicare Victoria and we are committed to ensuring our workplace and services reflect this. Everyone is welcome at Anglicare Victoria, regardless of age, ethnicity, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation and physical ability. #J-18808-Ljbffr