As the Senior Manager for Foster Care Recruitment, Retention and Development, you will help Berry Street achieve strategic objectives under our Home Based Care Strategy. You will be responsible for implementing and leading an innovative, organisation-wide Carer Retention Strategy.

You will establish a comprehensive state-wide approach to our Foster and Kinship Carer training and support our Regional teams who assess potential carers.

This is a Full-time, Permanent role with a salary package equivalent of up to 120K - 140K inc. super and Salary packaging.

This is a hybrid role, based out of Berry Street’s Richmond and Eaglemont Offices, both on Wurundjeri Country, with regular travel across regional Victoria.

Your journey so far and what’s led you to Berry Street. 

• You will be a confident and experienced Senior Operations Manager who has implemented successful change processes within medium to large organisations.
• You step up in challenging situations and thrive in environments that have room for growth.  
• You are comfortable contributing to senior leadership teams effectively and strategically. 
• Your communication style is inclusive, transparent and practical. 
• You get technology and understand how to navigate data and systems.
• You are people-focused and your management style is supportive, encouraging and respectful.
• You ideally hail from the Human Services Sector and are ready to contribute to a values-driven organisation and provide leadership based on Berry Street’s core values and practices.

Together our Core Values & Practices align. 

• Courage
• Integrity 
• Respect
• Accountability, by Working Together!  

Our values become real by what we say, how we say it, and how we behave with each other, and with those, we support and partner with.  

We strive to be truly inclusive of all people in our work and are committed to upholding the highest standards in our service delivery.

This application will only be open until we find the right person for the role.

Please consider applying ASAP.

We strongly recommend you submit a cover letter with your CV drawing on how we can work together. 

If you have any questions please call Andrea Harris, at 0429 896 370 [email protected], using the subject line: Senior Manager - Foster Care Recruitment, Retention and Development - Richmond / Eaglemont enquiry via EthicalJobs. 

A position description is attached.

Please Note; that the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking before employment, including a Working with Children Check and National Police Check.

Berry Street is committed to being a child-safe, child-friendly and child-empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify as LGBTIQA+. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion.

Aboriginal people; people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.

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