• Position: Full time, Ongoing position
• Location: Wangaratta, with travel to other VACCA sites
• Salary: $130,780.13 - $134,593.19, plus super and salary packaging is available

The Organisation

The Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency (VACCA) is an Aboriginal Community-Controlled organisation that supports and advocates for the Aboriginal Community and is the largest organisation of its kind in Australia. The VACCA team is committed to the organisation’s visions and values, passionately providing support, service and advocacy for our children and other vulnerable members of the community.

Our strength lies with our people.

About the role

The Senior Program Manager Family Violence and Child and Family Services is responsible for the strategic oversight of Ovens Murray VACCA’s Family Violence and Child and Family Services programs including staff, budget, liaison and partnerships with departments, compliance administration as well as supporting and overseeing family services and family violence sector development. 

A key function is to ensure that these programs are coordinated and managed in a manner which provides the best possible platform for the delivery of effective, quality, and timely responses. The Senior Program Manager is responsible for ensuring that targets are achieved, funding is managed, and reporting and compliance requirements are fully met.

About You

• Demonstrated awareness and appreciation of Aboriginal societies and cultures, and commitment to continually build knowledge of such, along with a high level of awareness of the key issues which impact upon Aboriginal communities.
• Demonstrated experience in working and engaging with Aboriginal families and children, in particular experience in child and family, and family violence sectors.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills; the capacity to liaise and negotiate with funding bodies, Orange Doors, and other agencies; and the capacity to promote and represent VACCA in the community.
• Demonstrated experience in program implementation, service planning including monitoring, evaluation, and maintenance of standards.
• Experience with working within a regulatory framework and reporting on a range of program data to ensure compliance requirements are met
• Demonstrated skills in critical thinking and strategic management and experience managing organisational change

Requirements: 

• Tertiary qualifications in the field of social work, family violence or community services
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working in the child, youth, families, and community sectors in a leadership role
• Current COVID-19 vaccination (including booster dose, as applicable), a Working with Children’s Check for a paid employee (or willingness to obtain) and a Victorian Driver Licence.

What we can offer you

• A supportive environment that includes comprehensive induction
• The support of regular internal supervision
• Professional development and training opportunities 
• Attractive salary packaging to increase your take-home pay
• 17.5%  loading on annual leave
• Access to agency vehicles for all work-related travel 
• Access to Employee support and wellbeing programs 
• Paid parental leave after 12 months of ongoing employment
• Opportunity to work and build connection with the Aboriginal Community and culture
• Fitness Passport - allowing you (and your family) access to any of the facilities available on this program 

 We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people to apply

Applications should include a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria and current resume. We encourage applicants to view the Position Description prior to applying.

Please click here to download the position description for this role. 

Senior Program Manager FV FS - OM - Award Free (1).pdf

We are committed to Aboriginal self-determination and supporting strong, safe, thriving Aboriginal communities and aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity, honouring all cultural backgrounds, abilities, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities and spiritual beliefs.

VACCA is a child-safe organisation and is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people with zero tolerance for child abuse. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a National Police Record Check and Working with Children Check prior to commencement of employment and periodically following commencement.

VACCA is an equal opportunity employer and has a smoke-free workplace policy