• Exciting leadership opportunity available at Morwell to join our growing team
• Salary upto $125,000 + superannuation + salary package
• Join VACCA to make a difference in the community!

About the role

The Senior Program Manager, Orana Gunyah will report to the Executive Manager, and will work in close partnership with the VACCA Gippsland Leadership Group, VACCA Gippsland Family Violence Programs, the Aboriginal Practice Lead in The Orange Door and the Cultural Safety Project Lead, to lead high quality, culturally safe and effective responses to Aboriginal people seeking support around Family Violence Services. Additionally, the Senior Program Manager will work to build and maintain effective partnerships with Aboriginal services and communities.

The role will be responsible for providing efficient, and professional operational management to Family Violence Programs, and to provide leadership and expert advice on culturally safe and inclusive specialist family violence services and child and family services. The role will also be responsible to manage line management, support and supervision to VACCA’s Family Violence Programs.

The Organisation

The Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) is an Aboriginal Community-Controlled organisation that supports and advocates for the Aboriginal Community and is the largest organisation of it’s 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 Aboriginality distinguishes us from other community organisations and we are proud of our friendly, supportive and inclusive organisational culture. We want everyone to feel welcome at VACCA. It is why we are able to deliver positive outcomes that lead to ongoing change.

Our strength lies with our people.

About You

• Demonstrated understanding of, and commitment to, the values that underpin VACCA’ vision and purpose and the capacity to take a leadership role in championing these internally and externally
• Proven experience in managing community and interagency relations, in particular: a demonstrated high-level awareness and understanding of the community that VACCA services, the sector and the work of other relevant organisations
• Demonstrated experience in managing service delivery in the Aboriginal child , youth and family sector including experience in Family Violence Services
• Demonstrated effective and interpersonal skills, for example, active listening, empathy in all verbal and non-verbal communications
• Demonstrated capacity to support change management and assist others to adapt and adjust to organisational change
• Able to provide quality supervision to direct reports enabling their development and growth consistent with VACCA policies and frameworks

What we can offer you!!

• Sector leading remuneration and salary packaging options that increase your take home pay by $15,900
• Learning and Development opportunities at your finger tips.
• REAL career development opportunities!
• Generous leave entitlements including; paid maternity leave, cultural and ceremonial leave and compassionate leave
• The opportunity to participate in cultural events and other activities
• Access to Employee Support and Wellbeing programs
• A warm, supportive and inclusive team environment and organisational culture.

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people to apply.

If this role and our organisation is resonating with you, please do not delay, click APPLY now. All applications will require an a cover letter, current resume and Key Selection Criteria, which can be found on the Position Description.

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.