Head of School Programs

6 months ago


Collingwood, Australia PROJECT ROCKIT Full time

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

Are you a visionary leader with a drive to build a kinder world for the next gen and the creative toolkit to bring it to life? Here's your opportunity to channel your skills and experience into an organisation that's building healthy and inclusive school communities. PROJECT ROCKIT, Australia's leading youth anti-bullying initiative, is on the search for a passionate Head of School Programs to join our vibrant team.

We’re a collective of passionate people brought together by a shared dream of creating inclusive spaces and opportunities for young people to be their best selves. Our purpose is to build a world where kindness and respect thrive over bullying, hate and prejudice and every young person is free to realise their potential.

For over 18 years, PROJECT ROCKIT has been empowering Australian school students with empathy and skills to take real action against bullying, hate, and prejudice. Our impact speaks volumes - we've reached over 600,000 young minds in communities nationwide. In fact, 99% of surveyed students reported finding our workshops more impactful than other (cyber)bullying education at their school.

Now, we're on the lookout for a Head of School Programss who can lead our school program delivery to even greater heights. Are you ready to be the driving force behind expanding our reach into more schools? Join us and be a pivotal part of PROJECT ROCKIT's journey towards creating a kinder world.

**ABOUT YOU**

You want to lead youth-driven impact with an organisation that really makes a difference. We're seeking someone with at least 3 years’ experience in managerial roles and extensive experience working with young and diverse teams. You’re not just passionate about youth participation - you have a true ability to engage young people and a deep literacy of the issues they face. You’ll have an ability to dream up creative educational content and/or curricula to dynamically engage school students and a great track record of delivering programs at scale. You recognise the value of impact measurement in any social purpose org, and are comfortable designing and implementing evaluations across the programs under your management. You are adept at managing program budgets and other logistics, systems, procedures and processes. You possess the flexible leadership and communication skills to connect sensitively with people from a range of lived and professional experience, driving an inclusive and cohesive team culture.

**THE JOB - WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING**

As the leader of our flagship school programs at PROJECT ROCKIT, the Head of School Programs is an inspiring and inclusive leader who embodies our social purpose of creating spaces where young people thrive. Their passion is backed with excellent operational and logístical skills, which are applied to drive delivery of high impact programs into schools across the country. With experience managing young staff, they have developed approaches for creating great team outcomes that are underpinned by collaboration, structure, professional development, and an unwavering regard for those they work with. As a member of PROJECT ROCKIT’s core leadership team, they bring a deep understanding of the challenges faced by young people, as well as methodologies to engage them in high impact learning experiences. In this role, they lead all logistics related to program delivery, ensuring sector-leading workshops that meet PROJECT ROCKIT’s impact and reach targets. They will actively gather feedback, identify and implement areas of improvement relating to program content. From overseeing program budgets to recruiting, training, and leading program staff, the Head of School Programs is a linchpin in bringing PROJECT ROCKIT’s purpose to life. They will ensure processes and systems are established within the team for the team to be able to work efficiently. Their leadership extends to impact measurement, validating our approach and ensuring we make a real difference in the lives of young people across the country.

**Your responsibilities**
- Lead PROJECT ROCKIT's service delivery into Aussie schools - including staffing, program coordination and administration.
- Ensure program evaluation and impact measurement is established and monitored on a regular basis and part of daily program delivery and activity.
- Lead development of creative workshop content and methodologies to support relevance, impact and innovation.
- Coordinate recruitment, training, performance, and conduct of Program Presenters and provide ongoing coaching, training, and performance feedback.
- Ensure procedures and processes are in place that support the programs team and enable them to work efficiently.
- Manage programs within budget, providing quarterly reports on program expenditure.
- Build profile as a visible, visionary and trustworthy leader to build strong confidence in PROJECT ROCKIT both externally and internally.
- Role model PROJECT ROCKIT’s gu



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