Team Leader Family Services Development

4 weeks ago

Geelong, Australia City of Greater Geelong Full time

**Team Leader Family Services Development**:
**Job no**: 498794

**Work type**: Temporary Full Time

**Classification**: Band 7 ($100,064 - $110,990 pa)

**Categories**: Early Childhood Education, Child & Family Services

**About the role**
In this temporary role, your primary focus will be the development, oversight and implementation of a range of innovative projects and initiatives to strengthen outcomes for local children and families, particularly families experiencing vulnerability in our community. You will also provide strategic advice and assistance with the research, planning and evaluation requirements of the broader Council’s early years programs and activities.

**Work type: Temporary Full Time - 12 months**
**Classification: Band 7 $100,064 - $110,990 (pa plus super)**

Key responsibilities include:

- Provide effective and strong leadership of a team of multidisciplinary practitioners to deliver family support programs and projects.
- Lead and provide strategic advice to Family Service Development staff to assist in identifying and addressing emerging needs and service gaps for local child and family services.
- Monitor and advise on the implications arising from Commonwealth and State Government funding policies and program developments.
- Represent DFFH funded programs at relevant program specific meetings and dissemination relevant information as needed to teams.
- Develop and implement relevant program/project implementation plans and quality review processes including preparation of reports as required.

**About you**

Essential Experience:

- Relevant qualifications and professional experience in Community Services, Allied Health or similar discipline
- Current Working with Children Check
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate staff and oversee program delivery based on the needs of local communities.
- Experience in research and understanding of data collection, evaluation and analysis of program effectiveness and efficiency.
- Detailed knowledge or ability to efficiently gain knowledge, about local early childhood and family services and the factors that impact on the development of young children.
- Sound knowledge and understanding of regulatory and key requirements of National and State guidelines associated with programs delivered within Family Services Development Business unit as well as knowledge of Family Services funding and service systems, government policy and statutory requirements.

**Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong**
At the City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung Country such a great place to live, work and study.

We’re going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we've built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.

Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it’s important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.

We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger.

If you’re excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit **apply** - we’d love to meet you

**A career with us**
Central Geelong-based City employees are now based in our new Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal. Meaning ‘speak and talk together’ in local Wadawurrung language. Wurriki Nyal sets the benchmark for what a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace can be, including industry leading sustainability standards, a flexible and people-focused design, safe and inclusive spaces and public realm.

We’re committed to supporting better accessibility for our customers and our people. We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process, as well as how this role can be flexible for you.

We offer:

- salary sacrificing and novated lease options
- cultural and ceremonial leave
- study leave
- paid parental leave (16 weeks primary and six weeks secondary) and superannuation payments on all 52 weeks primary parental leave
- IVF, surrogate and miscarriage bereavement leave
- training and career development opportunities
- a healthy and safe environment
- our employee wellbeing program
- corporate membership rates at Swim Sport and Leisure facilities
- unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning

**Applications and Enquiries**
- We collect demographic data to help us learn who our advertisements are reaching and how we can reach an even more diverse audience. We are committed to building a more diverse team

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