State Coordinator

**Position title State Coordinator
**Reports to **Development and Operations Manager

**Location Canberra, ACT**

**Status**: Full Time

**Salary Range **SCHADS Level 6.1 Base + Superannuation + Salary Sacrifice

**Hours **Permanent Full Time (38 hrs/week)

**Position Statement
**Primary Purpose of the Position**
- This role is responsible for contributing to the development of the Strategic Plan and meeting the

Operational Plan goals through developing and implementing the State Action Plan.
- This position is responsible for compliance with contractual obligations, and ensuring organisational

KPI’s are met.
- As a system’s advocate promote the rights of children and young people through sophisticated

advocacy strategies.
- Using a collaborative approach to facilitate the voice of children and young people to key decision

makers to improve the out of home care system.
- Oversight and implementation of the delivery of CREATE programs and activities.

**POSITION DESCRIPTION
**Key Responsibilities**

**Management**
- Contribute to the organisational strategical plan and take responsibility for developing the state Action Plans

and Individual Work Plans.****:

- Work in collaboration with the Development and Operations Manager to negotiate and implement State
- Service Agreements (and other State contracts)- Implement and monitor program delivery.***

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- Provide regular supervision and support to direct reports following organisational policy.
- Facilitate team meetings and keep accurate minutes.
- Manage the day to day operation State office/s.
- Advocate effectively at State level for the rights and wellbeing of children and young people.
- Develop and maintain positive working relationships of key stake holders (Government and Non-Government)
- Provide high level quality reports in within required time frames.
- Collect accurate date, record statistics and analyse monthly statistical data to ensure KPI’s are on track and risk
- is identified and reported.- Contribute meaningfully to national initiatives and programs.

**Connect
- Proactively engage with children and young people
- Ensuring the clubCREATE data base is kept up to date.
- Oversee events and activities - including promoting the event, communicating with key stakeholders,
- booking venues, organising catering, equipment hires, and transport as required.- Develop Risk Assessments for programs and activities according to organisation policies.

**Empower**
- Monitor staff adherence to delivering CREATE programs and activities accordingly to the training package
- guidelines- Ensure that attendance sheets and evaluation forms are distributed and collated.

**Change
- Actively engage with, and listen to, children and young people and facilitate their participation- Communicate the experiences of children and young people through communication channels including
- influencing committee, state/territory team meetings, etc- Promote CREATE Foundation’s key advocacy messages as communicated through the Strategic Plan and

Policy and Advocacy Team to children and young people and key decision makers

**Reporting
- This position reports directly to the Development and Operations Manager

**Budgeting**
- This role is responsibile for the state and regional budget. It is responsible for ensuring that the both budgets

are adhered to and that the organisations financial policies and guidelines are adhered to.

**Citizenship and Teamwork**
- Demonstrate an active, dedicated commitment to the CREATE Mission, Vision and Core Principles.- Actively seek to understand, represent and support CREATE’s vision, strategic direction and company

position to all stakeholders, internally and externally.

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- Ensure a h igh lev e l of co nf i den t ia l i ty a n d integr i ty ; l i a i s e with s takeho lde rs i n a

professional, respectful and constructive manner
- Actively contribute to an environment of personal and physical safety for all staff, visitors and young people

(incorporating company guidelines including Workplace Health and Safety, discrimination and harassment,
etc.).
- Participate in national CREATE initiatives, projects and events.

**Key Relationships
**Internal**
- Development and Operations Manager- Influencing Manager
- Marketing and Communications Manager
- Senior Community Facilitator
- State Team

**External
- Statutory body- Sector partners (Non
- government agencies)
- Children and young people with a care experience

**Key Result Areas
- Adhere to contractual obligations outlined in Service Agreements, and Contracts.- Adhere to state budget and financial controls.
- Effectively adhere to the State Action Plan goals, and achieve identified outcomes.
- Effect positive change for children and young people by informing public policy through systemic
- Advocacy.- Maintain positive working relationships with key stakeholders.
- Effectively manage, supervise and monitor staff.
- Interpret, implement and adhere to organisational