Manager, Aboriginal

**Manager, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Programs | KU Children's Services**
- Work for a Sector Leading Early Education Provider
- Generous remuneration
- Sydney CBD role (Flexible Work Opportunities)

**Who we are**:
KU Children's Services (KU) is a leading not for profit provider of nearly 130 early childhood education and care services in NSW, Vic, the ACT and Qld. Established in 1895, KU is one of Australia’s most experienced and respected providers of long day care, preschool, outside school hours care, family programs and early intervention services. KU also operates brokered programs on behalf of the Commonwealth Government and provides professional services to the early childhood sector and the wider community.

KU has over 2,000 employees with the majority working in our centre-based services. KU acknowledges the importance of Australia’s first peoples and seeks to play a role in acknowledging and reducing employment injustices against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through employment opportunities.

**The Role**

We are seeking a strategic person to lead KU’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program team, and work with KU to support and promote the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures throughout KU on a permanent full-time basis. The team, consisting of 3 identified industry professionals, is focused on building awareness and understanding across the organisation through implementation of the KU Statement of Commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and in the development of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Framework.

As the Manager of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Programs you will work closely with your team providing direction and guidance in their work with the KU services and connections to local communities, and with the GM Early Childhood Education in developing respectful understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples voices and stories of their histories and cultures across the organisation.

**As the Manager of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Programs at KU, you will**:

- Listen and actively respond to the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees
- Receive an additional paid Cultural Leave Day annually
- Draw on the cultural knowledges and expertise from an established Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Group
- Engage with local communities, seeking guidance in the creation and delivery of culturally secure and responsive environments and practices
- Initiate and oversee the implementation and delivery of locally endorsed language programs
- Develop and deliver training to progress the learning and cultural understanding and responsiveness of employees and management across the organisation
- Join a leadership team within the Early Childhood Education department
- Be offered a range of career pathway opportunities

**What we're looking for**

**As the Manager of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Programs Team, you will lead a small team and work closely with all departments across KU, as we aspire to**:

- Have culturally responsive leadership
- Establish new and strengthen existing relationships with local Aboriginal communities where KU services are located and beyond
- Explore and establish new partnerships with key stakeholders including local, State and National organisations
- Uphold the principles of the organisational Statement of Commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
- Enhance the career and employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples at all levels of KU
- Engage, respect and actively raise the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, families and communities in our services and programs

**The KU Difference**:

- **We Reward**:

- We offer sector leading pay and benefits including salary packaging and discounted private health insurance.
- **We Build Careers**:

- We enable and encourage our people to grow and evolve with us
- **We Grow Our People**:

- We provide opportunities to learn, grow and enhance your professional practice through KU’s high quality professional learning program
- **We Offer an Inclusive Culture**:

- We’ve created a diverse and inclusive working culture with a shared vision and common values.

**Unlocking Endless Possibilities**

KU has been awarded Employer of Choice each year since 2016, and is committed to continuing the development of a workplace culture of inclusion and diversity. We actively promote the employment of people from across the spectrum of society.

We encourage all applicants with skills and/or experience relevant to the position to apply, regardless of individual differences such as age, colour, religion, gender, sexual identification or orientation, or ethnic origin - including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, members of culturally and linguistically diverse communities and people with disa