Team Manager

Team Manager (OOHC)

Salary:

Salary + super + vehicle & fuel card + mobile

Location:

Kununurra

Employment Type:

FP - Full-Time Permanent

Department:

Team Manager Kununurra OOHC

Closing Date:

06 Oct 2025

Team Manager

• High profile leadership role in a rapidly growing community social care organisation
• Opportunity to progress your career
• Generous leave provisions including birthday leave and 5 weeks annual leave after 2 years of service

We Are Key Assets Australia

Key Assets is a leading not-for-profit, children, family and community services agency, founded in Australia in 2007. We provide foster care & family services. Operating across all states, the ACT and Norfolk Island, our purpose is to achieve positive and lasting outcomes for children, families, and communities. To achieve that, we need people like you

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and embrace and celebrate the diversity of all people within our communities. Our diversity helps us provide the best support possible to carers, families, children and young people and all of our external stakeholders.

A little about the role

Our Team Manager role is to take a high-profile leadership role in the delivery of foster care in the magical East Kimberley.

• You will provide appropriate levels of line management, supervision, support and training to the team
• You will take lead responsibility in the provision of high quality, therapeutic, child safe and culturally responsive foster care
• You will undertake foster carer recruitment and assessment in conjunction with the Team Manager Recruitment and Panel
• You will have an active management presence in the region with Key Assets staff, the Department of Communities, and other agencies
• You will support in developing and managing partnerships between Key Assets and local Aboriginal Community Controlled Agencies.

The base salary for this position is $110,102.72 – $114,983.44 per annum + super + vehicle & fuel card + salary packaging options up to $15,900 per annum. This position is a permanent ongoing role.

About you

You will have substantial experience in a similar management role within the social and community services sector with evidence of successful team development and growth. You will also come with:

• A Social Work qualification as recognized by the Australian Association of Social Workers or equivalent body
• A minimum of 5 years' experience as a qualified Social Worker in a children and family setting of which two years must have been gained working in child protection and/or out of home care.
• Tenacious, diligent and resilient qualities with the ability to adopt a creative approach to problem solving in a complex, culturally sensitive environment.

My Key Assets

The health and wellbeing of our people is at the core of our employee and client experience. All employee offerings are intentionally curated with care, allowing you to bring your best self to work, every day. Knowledge sharing, ongoing learning and development, engagement and recognition are key pillars in our culture and values.

• Work-Life Balance: We are well equipped to support a hybrid approach to the future of work and have developed a flexible work framework to support these arrangements. We understand that work-life balance is important and accommodate flexibility for team members wherever possible. Flexible, family-friendly working arrangements and remote work – just ask us
• Health and Wellbeing: We promote health and wellbeing for our people, just like we would for the children, families and communities we serve. We provide discounted health insurance memberships and gym memberships, confidential counselling services and offer 5 weeks' of annual leave after 2 years' continuous service with us
• Professional Development: We provide both digital eLearning and ongoing face to face training as well as an online library. Your continual professional development is always top of our priority list - you'll have access to apply to our Annual Learning fund for subsidised professional development opportunities
• Salary Packaging: part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, saving thousands in tax each year

The fine print

• Applications close: Monday 6 October 2025
• For further information, please contact Bernad Wandei, Operations Manager at
• Successful candidates will be required to undergo a Dept of Communities 395, hold a valid WWCC and other statutory checks on request
• Full driver's licence and travel between sites is required

If you are seeking a role in an excellent, innovative, and supportive team, in a growing organisation, we would love to hear from you. Click Apply today

Note for our recruiter network - we're handling this recruitment in-house and kindly ask that agencies refrain from contacting us regarding this opportunity.

Key Assets Australia is committed to Equal Opportunity, ethical practice and the principles of cultural diversity and social inclusion.

Key Assets is a Child Safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.

While we're reviewing your application, get to know us by visiting our website and on social media to #WeAreKeyAssets.