- Full Time, Perm Role with Work from Home Options!
- Location: NSW, VIC, SA or TAS Only
- Salary of $118,000 + Super + NFP Salary Packaging
- Make a meaningful difference to the lives of Australians in need
Life at Mission Australia
When you join the team at Mission Australia, you become part of a community who are determined to end homelessness and ensure people in need can thrive. United by our Christian purpose and values, we stand together with anyone who needs us, for as long as they need us. Find out more about us and our purpose.
Your Opportunity
Mission Australia is seeking a dedicated National Child and Youth Safe Lead to champion best practices in child and youth safety across our organisation. In this pivotal role, you will drive the national implementation of Mission Australia’s child and youth safe priorities, ensuring that key outcomes are met. You'll be instrumental in embedding child and youth safe practices within allocated states (NSW, VIC, SA & TAS), while ensuring strict adherence to our Child and Youth Safe Compliance Framework, which aligns with legislative, contractual, and organisational standards, including the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations.
Your key responsibilities will be to:
- Responsible for the management and development of Child and Youth Safe Officers to drive child and youth safe best practices at the local level (NSW, VIC, SA & TAS)
- Act as a role model by consistently displaying leadership behaviours that encourage collaborative, productive working relationships, with a strong focus on child and youth client outcomes
- Promote a child safe, child friendly organisation culture in accordance with the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations and state/territory legislation
- Coordinate the effective implementation of state/territory specific child and youth safe activities to embed changes in practice, processes and behaviours by service delivery staff and managers
- Maintain and further develop the child and youth safe policy suite and supporting resources and support the effective implementation of key child safe policies and procedures
- Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with key business units and operational stakeholders to ensure child and youth safe priorities are embedded across the organisation
- Represent Mission Australia at relevant external stakeholder forums including meetings, inter-agency forums and communities of practice
- Ensure that emerging risks and issues are identified, escalated as required and effectively managed
- Implement monitoring and review strategies to ensure compliance and continuous quality improvement with child and youth safe practices
- Utilise performance reporting to drive continuous quality improvement
Requirements for Success
- Relevant degree and substantial relevant child and youth safety experience
- Detailed knowledge of Child Safe Organisation best practice
- A clear understanding of state and territory child protection legislation
- Demonstrated experience working and collaborating effectively with others, ensuring key stakeholders are involved
- Demonstrated leadership skills with effective change management capabilities and experience in achieving outcomes through influence
- The ability to work effectively with key stakeholders, including senior management, and achieve outcomes through influence
- Effective communication and active listening skills, demonstrating the ability to present information, decisions and reasons confidently, clearly and concisely
Before starting work with us, you will need to undertake a national police history check, qualifications, and referee checks, and have a clearance to work with children/vulnerable people.
Our Culture
Our innovative and inclusive culture will ensure you feel valued at Mission Australia as you help Australians in need and develop in your career.
We prioritise the safety and wellbeing of everyone, both within our team and the individuals we serve.
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment. We actively support and encourage people of all backgrounds; gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion, and sexual orientation to submit an application and aim to ensure that the recruitment and employee experience is as accessible and inclusive as possible. So, whoever you are, if you’re skilled and actively support our purpose and values, you would be welcome at Mission Australia.
If you live with disability and require support to submit your application, please email talentattraction@missionaustralia.com.au or visit our Careers page for additional contact details.
Find out more about a career with Mission Australia.
Your Benefits
- Rewarding work – every day you know you’re making a real difference
- Not-for-profit salary packaging, reducing your tax (details via AccessPay)
- Free external, confidential counselling and access to chaplaincy support
- Volunteering opportunities
- Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
- Extra leave including; Mission Australia Thank You Day & Work Anniversary Day off
How to Apply
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Applications are shortlisted as they are received. Please apply as soon as possible to be considered. Thank you
