Join our Family Services Team.

Your new role

Step into the next phase of leadership and community impact.

We are seeking a Senior Manager to play a vital role at the heart of our community, leading a diverse portfolio of programs dedicated to strengthening, connecting, and restoring families. This position goes beyond traditional service delivery, reimagining how programs are designed and led to create deeper, more lasting outcomes. With a strong focus on parenting and families, you will balance strategic direction with day-to-day leadership to ensure services are effective, responsive, and centred on the people they serve.

This is an opportunity to grow the role and shape it into your vision. You will support managers and frontline teams implementing family service reform initiatives, while also building capability, fostering collaboration, and driving continuous improvement. By bringing together insight, innovation, and accountability, you will help ensure programs remain relevant, sustainable, and impactful for the communities that rely on them.

As part of this new phase and the way forward, you will collaborate with leaders and partners to build services that evolve with community need and deliver lasting impact. Your leadership will influence both immediate outcomes and long-term change.

At its core, this role is about leading with purpose and values, creating environments where people feel supported, heard, and empowered, while helping communities become stronger, more inclusive, and connected.

Benefits of working at Uniting

Our work isn’t easy, but it matters. Work with people who care as much as you.

In addition to your salary of Competitive salary + super & salary packaging, you can access the following: 

• Working in a values-led organisation with real community impact.
• Vehicle allowance plus phone
• Being part of team creating safe, nurturing and playful environments for children.
• A 60% discount for eligible employees on out-of-pocket childcare fees at Uniting learning services.
• A 30% discount on Office 365 subscriptions, and a 25% discount at our Uniting Op Shops.
• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits that can be used for living expenses such as groceries, bills, clothing and streaming services.
• Saving on dining out and drinks with a meal entertainment benefit of $2,650 annually.
• Access to additional annual leave entitlements through our purchase leave program.

Your skills and experience

• Bachelor level in relevant professional discipline (required).
• Master's level in management or equivalent (preferred).
• Extensive management experience and demonstrated ability to lead teams to achieve outcomes.
• Proven capability in overseeing operational performance, financial management, and program delivery across diverse services, providing strategic advice to support organisational objectives.
• Strong knowledge of relevant legislative, regulatory, and compliance requirements, with experience delivering government-funded programs and meeting contractual obligations.
• Experience in strategic planning, service design, and policy development to support sustainable, high-quality service delivery.
• Highly developed skills in building and maintaining strategic partnerships, representing the organisation in external forums, and producing high-quality reports, briefings, and presentations.

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How to apply

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If this role sounds like a good fit for you, please apply soon. We'll review applications as they come in and may close the ad early.

If you have any questions about the opportunity, please reach out to Renee Russo, Talent Advisor at renee.russo@vt.uniting.org.

About Uniting

We create real change in people’s lives by working in partnership with people, communities, governments and other agencies to reduce the impact of poverty, trauma and disadvantage.

We provide compassionate care for people facing tough times and personal challenges. We support children and young people to break the cycle of disadvantage. We help families keep safe, together and thriving.

For over 100 years we’ve been fighting inequality, opposing discrimination, and responding to the needs in our communities across Victoria and Tasmania. 

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org

We are an inclusive, values-led organisation and proudly welcome people of all identities, backgrounds and experiences. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ people, and people with lived and living experience relevant to our work.

We are committed to inclusive hiring practices. You are welcome to share your pronouns and let us know if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process. We are here to support you.

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed to the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of all children and young people. We embed child safety in everything we do. Employment with Uniting is subject to relevant pre-employment checks, including a National Police Check and Working with Children Check.