Director, Learning Excellence and Innovation Academy (SAES1)
Short Term Opportunity
The Department for Child Protection is seeking Expressions of Interest from experienced and high-performing leaders for the short term opportunity of Director, Learning Excellence and Innovation Academy.
This is a great internal opportunity to step into a critical leadership role, contribute at an executive level, and test your readiness and interest in the role longer term. This role is responsible for setting the strategic direction and delivering high-quality learning, practice development, and professional capability initiatives across the department and broader sector.
You will lead a multidisciplinary team to design and deliver contemporary, evidence-based learning programs that strengthen child protection practice, build leadership capability, and support workforce wellbeing in a complex and evolving environment.
Key focus areas include:
- Driving a whole-of-department approach to learning, professional development, and capability uplift.
- Leading the design and delivery of innovative and scalable learning solutions aligned to organisational priorities.
- Strengthening leadership capability to build a high-performing and accountable workforce.
- Embedding First Nations cultural capability across practice and leadership.
- Building and maintaining strategic partnerships with universities, training providers, and sector stakeholders.
- Using data and insights to inform continuous improvement and measure impact.
- Supporting workforce wellbeing through targeted programs and initiatives.
About You:
You are a strategic and delivery-focused leader with:
- Demonstrated experience leading workforce capability, learning, or organisational development functions.
- Strong understanding of child protection practice or experience in a complex human services environment.
- Proven ability to drive organisational change and embed sustainable systems.
- Experience building effective partnerships across government and external stakeholders.
- A focus on practical outcomes, continuous improvement, and measurable impact.
This is an opportunity to lead a critical function that directly influences practice quality, workforce capability, and outcomes for children and young people.