Lead cultural reform that strengthens practice and improves outcomes for Aboriginal children and families across South Australia.
As the Director, Aboriginal Practice and Policy, you will provide strategic and operational leadership to strengthen culturally responsive and culturally safe practice across the Department for Child Protection.
You will lead the development and implementation of policy, practice frameworks and reform initiatives that improve practice quality and service delivery for Aboriginal children and young people engaged with the child protection system.
Working closely with the Executive Director, Aboriginal Policy and Services, you will drive department wide cultural reform and embed culturally safe principles into service design, operational delivery and decision making. Your leadership strengthens practice quality, workforce capability and system wide improvement, with a clear focus on reducing the overrepresentation of Aboriginal children in care.
You will provide high level advice to senior executives on complex child protection and cultural practice matters. An important part of the role is providing clinical and professional leadership, mentoring and support to senior Aboriginal staff and multidisciplinary teams across the department.
Success in this role requires a strategic and collaborative leader who can influence complex systems, build trusted partnerships and drive meaningful organisational change.
What You Will Bring
Demonstrated capability is required across the following executive leadership criteria:
Shapes Strategic Thinking and Change
You provide clear strategic direction, anticipate emerging challenges and lead sustainable reform that strengthens practice and improves outcomes.
Achieves Results
You deliver high quality outcomes in complex environments, applying sound judgement to balance operational priorities, legislative requirements and government expectations.
Drives Business Excellence
You lead high performing teams, strengthen workforce capability and align people, systems and resources to achieve strategic priorities.
Forges Relationships and Engages Others
You build strong partnerships with Aboriginal organisations, communities and stakeholders and use influence and collaboration to achieve shared outcomes.
Exemplifies Personal Drive and Professionalism
You demonstrate ethical, values-based leadership and foster a respectful, inclusive and culturally safe workplace aligned with the principles of the South Australian Public Sector.
Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to influence generational change across South Australia’s child protection system.
In this role, you will shape a more culturally responsive organisation, strengthen practice leadership and drive reform that improves outcomes for Aboriginal children and young people.
Your work will support safer childhoods, stronger connections to family, culture and community and a child protection system that better reflects the voices and aspirations of Aboriginal people.
You will join an executive leadership team committed to meaningful reform, collaboration and long-term impact.