_{21st May, 2026}

• Lead a diverse children & youth services portfolio across early years, OOSH and youth programs
• Shape service quality, operations and strategy across complex, multi-site services
• Medium-sized, purpose-driven organisation with strong community impact

  
Your Impact
 
You will lead a diverse portfolio of children and youth services, including early years programs, OOSH, and youth programs for young people aged 18–20. Your leadership will directly shape service quality, safety, and outcomes across key frontline programs supporting children, young people, and families.

The Role

This is a senior executive leadership position responsible for end-to-end oversight of a multi-service portfolio across children, youth, and early years programs. You will lead operational performance, service integration, workforce capability, and compliance across multiple sites, while partnering closely with the executive team and Board on strategy, funding, and continuous improvement.

The role requires a balance of strong operational leadership and strategic oversight across complex, multi-disciplinary services, ensuring consistent delivery standards and strong outcomes across all programs.

The Organisation

The organisation is a medium-sized, purpose-driven provider delivering essential community services across children, youth, and family supports. It is well established within the sector and continues to evolve its service model to meet growing and increasingly complex community needs, with a strong focus on quality, safety, and impact.

What You Bring

You are an experienced senior leader in children, youth, or community services, ideally with exposure across early years and OOSH settings. You bring strong operational leadership capability, sound judgement in complex service environments, and the ability to lead through influence across multidisciplinary teams.

You are equally comfortable operating at a strategic executive level and stepping into operational detail when required, with a clear focus on outcomes for children, young people, and families.

How to Apply

As this is a confidential search, shortlisted candidates will be provided with further details about the organisation as part of the process.

Please upload your CV and cover letter addressing the “What You Bring” section of the advertisement and we will be in touch as soon as possible to let you know the progress of your application.

Closing Date

Recruitment will commence as soon as suitable applications are received, and the role may close once sufficient suitable applications are collected. Please apply as soon as possible.

We are retained to recruit this role - all third-party and indirect applications will be forwarded to Social Impact Careers.

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