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Manager, Family Youth and Children (JN -032025-39678) St Kilda, Melbourne, AustraliaDrive high-quality service delivery across a large portfolioTransformational leadership opportunityThe City of Port Phillip is a uniquely vibrant and creative inner-city council with a spectacular, enviable foreshore and vibrant neighbourhood precincts. Our highly talented and dedicated workforce delivers more than 100 programs and services to residents, businesses, and visitors. Our Council Plan is shaped by our desire to celebrate our history, protect our character, and encourage inclusion and creativity, while planning for the future of a dynamic and evolving City.Reporting to the General Manager Community Wellbeing & Inclusion, this position is responsible for the delivery of quality services, policy development and provision of advice to Council for families, young people and children throughout the City of Port Phillip. The role will focus on increasing utilization rates for the Councils five childcare centers, improving financial performance, and driving an inclusive culture of accountability, safety and service excellence. The Manager will ensure high-quality, direct service programs across Maternal and Child Health program, Youth and Middles Years Services and Family Services and develop productive relationships with local community organisations particularly community-based childcare, early learning and care services. This pivotal role will drive and embed a customer centric approach to service provision within the branch, ensuring staff members are included on the journey of excellence.Key to your success will be your demonstrated senior leadership and management experience of a service delivery function, preferably in the human services area, consisting of a diverse workforce and a record of effective and responsive service delivery and results. You present with extensive experience in developing and implementing effective service delivery models, uplifting utilization and financial performance and leading cultural change and process improvements. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal, negotiation, communication and presentation skills, including the demonstrated ability to communicate complex issues and ideas to a variety of audiences in a fast-paced, complex and political environment.This is an exceptional leadership opportunity to drive community outcomes and make a significant contribution toward a vision for the City of Port Phillip.City of Port Phillip is an equal opportunity employer, committed to an inclusive and accessible environment where diversity is valued.To apply, please click apply now and upload your CV. For further information or a confidential discussion, please contact Vanessa Huxley from Davidson on 0417 708 112. #J-18808-Ljbffr