• Empower young people, families, people with disability & regional communities
• Suits candidates with commercial & child protection, OOHC, NDIS backgrounds
• Work from one of several NSW regional offices | Reporting to the CEO

About the organisation 

With over 300 staff across NSW including Wollongong, Nowra, Goulburn, Wagga Wagga, Griffith and Deniliquin, CareSouth provides early intervention, child protection, youth support, permanency support and foster care, and NDIS services to young people, families and whole communities. 

CareSouth is currently undergoing a period of organisational transformation and renewal under the leadership of the new CEO. This is an opportunity to join an organisation deeply committed to a “practice first, people first” philosophy, where corporate services exist to enable frontline teams to deliver better outcomes for vulnerable people and communities. 
  

About the role 

Reporting directly to the CEO and sitting on the executive leadership team, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across a broad corporate services portfolio. This is a highly visible and influential role leading organisational change, governance uplift, technology strategy and cultural transformation. 

The role has been created to strengthen executive oversight, improve organisational capability and ensure corporate functions operate as trusted business partners supporting frontline service delivery. Key priorities in the role include developing a long-term technology roadmap, supporting the redesign of the risk management framework, strengthening governance and accountability, supporting funding diversification and embedding a collaborative, service-oriented culture across corporate services functions. 


Skills and experience required 

You are a people-centred and pragmatic executive leader with strong commercial, governance and leadership capability. Ideally you bring an understanding of the delivery of family, youth, children’s and out-of-home care services, or similar, and thrive in environments undergoing change and transformation, while balancing strategic thinking with hands-on leadership and building trusted relationships across teams and communities. 

You also have experience in: 

• Governance, risk, compliance, Board communication and reporting 
• Financial management, fundraising and organisational sustainability  
• Technology, systems, digital transformation, cyber security and contemporary business systems 
• Stakeholder engagement and relationship-building with strategic partners and community 

Experience within not-for-profit, human services, health, disability, government or similarly regulated sectors will be highly regarded.


This is a rare opportunity to support organisational development and the delivery of services creating meaningful outcomes for vulnerable children, young people, individuals and communities across regional New South Wales. 
  
To apply, submit your CV and a cover letter addressing the skills and experience required and your interest in the role. Please call Kelly Gentle at NGO Recruitment on 02 8243 0570 to discuss your interest. 
  
CareSouth strives to be a culturally safe and inclusive workplace that values a diverse range of skills, backgrounds, and lived experience and encourages applications from all backgrounds.

Please note there is no formal closing date for this role, if you are interested, we would encourage you to apply as soon as possible. 

NGO Recruitment values equitable recruitment practices and is committed to representing candidates reflective of the diverse organisations and communities we work with. We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds, ages, and identities, and are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs. If you are interested in this position and have most of the skills or experience we are looking for, please go ahead and apply.