General Manager – Practice Leadership & Innovation

Lead strategic projects. Shape practice. Create better outcomes for children, young people and families.

This is a rare opportunity to step into a senior leadership role where strategy and practice come together.

As General Manager – Practice Leadership & Innovation, you’ll work closely with the Deputy CEO Community Services to turn big ideas into meaningful action – leading complex strategic projects, developing new and enhanced service models, building evidence-informed business cases, and ensuring high-quality practice is embedded across Community Services.

At the same time, you’ll lead our highly skilled Practice Lead team, providing the direction, oversight and influence needed to strengthen practice quality, service fidelity and continuous improvement across our programs.

This role is based in Burswood, with travel required across all sites. Early November start date preferred.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll have a genuinely varied portfolio, including:

• Leading a portfolio of complex strategic projects from concept through to delivery.
• Turning research, emerging practice and strategic priorities into practical service models.
• Developing high-quality business cases, proposals and executive-level advice.
• Leading and developing the Practice Lead team and coordinating their work across Community Services.
• Overseeing the implementation, monitoring and continuous improvement of Practice Frameworks, Guides and service fidelity.
• Partnering with our Centre of Excellence to bring practice expertise into grants, tenders, policy and organisational learning.
• Building strong relationships with government, sector and community partners and representing Parkerville at relevant forums.
• Contributing as a member of the Community Services Executive team to strategic planning, decision-making and organisational priorities.
• Championing child safety, cultural safety, anti-racist practice and a strong one-team culture.

About you

You’re a strategic thinker who can see the bigger picture and work out how to make it happen.

You’ll bring senior experience in trauma-informed practice with children, young people and families, alongside experience in leadership, program development and/or strategic project delivery. You’ll be confident moving between executive conversations, complex projects, practice leadership and stakeholder relationships. You know how to take an idea, test it against evidence, build the case, bring people with you and turn it into something that works in the real world.

We’re looking for someone with relevant tertiary qualifications, senior experience in trauma-informed services, strong leadership and project skills, excellent communication, a commitment to cultural safety, and the ability to lead change and deliver quality outcomes.

Why Parkerville?

If you’re ready to take on a role where your strategic thinking, practice expertise and leadership can make a genuine difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Applications close Monday 7th September, but we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis. We reserve the right to close this position earlier.

Parkerville Children and Youth Care is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

All appointments are subject to satisfactory screening and background checks including eligibility to be a preferred provider by Department of Communities,