CareerPlan

Executive Director - Permanency Support Program

Sydney, New South WalesFull-time2026-10-12 → 2026-10-22

Core

Lead Foster and Kinship Care, Intensive Therapeutic Care, and related permanency services to ensure safe, high-quality, trauma-informed care for children and young people.

Role type

Senior executive (Executive Director) leading a child protection and out-of-home care portfolio

Builds

Out-of-home care services, foster and kinship care placements, intensive therapeutic care programs

Domain

Child protection, out-of-home care, social services

Required skills

Executive leadership, operations management, financial management, governance, regulatory compliance, stakeholder management, workforce development, strategic planning, risk management

Preferred skills

Experience in permanency support, foster and kinship care, residential or therapeutic care, government relations

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Provide leadership across operations, workforce, financial performance, safeguarding, practice quality, governance, and regulatory assurance; hold statutory and organizational accountability for out-of-home care arrangements; build relationships with government and regulators; influence future direction of the service portfolio

Seniority

Senior, hands-on executive leader