- Permanent full-time role based in Alexandra Hills, QLD
- 30 minutes from Brisbane CBD, close to restaurants and shopping centres
- Managing a day program service in our Learning and Lifestyle Centre
- You will supervise a team and site and deliver an exceptional service to our customers
- Package up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax free with Salary Packaging benefits!
Who is Endeavour Foundation?
Endeavour Foundation support people with disabilities to live, learn, work and flourish according to their own interests and priorities. We are people working together, making possibilities a reality for people with a disability, and for people seeking employment, education and training opportunities We focus on ability, on dreams, goals and potential.
Endeavour Foundation is one of Australia’s largest employers of people living with disability, so being inclusive and diverse is not just an aspiration, it is who we are! Fostering a diverse and inclusive culture is at the heart of everything we do and getting it right goes hand in hand with living our organisational values and our purpose of making possibilities a reality.
About the Role
As the Site Manager of our Learning & Lifestyle Centre at Alexandra Hills, you will support our community activity services by following a person-centred support model to help our customers develop independence, confidence, self-esteem, and social interaction skills.
You will be responsible for end-to-end management of a community activity site creating a positive team environment. A Bachelor's Degree in Human Services is a requirement for this role.
Key duties will include:
- Supervising a solid high performing team and maintaining effective site operations and resolving issues
- Ensuring team members are fully trained and aware of individual customer requirements
- Modelling safety leadership by instilling a positive safety culture and commitment to a person centred service delivery
- Ensuring sites maintain and protect the privacy and accuracy of records that include medical, workplace observations, absences, and progress notes
- Assisting with the recruitment process, developing, and retaining a qualified workforce committed to social inclusion and establishing professional relationships with individuals
- Monitoring financial performance across sites including funding, billing, and operating expenditure in line with budget and strategic aspirations
What will you bring?
- Disability experience, ideally management experience within the disability sector
- Proven interpersonal and communication skills and ability to grow relationships with team members and stakeholders
- Creativity - Develop and execute creative strategies that align with Endeavour and the individual’s goals
- Problem solving skills, to successfully identify problems, develop solutions and implement these using a logical and systematic approach
- Ability to oversee operations that deliver high-quality and safe customer outcomes in a commercially viable manner
- Ability to lead a team and key stakeholders through significant change
- Knowledge of NDIS funding, frameworks, compliance and WHS compliance and commitment is preferred
- Financial management skills including general finance and budgeting, profit and loss, balance sheet and cash-flow management
What can Endeavour Foundation offer you?
- Salary Packaging Benefits! Package up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax free. Less tax = more take home pay for you!
- In addition to your tax-free benefit, you can also use up to $2,650 of your pre-tax income to pay for entertainment expenses (meals, holiday accommodation etc.)
- An Employee Assistance Program - a free and confidential counselling service available to all staff and their family members
- Paid Parental Leave
- Reward and Recognition Program
- Free flu vaccinations
What clearances/checks do you need?
- Hold or be willing to obtain a Working with Children Check (Blue Card) & a NDIS Worker Screening Check (previously a Yellow Card)
- Hold or be willing to obtain a First Aid and CPR certificate
- Willing to undertake a "Fit2Work" National Criminal History Check (should you be successful)
- Open Driver's License
How can I join Endeavour Foundation?
You can register your interest in joining Endeavour Foundation by simply clicking ‘Apply’ below and you’ll be guided through a short application form. We can’t wait to hear from you!