Director, Prevention, Practice & Capability
Posted: 08/12/2025
Closing Date: 02/01/2026
Job Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Geelong - Spring Street
Job Category: Community Services and Development,Voluntary, Charity & Social Work
We are a leading organisation offering a comprehensive suite of services to clients and the community across the Barwon, West Melbourne and Wimmera Regions. Providing specialist sexual assault and family violence programs and services, including 24 hour crisis care support, case management, therapeutic counselling, early intervention and professional education and training, we continue to grow and develop our offerings.
Job Description
About the Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre
We are a client-centred organisation, supporting the community throughout Barwon, Wimmera, and the South West regions, offering a range of specialist support services to people impacted by sexual and family violence, encompassing 24 hour crisis care, specialist response services, early intervention programs, Victims Assistance Program, Community Legal Services, trauma recovery programs, professional training and primary prevention initiatives.
About The Role
Reporting to the Executive Director, Prevention and Collective Impact, the Director provides strategic and operational leadership across Intake and Early Intervention, Practice Leadership, Evidence and Evaluation, Training and Workforce Development, and Primary Prevention.
The role strengthens organisational capability, builds evidence-informed practice, supports consistent and high-quality service delivery, and leads population-level prevention and workforce initiatives. This position contributes to whole-of-organisation strategy and ensures alignment with feminist, trauma-informed and evidence-based approaches.
Why work for The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre?
The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre takes pride in being an employer of choice; we are passionate about the wellbeing of our team members and we celebrate diversity and inclusion in all we do. We have a high level of employee engagement and satisfaction and provide a number of complementary benefits to our staff, some of our benefits include:
* Flexible working arrangements
* 5 weeks annual leave and access to purchased leave for full and part time employees
* Paid parental leave
* Salary packaging
* Health and Wellbeing initiatives
* Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
* Social initiatives
* Positive workplace culture
The SAFV Centre acknowledges and respects the First Nations ownership of the land where we work.
Desired Skills and Experience
About You
You will be a values driven person, motivated to make a difference and hold the client at the centre of everything you do. You thrive working autonomously and also collaboratively within a dynamic, team environment.
If you share our vision for a community free from family violence and sexual assault and are motivated to make a difference, we would like to hear from you. We pride ourselves on being a great place to work. You care for our clients and we care for you, including by investing in your development and wellbeing. You will have access to leading specialists and training and development that supports you in your role and in your longer term career journey. We offer a variety of career pathway options, leading salary packaging benefits and flexible working arrangements that help you manage your work and your life.
The successful candidate will be required to maintain a current Working with Children's Check and National Police Check at their own expense.
Key Selection Criteria
Your application must address the following:
Qualifications and Experience:
* Tertiary qualifications in social work, psychology, public health, business management, or related field
* Demonstrated experience in operational management of complex service delivery, preferably in the community services or not for profit sector
* Proven ability to manage and lead teams, including staff supervision, performance management, and professional development
* Strong operational skills including budget management, resource allocation, and process improvement
* Understanding of sexual assault and family violence service delivery frameworks and best practice approaches
* Knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations, and compliance requirements for community services
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective working relationships
* Demonstrated commitment to trauma-informed practice and client-centred service delivery
* Current driver's licence and commitment to travel regularly between regional offices
Other:
* Commitment to the vision, values and purposes of The SAFV Centre.
* Commitment to continuous quality improvement and cultural equity in service delivery.
* Current Victorian Driver’s Licence.
Referees:
Applicants must provide the name and current contact details of 2-3 professional referees including the most recent or current supervisor.
Period of Appointment:
This position is ongoing depending on continuous funding to the service.
All applications must address the key selection criteria outlined in the PD. For a confidential discussion, please contact our People and Culture team on 035222 4318.
We are currently accepting applications from direct applicants only, no recruitment agency applications accepted.
Please note if you are applying via seek go to The SAFV Centre career portal to access the position description at https://www.safvcentre.org.au/working-with-us/careers/
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