Job Description
Locum Program Manager - The Orange Door
🕒 Contract: 3-month locum
💰 Pay: SCHADS Level 7-8 | $75-$80 per hour + super
📍 Location: Box Hill & Croydon
🏢 Agency: Tradewind Australia
About the Opportunity
Tradewind Australia is supporting an Orange Door service in Melbourne's eastern suburbs to recruit an experienced Locum Program Manager.
This short-term leadership opportunity is ideal for a confident manager who can step in quickly and provide senior operational and practice leadership.
About the Role
As the Program Manager, you will provide senior leadership within The Orange Door, ensuring culturally safe, high-quality responses for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals and families experiencing family violence or requiring child wellbeing support.
The role will be based across Box Hill and Croydon, supporting practitioners with complex decision-making, overseeing service delivery and working closely with key stakeholders.
Why This Role
3-month locum contract
$75-$80 per hour + super (SCHADS Level 7-8)
Opportunity to provide leadership within a culturally safe Orange Door service
Immediate or near-immediate start
Work across two established Orange Door sites
Key Focus Areas
Provide operational and practice leadership to an Orange Door team
Support complex risk assessment, safety planning and escalation
Ensure practice aligns with MARAM and Orange Door frameworks
Work collaboratively with internal leaders and external partners
Promote culturally safe and responsive service delivery
About You
You are an experienced family violence or community services leader with the ability to step into a locum Program Manager role.
You will bring:
Relevant qualifications (Social Work, Community Services or similar) or significant equivalent experience
Strong understanding of family violence systems and integrated practice
Previous leadership or management experience
Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
A commitment to culturally safe practice
About the Role
As the Program Manager, you will provide senior leadership within The Orange Door, ensuring culturally safe, high-quality responses for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals and families experiencing family violence or requiring child wellbeing support.
The role will be based across Box Hill and Croydon, supporting practitioners with complex decision-making, overseeing service delivery and working closely with key stakeholders.
Why This Role
3-month locum contract
$75-$80 per hour + super (SCHADS Level 7-8)
Opportunity to provide leadership within a culturally safe Orange Door service
Immediate or near-immediate start
Work across two established Orange Door sites
Key Focus Areas
Provide operational and practice leadership to an Orange Door team
Support complex risk assessment, safety planning and escalation
Ensure practice aligns with MARAM and Orange Door frameworks
Work collaboratively with internal leaders and external partners
Promote culturally safe and responsive service delivery
About You
You are an experienced family violence or community services leader with the ability to step into a locum Program Manager role.
You will bring:
Relevant qualifications (Social Work, Community Services or similar) or significant equivalent experience
Strong understanding of family violence systems and integrated practice
Previous leadership or management experience
Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
A commitment to culturally safe practice
About Tradewind Australia
Tradewind Australia is a multi-award-winning recruitment agency recognised for outstanding candidate experience across the Social and Community sectors. We partner with leading organisations across Victoria, providing opportunities that align with your skills, values and career goals.
What sets us apart:
- Dedicated consultants specialising in Family Services
- Access to exclusive locum and permanent opportunities
- Support throughout the entire recruitment and onboarding process
- Transparent communication and ongoing career development support
How to Apply
Click "Apply" to submit your CV.
For more information, please contact our Family Services Team on 03 9081 0562
Commitment to Child Safety, Inclusion and being an equal opportunities employer
Tradewind Australia is committed to the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children and vulnerable people. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, and those from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
All successful applicants will undergo reference checks, identity verification and Working with Children Check and further compliance requests pending the organisation's requirements.
*Tradewind considers that being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent is a genuine occupational requirement as outlined in section 25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act (1991) and permitted as a 'special measure' under section 8 of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) and by articles 1(4) and 2(2) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
