General Manager - Child, Youth, and Family Services

Posted: 15/10/2026

Closing Date: 29/10/2026

Job Type: Specified Term
- Full Time

Job Category:
Child, Youth and Family Services

Join the Kalwun Team
- Make a Real Impact in Community!

* This is an identified position, applicants must be an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person *

Kalwun Development Corporation Ltd, a proud Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled organisation, is calling on passionate changemakers to join our Child, Youth, and Family Services team.

Whether you’re delivering frontline services, supporting our community behind the scenes, or helping to strengthen cultural connections, your work will make a real difference in the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across South East Queensland. Kalwun offers a wide range of programs across health, community, and family services, all grounded in culture, care, and connection.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for an accomplished leader to make a meaningful difference to the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families and carers, while shaping the future direction of high-quality, culturally responsive services.

As a key member of the leadership team, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across our Early Learning Program, Family Wellbeing, Family Participation Program, Family and Domestic Violence, Family Based Care, and Youth Wellbeing Services.

You will lead passionate multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-value, evidence-informed services that support children and families to thrive.

This is a full time, fixed term role until October 2027.

What you'll be doing

• Lead and inspire a diverse team of professionals to deliver high-quality family and child services.
• Provide strategic leadership across early childhood, family wellbeing, family support, kinship care, and youth wellbeing services.
• Drive the development and implementation of innovative, evidence-based programs that improve outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families.
• Identify emerging community needs, service gaps and opportunities for program development and expansion.
• Build strong strategic partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations, government agencies, education, health and social support services.
• Strengthen collaboration and service integration across Kalwun divisions.
• Provide high-level advice to the CEO and Executive Leadership Team on relevant legislation, policy, funding, service delivery and emerging issues.
• Lead clinical governance, quality improvement, risk management, reflective practice and continuous improvement across the portfolio.
• Support research, evaluation and innovation that strengthens the evidence base for services supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
• Develop and support a capable, engaged and high-performing workforce through mentoring, professional development and effective performance management.
• Oversee service planning, financial management, compliance, reporting and performance against funding requirements.
• Champion culturally responsive, family-centred and strengths-based approaches to service delivery.
• Represent Kalwun positively across community, government and sector networks.

About You

You’re someone who:

• Builds strong, respectful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
• Brings experience in child safety
• Is passionate about making a positive impact and supporting others with heart and purpose
• Senior leadership experience within child, family, community, health, education, or social services.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary teams and complex service portfolios.
• Strong knowledge of the issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people and families.
• Strong understanding of relevant legislation, compliance and funding requirements.
• Strong financial, reporting and organisational management capability.

Requirements

• Salary of $158,000 per annum plus super
• A Blue Card for working with children ('No Card No Start' policy applies)
• National police check
• LCS2 clearance withing 3 months of commencing employment (this is a risk-assessed role underthe Child Protection Act 1999)
• * IDENTIFIED POSITION - To perform this role it is essential that the person who holds the position be an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person. It is therefore a genuine occupational requirement under…