Team Manager - Want to relocate to Kununurra?

Why Kununurra?

Kununurra offers an incredible lifestyle opportunity for those seeking adventure, community and balance.   Reach out to discuss how you can relocate to this amazing region.

Spend your weekends exploring Lake Argyle, the Ord River, El Questro, the world-famous Bungle Bungles and the majestic sites in and around Kununurra. Enjoy warm weather, stunning natural beauty and a welcoming community while making a genuine difference in the lives of children and families.

If you have been thinking about a tree change, sea change or simply a career move with greater purpose, this could be the opportunity you have been waiting for.

Team Manager - Based in Kununurra

• High profile leadership role in a rapidly growing community social care organisation
• Opportunity to progress your career - Relocation Expenses/Remote Allowances to be discussed at interview
• Generous leave provisions including birthday leave and 5 weeks annual leave after 2 years of service!

We Are Key Assets Australia

Key Assets is a leading not-for-profit, children, family and community services agency, founded in Australia in 2007. We provide foster care & family services. Operating across all states, the ACT and Norfolk Island, our purpose is to achieve positive and lasting outcomes for children, families, and communities. To achieve that, we need people like you!

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and embrace and celebrate the diversity of all people within our communities. Our diversity helps us provide the best support possible to carers, families, children and young people and all of our external stakeholders.

A little about the role

Based in Kununurra, this is an opportunity to lead with purpose while experiencing the extraordinary landscapes, strong community connections and unique lifestyle of the East Kimberley. As Team Manager, you’ll work closely with the Operations Manager to shape and deliver high-quality Out of Home Care services, leading a committed team to provide safe, therapeutic and culturally responsive care that helps children and young people thrive.

·       Recruit, lead and inspire a multidisciplinary team through thoughtful recruitment, regular supervision, coaching, support and professional development.

·       Champion high-quality foster care and complex care services that are child safe, therapeutic and culturally responsive.

·       Build trusted partnerships with carers, local communities, government agencies and key stakeholders across this distinctive region.

·       Strengthen the local carer community by supporting the recruitment, assessment, training and ongoing development of foster carers.

·       Be a visible and influential leader across Kununurra and the East Kimberley, promoting best practice, continuous improvement and positive outcomes for children and young people.

·       Oversee service quality, safeguarding, compliance and risk management, ensuring services meet legislative and organisational standards.

·       Maintain an active management presence throughout the region, working alongside Key Assets staff, the Department of Communities and partner agencies to create meaningful, lasting change.

The base salary for this position is $115,337.04 – $120,440.32 per annum + super + vehicle & fuel card + salary packaging options up to $15,900 per annum. This position is a full-time permanent ongoing role.

About you

You are an experienced, values-led leader who is energised by the opportunity to make a lasting difference for children, young people and families. You combine strong management capability and sound professional judgement with the adaptability to lead in a complex, culturally diverse and regionally connected environment. You will value authentic relationships, embrace the unique opportunities of living and work in Kununurra, and bring the commitment needed to help services and communities thrive.

To succeed in this role, you will also bring:

·       A Social Work qualification recognised by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), or recognition by an equivalent professional body.

·       At least five years’ post-qualification experience working with children and families, including a minimum of two years in child protection and/or out-of-home care.

·       Proven leadership experience and the ability to develop, motivate and support a capable, connected and high-performing team.

·       Strong knowledge of child protection, safeguarding and therapeutic care, supported by a commitment to child-safe practice.

·       Outstanding relationship-building skills and the confidence to work collaboratively with carers, communities, government agencies and key stakeholders across the region.

·       A genuine commitment to culturally responsive practice, with experience working respectfully alongside Aboriginal children, families and communities.

·       Resilience, initiative and a practical, solutions-focused mindset, with the flexibility to navigate distance, changing priorities and the opportunities of a dynamic regional setting.

·       Clear and confident communication, report-writing and organisational skills that enable you to balance strategic leadership with day-to-day service delivery.

 My Key Assets

The health and wellbeing of our people is at the core of our employee and client experience. All employee offerings are intentionally curated with care, allowing you to bring your best self to work, every day. Knowledge sharing, ongoing learning and development, engagement and recognition are key pillars in our culture and values.

• Work-Life Balance: We are well equipped to support a hybrid approach to the future of work and have developed a flexible work framework to support these arrangements. We understand that work-life balance is important and accommodate flexibility for team members wherever possible. Flexible, family-friendly working arrangements and remote work – just ask us!
• Health and Wellbeing: We promote health and wellbeing for our people, just like we would for the children, families and communities we serve. We provide discounted health insurance memberships and gym memberships, confidential counselling services and offer 5 weeks’ of annual leave after 2 years’ continuous service with us!
• Professional Development: We provide both digital eLearning and ongoing face to face training as well as an online library. Your continual professional development is always top of our priority list - you’ll have access to apply to our Annual Learning fund for subsidised professional development opportunities!
• Salary Packaging: part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, saving thousands in tax each year!

The fine print

• Applications close:  Sunday 8 November, 2026, 5pm WST
• For further information, please contact Romina Lee, Operations Manager at  romina.lee@keyassets.org.au
• Successful candidates will be required to undergo a Dept of Communities 395, hold a valid WWCC and be able to provide other statutory checks on request
• Full Australian driver’s licence as travel between sites is required

If you are seeking a role in an excellent, innovative, and supportive team, in a growing organisation, we would love to hear from you. Click Apply today!

Note for our recruiter network - we’re handling this recruitment in-house and kindly ask that agencies refrain from contacting us regarding this opportunity.

Key Assets Australia is committed to Equal Opportunity, ethical practice and the principles of cultural diversity and social inclusion.
Key Assets is a Child Safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.

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