[Hiring] Interim Head of Training, Practice and Knowledge @Social Impact Careers

Role Description

Lead and manage the dedicated team behind Blue Knot's professional training, supervision, consultancy and knowledge resources. You will keep important work moving while developing a clear picture of the portfolio and recommending priorities for its next phase.

Reporting to the President and Managing Director, you will lead the external facing Training, Practice and Knowledge team during a period of transition. This is a hands-on leadership assignment for someone who can quickly build trust, set clear priorities and support a team delivering specialist training and practice services to people and organisations across Australia.

Key priorities include:

• Lead and support the team, providing clarity around priorities and workloads.
• Working closely with Blue Knot's training, practice and knowledge team, external facilitators and clients.
• Maintain oversight of training programs, supervision and consultancy projects; ensuring sustainable delivery.
• Review the current portfolio, ways of working, drawing on team, client and performance information.
• Identify practical opportunities to strengthen learning products, digital delivery and the client experience alongside financial sustainability.
• Provide clear, considered recommendations that Blue Knot can use to guide future decisions.

Qualifications

• Strong experience leading a multidisciplinary team through change or transition.
• The ability to apply a commercial lens to assess a function, engage people thoughtfully and turn findings into practical recommendations.
• Experience overseeing training, professional education, consultancy or a comparable service portfolio.
• An understanding of trauma-informed practice, or experience in a complex health, human services or community setting, with the judgement to draw on specialist advice.
• Experience working with people and technology to enable the development and delivery of engaging, high-quality learning experiences.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to collaborate, liaise and negotiate with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Experience with digital learning products or understanding how specialist knowledge reaches a wider audience would be valuable.

Requirements

• You do not need to be the person who delivers every service; you do need to know how to lead and support the people who hold that expertise.

Benefits

• Initial three-month contract - Full time.
• Remote/Work from home, with occasional travel to North Sydney, NSW.