Leave Your Mark on a Generation!
Fixed Term | Full Time | 76hrs Per Fortnight
Private Use of a City Vehicle| 13% Superannuation | Rostered Day Off (19 Day Month)
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Make no mistake, this is not a role for someone who wants business as usual!
This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to help reshape what childhood looks like in Kwinana, and to leave a fingerprint on a community that will be felt for decades to come.
The City of Kwinana is seeking a bold, grounded, and deeply human-centred Partnership Director to lead a transformative Early Childhood Development Partnership.
This fixed-term leadership position, through to 31 December 2028 with the potential for extension, will lead one of the most significant community partnerships currently underway in Western Australia. You will have the opportunity to influence the future of an entire community by bringing together the people, organisations and systems needed to create lasting change for children and families.
You will lead an exceptional team of people, united by purpose and deeply committed to making a difference. They are highly networked across community, government, philanthropy, health, education, and social services, and are trusted to turn relationships into real, lasting change for children and families. They are given the freedom, trust and backing to do meaningful work that creates generational impact.
This is about much more than programs and partnerships. It is about changing the trajectory of children's lives by bringing people together around what matters most: safety, belonging, opportunity and hope in the earliest years.
Your role will be to connect government, community, education, health, philanthropy and social services around a shared vision for children. You will build trust, navigate complexity, facilitate courageous conversations and help design the systems that will improve outcomes for generations to come.
We're looking for a leader who can see both the system and the person. Someone who listens deeply, thrives in complexity and understands that meaningful change is built through trust, relationships and persistence.
Kwinana is one of Australia's fastest-growing communities. It is a city of enormous opportunity, significant social complexity and extraordinary community spirit. With major investment occurring across industry, housing and infrastructure, there has never been a more important time to ensure our youngest children and families share in that prosperity. In Kwinana, the stakes are real. The opportunity is real...and the commitment is already here!
What is needed now is a leader who can bring it all together, grow it, and help shape something that will outlast any one program, project or plan. If you are driven by purpose, energised by complexity and motivated by the chance to genuinely shift life outcomes for children, this is your moment.
This is your opportunity to help create a future that children in Kwinana will one day look back on as the moment everything began to change.
This Partnership is backed by significant investment, strong political and executive commitment, and a genuine willingness across government, community, and philanthropic sectors to work differently. The foundations have been laid. What is needed now is a leader to take the Partnership to its next stage.
Want to know more?
If you would like to discuss the role further, please contact Denver D'Cruz on (08) 9439 0281 or email Denver.DCruz@kwinana.wa.gov.au.
To be considered for this position, applicants must submit a CV, a covering letter and a statement addressing the Selection Criteria outlined in the Position Description.(maximum two pages), demonstrating their suitability.
Apply online: www.kwinana.wa.gov.au
Applications close 5:00pm Friday 31 July 2026
The City of Kwinana reserves the right to commence recruitment prior to the closing date, and will not accept or consider late applications
The City of Kwinana promotes and values diversity to create a unique work force. Applicants from diverse backgrounds, such as Aboriginal people, people living with disability or people from different cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply. The City also strives to be a customer centric organisation, with the customer at the centre of everything we do. As such, all employees play an important role in helping us to achieve this by ensuring they provide best-practice customer service. The City has the goal of zero harm for its employees, this includes providing a smoke-free environment and minimising exposure to the elements. Conditions of employment are in accordance with the City’s current Enterprise Agreement. For further information, please contact our Recruitment team on 9236 4618 or 9236 4628.
Please note: As part of the City’s recruitment process, the selected applicant will be required to undergo a pre-employment medical which includes a Drug and Alcohol screen test.
