Can:Do Group is pleased to be partnering with Hender Consulting in the search for our Head of Can:Do 4Kids.

Why Join Can:Do Group?

? Best Workplace: Awarded Best Workplace 2025

? Salary: Attractive salary, with access to generous NFP salary packaging (Up to $15,900 + entertainment card)

? Parental Leave: 16 weeks paid parental leave

?️ Extra Leave: 2 days special paid Christmas leave, 2 days Wellbeing leave

? Career Growth: Professional development budget and 2 days professional development leave

About the Position:

This pivotal role provides strategic and operational leadership across our multidisciplinary services, including Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Listening and Spoken Language, and Scheduling.

You will combine strong people leadership with commercial acumen and a genuine commitment to delivering high-quality services and outcomes for children, families and communities.

Reporting to the Group Chief Executive and working as a key member of the senior leadership team, you will provide strategic and operational oversight of the Can:Do 4Kids portfolio.

You will:

- Drive the strategic direction and sustainable growth of our multidisciplinary service portfolio.

- Provide strategic and operational leadership across service delivery, financial performance, workforce capacity and client outcomes.

- Represent the organisation with SA Government and key allied health industry contacts.

- Lead operational improvement, service diversification and continuous improvement initiatives.

- Ensure operations are efficient, sustainable and deliver excellent business and client outcomes.

- Provide leadership and oversight of clinical governance, quality, risk and continuous improvement frameworks.

- Identify and manage operational risks, implementing appropriate mitigation strategies and escalating strategic risks where required.

- Lead financial and resource management, including budgets,



revenue performance and sustainable utilisation of resources.

- Monitor demand, workforce capacity and service performance to support timely access to services and achievement of revenue targets.

- Build, coach and lead a high-performing team that works collaboratively to achieve organisational priorities.

Our ideal candidate has:

- A proven track record of leading business growth, operational performance and continuous improvement.

- Strong financial acumen and demonstrated capability in budgeting, analysis and using data to inform decision making.

- Demonstrated experience leading teams and significant operational or improvement initiatives.

- Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, collaborate and build trusted relationships.

- Knowledge of the NDIS and allied health sector will be highly regarded, but not essential.

- Tertiary qualifications in an allied health discipline are desirable but not essential.

About us:

With 150 years of experience, we are the leading experts in specialist sensory services in South Australia.

At Can:Do (Can:Do Hearing & Can:Do 4Kids) we are a responsible and inclusive organisation empowering generations of children and adults with hearing, vision and developmental needs.

Genuine Care | Honesty & Integrity | Do the Right Thing | Collaboration | Skilled

People from diverse backgrounds and/or with lived experience of disability are encouraged to apply.

Can:Do Group is partnering with Hender Consulting to support the recruitment of this position.
For a confidential discussion about this opportunity, please contact our recruitment partner Andrew Reed or Bernie Dyer at Hender on (08) 8100 8***. Alternatively, enquiries can be directed to Abbey Gouletsas, HR Manager at ***************@candogroup.com.au

For more information about us please visit www.candogroup.com.au

Applications close: Thursday 26 November

📌 Head of Can:Do 4Kids (Adelaide)
🏢 Can:Do Group
📍 Adelaide