We support individuals living with mental health challenges to achieve outcomes they value.
About the Role
- Full Time Permanent Position
- Classification: Senior Management and Specialist Remuneration Level 5 with a salary range of $201,730 - $228,366 per annum + Superannuation
- Salary Packaging arrangements providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses increasing your take home income where part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, savings thousands in tax each year
- Location: Location to be negotiated, this position is open to applicants from across Australia
About Neami National
We’re Neami. We’re big believers in everyone having the opportunity to live a full life and we give our all to support people to achieve the wellbeing and mental health outcomes that matter to them. We are proud to support 32,000 people living with mental health challenges across Australia and offer more than 70 services, over 49 different Indigenous lands, across the nation. These include mental health and wellbeing supports, housing and suicide prevention services.
At Neami, we aspire to place lived and living experience at the heart of what we do. Our practice is informed by evidence; what’s been proven to help people with mental health challenges and adversity and what people tell us helps. We use our voice, as one of Australia’s largest mental health specialists, to advocate for change and system reforms, to improve outcomes for all Australians.
About your new role
The Director Mental Health is a pivotal new role leading one of our fastest growing and most contemporary streams of service delivery, Mental Health Hubs. Mental Health Hubs include Head to Health, Victorian Local adult and older adult mental health and wellbeing services, and the Urgent Mental Health Care Centre in SA.
The Director role requires high level leadership, experience, technical capabilities, strategic and sector leadership at a national level, including:
- Lead positive organisational culture and high performing teams
- Develop and enhance stream-based services nationally, great consumer experience, partnerships and contribute to the sector
- Work in collaboration with other service streams, service excellence hub and cross-network leaders to develop high quality and safe services with strong governance
- Elevate and strengthen lived and living experience, diversity amp; inclusion as well as quality cultural leadership and governance in everything we do
- Implement data, research, consistent and evidence-driven practice, and innovation at a national scale
What will Neami offer in return?
- Generous leave entitlements including paid parental leave, an Accrued Day Off each month, Gratis Leave and Wellness leave
- Professional development through regular Practice Development sessions and coaching with your supervisor
- Ongoing extensive in-house Learning and Development Programs to encourage learning and skill-building
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through Benestar - access a holistic health and wellness offering of supports and resources to Neami staff and their immediate family
- Work flexibility arrangements available for maintaining your work-life balance
What you will bring to the role?
- A great team member and collaborator
- Purposeful, authentic, and dynamic in your leadership
- Focussed on culture, promoting continuous learning and improvement
- Able to create safe and trusting environments
- Leading to elevate diverse perspectives
- Analytical and draw on your business acumen
- An effective change leader
- Strategic and able to see the big picture
- Always acting with high emotional intelligence.
Formal tertiary qualification in Human Services or a related field or relevant experience
What the role requires:
- National Criminal History Check (Police check) disclosable outcomes considered
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Current Drivers licence
- Australian Working Rights
How to apply:
For the position briefing pack, including the position description please contact;
Kathryn Howley Executive Assistant
Queries about the position not covered in the briefing pack, advertisement, or position description, please contact:
Kim Holmes Executive Director Operations Integrated Wellbeing
Ph: 0434 332 718
Applications Close: Sunday 20 August 2023
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