Manager (Mental Health Services)

This parental leave relief position is:

• Closed-term full-time (76 hours per fortnight) from May 2024 to January 2025
• Working Monday to Friday, with an on-call rotating roster
• Overseeing the Sydney teams in Marrickville, Kogarah, Caringbah, Surry Hills & Maroubra
• Attractive salary starting at $102,000 per annum plus super and salary packaging

As a Manager with Flourish Australia, your role is to achieve Flourish Australia’s vision by providing a high quality and responsive recovery oriented service that best supports people with a lived experience of Mental Health issues to achieve their hopes and dreams.

Reporting directly to the Regional Manager, you will work with people who access Flourish Australia to achieve their full potential by getting the best out of your team. You will achieve this by working with integrity and in a professional manner with the people who access Flourish Australia, your team, and interested stakeholders.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Managing, developing and leading day-to-day service provision.
• Providing leadership in all aspects of the operation of service.
• Ensuring services are of a high standard and compliant with standards of quality practice.
• Managing, developing and maintaining key partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensuring the programs and services you are responsible for operate according to budget.
• Meeting all policy, contractual and legislative requirements and achieving good outcomes for the people who access our services.
• Managing the fiscal, human and property resources of the service within the scope of the position.
• Providing support to the team to enable personal growth by projecting a positive outlook, a sense of belonging, and social inclusiveness in the community.
• Managing and expanding the services of the organisation in your area of responsibility.
• Utilise good professional staff supervisory skills and effectively utilise staff and resources so people accessing our services receive a quality service.

• Attractive salary 
• Tax-Free Salary Packaging available up to $15,900
• Generous leave provisions including 17.5% leave loading+ 2 additional days of personal leave + extra day paid leave over Christmas/New Year
• Family-friendly and flexible working conditions
• Regular supervision, ongoing 1:1 mentoring, strong team support and a comprehensive induction program
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program for free, confidential well-being support
• Opportunities for professional development and training such as Mental Health First Aid, ASIST and relevant Support Coordination training (where applicable)
• Inclusive initiatives such as our Rainbow Network and YarnUp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander staff
• Employee discounts at 350+ popular retailers (Woolworths, Expedia, Myer, Kmart etc)

Flourish Australia is one of Australia’s most experienced community Mental Health organisations. Our services are comprehensive and highly personalised because each person’s experience will be different and their needs, as an individual, are unique. Together we set goals, connect individuals with the right people, support services and opportunities to meet their needs.

We value diversity and encourage applications from suitably qualified people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities, LGBTQ+ communities and mature age candidates.

• A relevant degree
• At least 3-years experience in a similar role
• Well-developed communication, negotiation, and advocacy skills.
• Demonstrated engagement, collaboration and negotiation skills, with the capability to build and maintain positive working relationships across multiple sectors with a range of organisations.
• Experience fostering and sustaining partnerships as well as ability to influence stakeholders at all organisational levels.
• Current Australian Driver's Licence.

Desirable

• A personal lived experience of a Mental Health issue.

Full selection criteria available within the application.

Applications close on 27th February!