AddressAbout the role
Mercy Community has recently gone through a significant period of transformation and has realigned services to positively impact the communities and people that we support. As a result of this change, we have a number of newly created Regional Directorroles, bringing together disability, families, children and young people programs and services within our Community Services stream.
The Regional Director position is instrumental in delivering exceptional leadership and team performance across operations whilst creating and implementing strategies to drive and achieve Mercy Community’s goals in the North Region (Townsville and Cairns).
If you are passionate about delivering exceptional services and programs; and are an experienced strategic and operational leader with a record of success, this could be the opportunity for you.
Salary commensurate with experience plus superannuation plus generous salary packaging available
What you’ll be doing
Reporting to the Executive General Manager – Community Services, your key responsibilities will include:
- Ensure efficient overall operations management of the region aligned with organisational requirements
- Deliver Mercy Community strategy in the region
- Planning, delivery, review, and reporting of programs and services achieves targets and requirements
- Effective management of regional budgets and ongoing financial analysis to support sustainability and growth
- Identify and investigate service gaps and proactively seek / analyse / recommend opportunities aligned with Mercy Community’s strategic direction
- Build capability and lead and promote a culture of continuous improvement that lifts quality and performance and is responsive to cultural diversity and equity
About you
As the successful applicant, you will possess:
Essential
- Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline
- Demonstrated experience leading effective delivery of community services in a senior leadership role.
- Strong management skills including financial, people management, risk, regulatory, compliance, and quality
- Experience leading and managing client-focused programs and services and driving quality outcomes
- Ability to effectively build workforce capacity
- High level interpersonal and professional communication skills, with demonstrated ability to build and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Queensland Provisional Green or above Driver’s Licence
- You must hold a positive notice in the Working with Children Check (Blue Card) and be able to obtain a positive Police Check and any other legislatively required personal history screening as required
Desirable
- Qualifications in Management/ Business
- Experience with NDIS
- An understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures and societies and the issues which impact upon them in contemporary society together with a commitment to culturally appropriate engagement and practice
Why Mercy Community
Mercy Community a Catholic not-for-profit that provides a wide range of services supporting families and young people, people living with a disability and the elderly. All our work is driven by our core values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity & Empowerment.
Being part of the Mercy Community team, means you have access to some fantastic benefits, such as:
- Increase your take home pay through the use of generous salary packaging - up to $18,550 per annum of your salary is available as a tax-free component
- Pay for your Queensland Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Card when you need – saving you up to $144 if you need both cards!
- Provide you and your immediate family free, professional and confidential counselling services including specialised First Nations counsellors
We also ensure all our employees have access to a wide variety of excellent learning and development tools to continue your professional and personal development. This includes making sure you have access to a range of other career pathways and opportunities across Mercy.
APPLY NOW! Applications close Sunday 14 July 2024. Please note we may contact applicants and appoint prior to closing date so not delay in applying.
For a confidential discussion or for a copy of the Position Description, please contact Maddie Swain - Team Leader Talent Acquisition via ************@mercycs.org.au.
Mercy Community Services is a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every applicant.
