Alcohol and Other Drugs Coordinator

Scout Talent; Katherine; On-site; AUD 119,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging opportunities

Six weeks annual leave + 18% leave

Professional development

Job summary

Katherine West Health Board (KWHB) is an Aboriginal community-controlled organisation delivering primary health care across remote Katherine West. The Alcohol and Other Drugs Coordinator leads day-to-day AOD services, collaborating with Primary Health Care and Healing & Wellbeing teams to integrate support into client care plans.

You will work with Aboriginal communities to plan prevention, education and harm reduction activities, guided by local priorities and cultural values.

Qualifications

• The AOD Coordinator role suits someone with qualifications in Alcohol and Other Drugs, Mental Health, community services, social and emotional wellbeing.
• Candidates should have understanding of Aboriginal cultural values and commitment to self-determination.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist AOD assessment, counselling, brief interventions and harm reduction support to clients, and provide AOD education to families and carers.
• Support staff through day-to-day practice guidance, shared planning and capability development to strengthen culturally safe AOD practice.
• Provide mentoring and workforce development to the community-based Aboriginal workforce, strengthening culturally safe, trauma-informed AOD practice.
• Build and maintain partnerships and referral pathways with AOD providers, Continuing Care Coordination services, cultural leaders and communities.
• Maintain accurate client records and contribute to program monitoring and reporting.

Skills

AOD

Mental Health

Community services

Social and emotional wellbeing

Education

Qualifications in Alcohol and Other Drugs

Job description

Katherine West Health Board (KWHB) is an Aboriginal community-controlled organisation delivering primary health care and holistic health programs across a 162,000 km² region of remote Katherine West, Northern Territory. We take a whole-of-person approach to health and wellbeing — spiritual, cultural, emotional and family wellbeing included — and we're deeply committed to evidence-based, culturally appropriate care.

We're proud to prioritise the recruitment and retention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, and we're building genuine career pathways for community members into clinical, leadership and support roles. Working with KWHB isn't just a job — it's a life-changing experience that will challenge your perceptions and broaden your understanding of remote Australia.

The Alcohol and Other Drugs Coordinatorposition is well suited to someone with relevant qualifications in Alcohol and Other Drugs, Mental Health, community services, social and emotional wellbeing or a related discipline, with an understanding of Aboriginal cultural values, and commitment to the advancementand self-determination of Aboriginal communities.

As the Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) Coordinator, you'll lead the day-to-day delivery of AOD services across Katherine West communities, making sure our work is culturally secure, trauma-informed, person-centred and guided by what communities tell us matters most. You'll work closely with our Primary Health Care and Healing & Wellbeing teams to develop, implement and review client care plans, weaving AOD support into broader care and helping clients connect with specialist mental health and other services when they need them. You'll also partner with communities, cultural leaders and KWHB teams to plan and deliver community-based prevention, education and harm reduction activities that respond to local needs and priorities.

Your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):

• Provide specialist AOD assessment, counselling,brief interventions and harm reduction support to clients, and provide appropriate AOD education and support tofamilies and carers.
• Support staff through day-to-day practiceguidance, shared planning and capability development to strengthen culturally safe andevidence-informed AOD practice.
• Provide professional mentoring, practice guidance and workforce development to thecommunity-based Aboriginal workforce, strengthening culturally safe, traumainformedand evidence-informed AOD practice.
• Build and maintain effective partnerships and referral pathways with AOD treatmentproviders, Continuing Care Coordination services, cultural leaders, communityorganisations and other government and non-government services to supportcoordinated AOD responses.
• Maintain accurate client records and service data and contribute to programmonitoring and reporting, ensuring information is recorded in Communicare and otherrequired systems and supports client care, service planning, performance monitoringand funding requirements.

What You will Receive:

In return, you'll receive an attractive remuneration package (negotiable based on your skills and experience) from $127,428 to $138,285 (RN3 classifcation) or $118,778 - $137,698 (HP3 classifcation), plus 12% superannuation and a range of benefits, including:

• Salary packaging opportunities
• Six weeks annual leave plus 18% leave loading.
• A meaningful, purpose-driven role improving cancer outcomes for Aboriginal communities.
• Regular remote travel with a Katherine home base.
• A supportive, multidisciplinary team environment that values collaboration, learning and growth.
• Ongoing professional development, training and capacity-building opportunities.
• Ongoing professional development, training and capacity-building opportunities.
• The chance to build lasting relationships and cultural connection that will shape your career and perspective.

Applications close: 30 October 2026, limited tenure position until 30 June 2029

Your New Home

The Big Rivers region (a 3 hour drive from Darwin) begins south of Kakadu National Park encompassing Pine Creek, then extends over 500km south to Kalkaringi and stretches across the width of the Territory between the Western Australia and Queensland borders. The region is significant in scale, covering over 360,000 square kilometres and accounting for an area greater than that covered by Germany. The region consists of a number of varied natural environments including vast rivers, tropical forests, rocky escarpments and savannah plains.

With eight national parks and reserves throughout the region, as well as five main river systems, this is a truly unique part of the world that many will never get to see. If you're looking for authentic cultural and historical attractions, as well as an outdoor lifestyle that showcases the natural wonders of the Australian outback, look no further.