Building Community Capacity Team Leader

Wellways Australia Limited; Shepparton; On-site; AUD 124,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Meal & Entertainment allowance

Leave loading

Parental leave

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Wellways Australia Limited is seeking a Building Community Capacity Lead in Greater Shepparton region to drive community engagement and capacity building. You will lead with warmth, strengthen understanding of mental health and wellbeing, and collaborate with services and community groups to shape how the Local evolves.

You will coordinate co-design efforts, invite community voices, and align strategies with lived experience principles while managing staff and driving system change.

Qualifications

• 2+ years senior mental health leadership experience, including senior lived experience roles.
• 2+ years Community Engagement / Community Development experience or similar role.
• Proven ability to lead, manage and motivate staff while driving and sustaining system change.
• Experience embedding lived experience and peer work principles across service models.

Responsibilities

• Lead community engagement and capacity-building across services and community groups.
• Represent the service with warmth and strengthen community understanding of mental health and wellbeing.
• Support co-design and invite community voices into our work.

Skills

Senior leadership

Community engagement

Staff management

Data-informed practice

Lived experience principles

Job description

Wellways is committed to reconciliation, lived experience and inclusivity. We strongly encourage and warmly welcome people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, people with a lived experience of mental health and disability and people who identify as LGBTIQA+ to apply. Even if you only meet some of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

If you’d like to know more about our reconciliation commitment.

Engage with our community to co-design innovative mental health services Permanent full time opportunity $124k – 129k p.a. (SCHADS Level 7) commensurate with experience | Generous salary packaging and annual leave loading benefits

About the Opportunity

As our Building Community Capacity Lead, you will play a central role in how the Mental Health and Wellbeing Local connects with the community, shaping experiences and supporting meaningful engagement. This role blends people leadership with community connection and capacity building. You will develop strong relationships across services and community groups, represent the service with warmth, and help strengthen community understanding of mental health and wellbeing. You will support co design, invite community voices into our work, and contribute to shaping how the Local continues to evolve.

About you

You are a thoughtful, empathetic leader who thrives in collaborative environments. You bring a genuine curiosity about people and communities and have a natural ability to connect with diverse groups, understand different perspectives and create inclusive spaces where everyone feels valued.

You will also bring:

• 2+ years senior mental health leadership experience, including senior Lived Experience Roles
• 2+ years Community Engagement / Community Development Experience or similar role
• Proven ability to lead, manage and motivate staff while driving and sustaining system change
• Proven ability to embed lived experience and peer work principles across service models, using data and insights to identify trends and inform practice
• Evidence of right to work in Australia
• Current driver licence and willingness to undertake travel as part of the role
• Satisfactory National Police Check, Working with Children Check and NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willingness to undertake NDIS Workers Orientation module certificate – free online course

About the Service

Wellways, in partnership with APMHA Healthcare and GV Health, is excited to be working together across Greater Shepparton, Strathbogie, and Moira to strengthen mental health and wellbeing support across the region. Together, we're aiming to offer services that meet the unique needs of individuals in our community, whenever and wherever they are needed. Lived experience, inclusivity, and genuine collaboration are at the heart of everything we do. Mental Health and Wellbeing Locals are free, voluntary and easy to access, with no referral needed. With a “no wrong door” approach and a focus on choice and connection, these safe and welcoming spaces make it easier for people to get the support they need – close to home, family and community.

What we will offer you…

• A purpose driven culture where people can thrive, everyone is respected, and differences are valued
• An equitable, diverse, and socially inclusive work environment
• Salary packaging up to $15,899 enables you to spend a portion of your salary before it is taxed to pay for things like rent, mortgage repayments, car leasing
• Meal and Entertainment allowance via salary packaging up to $2,650 per annum
• Receive 17.5% leave loading every time you take annual leave
• Paid parental leave after 12 months of ongoing employment
• Access for you and your family to our Employee Assistance Program

Culture

We’re passionate about our work, which is enjoyable, challenging and rewarding. All of our teams work to ensure everyone can imagine and achieve their hopes and potential. We know that people are unique and the experts on their life and are not defined by impairments, diagnosis or labels. We aim to specifically promote safety and inclusivity for LGBTIQ+ and First Nations communities.

For a confidential discussion about the role, we encourage you to contact Julia Henning, Acting General Manager – Reform Implementation on 0419 019 927. We'd love to get to know you!

Wellways is a leading not-for-profit mental health and disability support organisation operating in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania. Our services span mental health, disability and community care and reach more than 7000 people each year. Our 2000 staff work to create an inclusive community where everyone can imagine and achieve their hopes and potential. We connect people, strengthen families and transform communities for individuals of all ages experiencing disabilities or challenges to their social and emotional wellbeing. Our Practice Principles guide how we work and interact with participants and partners, with our colleagues and within our communities. To see our Practice Principles poster visit https://media.wellways.org/inline-files/ww383_Practice_Principles.pdf

Wellways Australia Limited is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. All applicants applying for roles within Wellways must undergo a screening process prior to their successful appointment

We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not contact us.