Director, Practice, Assurance and Impact

Lives Lived Well; Bowen; Hybrid; AUD 230,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Competitive executive remuneration

Salary packaging

Wellbeing leave days

Fitness Passport

Perkbox discounts

Leadership development

Job summary

Lives Lived Well, a leading not-for-profit health and human services organisation in Queensland and New South Wales, seeks an accomplished Director to shape clinical governance, assurance and organisational impact. You will join the Executive Leadership Team and drive an integrated portfolio across governance, data, lived experience and research.

Reporting to the CEO, you will lead five interconnected areas: Clinical Governance & Organisational Assurance, Risk, Safety & Resilience, Evidence,

Qualifications

• Significant executive leadership experience across clinical governance, quality, risk and assurance within a complex health or human services organisation.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing, implementing and improving integrated governance and assurance systems.
• Strong track record advising Boards, CEOs and executives with data, risk, safety and evaluation insights.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership across clinical governance architecture, organisational assurance and lived experience strategy.
• Strengthen governance systems, safety and accountability to support high-quality, culturally safe services.
• Lead multidisciplinary functions and drive continuous improvement across the organisation.

Skills

Executive leadership

Clinical governance

Quality & risk

Data interpretation

Lived experience leadership

Education

Tertiary clinical qualification

Postgraduate governance/risk qualification

Job description

Director, Practice Assurance & Impact

Shape clinical governance, assurance and organisational impact across a leading human services organisation

Influence enterprise strategy as a member of the Executive Leadership Team

Lead an integrated portfolio spanning clinical governance, lived experience, research, improvement and organisational insight

Brisbane | Hybrid Working Arrangement | Executive Remuneration Package + Salary Packaging

Lives Lived Well is seeking an accomplished, clinically qualified executive leader to help shape the future of one of Australia's leading human services organisations.

As Director, Practice Assurance & Impact, you will join the Executive Leadership Team and provide enterprise leadership across clinical governance architecture, organisational assurance, governance intelligence, lived experience strategy, research, evaluation and organisational learning. Working closely with the CEO, Board and Executive Leadership Team, you will strengthen the systems, insights and accountability that support safe, high-quality, effective and culturally responsive services.

This role is accountable for leading Lives Lived Well's clinical governance architecture and organisational assurance framework, ensuring the Board and Executive have confidence in the systems that support safety, quality, effectiveness and accountability. While the role does not provide operational clinical leadership or direct management of service delivery, it plays a critical executive role in monitoring, assuring and strengthening the effectiveness of governance systems across the organisation.

This newly created executive role offers a rare opportunity to establish and lead an integrated Directorate that brings together clinical governance, quality, risk, safety, data, evaluation, lived experience, reconciliation and continuous improvement within a single strategic portfolio.

At Lives Lived Well, we are humble, human and full of hope. We show up and share, ask “Why not?” and “What’s next?”, and strive to leave a positive wake in the communities where we live and work. We are looking for a leader who shares these values and can help shape our next chapter.

The Opportunity

Reporting directly to the CEO, you will lead an integrated portfolio focused on clinical governance, organisational assurance, evidence, participation and impact.

You will provide executive leadership across five interconnected areas:

Clinical Governance & Organisational Assurance

Strengthen clinical governance architecture, organisational assurance frameworks and governance intelligence that support safe, effective and accountable services.

Risk, Safety & Resilience

Provide executive leadership across enterprise risk, clinical risk, workplace health and safety, accreditation readiness and organisational resilience.

Evidence, Data & Impact

Lead the use of data, reporting, evaluation, outcomes and governance intelligence to support informed decision-making, external accountability and organisational learning.

Research, Improvement & Innovation

Advance research, evaluation, innovation and continuous improvement to strengthen service effectiveness, client outcomes and organisational impact.

Lived Experience, Reconciliation & Cultural Safety

Provide executive leadership of LLW's lived experience strategy and supporting participation, partnership and co-design frameworks, while ensuring lived experience, reconciliation and cultural safety are embedded throughout governance, evaluation, service design, improvement and organisational decision-making.

Working collaboratively with leaders across the organisation, you will build capability, influence strategic decision-making and ensure assurance activities support improvement rather than compliance alone. Executives and service leaders will continue to hold operational accountability for managing risks, controls and improvement actions within their areas.

About You

You are a strategic, values-led and clinically qualified executive who brings sound judgement, strong influence and the ability to translate complexity into clear organisational direction.

You will bring:

• A relevant tertiary clinical qualification, which is essential for this role.
• Significant executive leadership experience across clinical governance, quality, risk, safety and assurance within a complex health or human services organisation.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing, implementing and improving integrated clinical governance, organisational assurance, quality, risk and accountability systems.
• A strong record of advising Boards, CEOs and executive leaders and translating complex data, risk, safety, audit, evaluation and lived experience information into clear strategic advice.
• Demonstrated experience using data, outcomes, performance reporting and trend analysis to support governance oversight, accountability and organisational improvement.
• Significant experience leading research, evaluation, innovation, continuous improvement or organisational learning initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience advancing lived experience leadership, participation and co-design frameworks, together with a strong commitment to cultural safety, reconciliation and improved outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and diverse communities.
• Proven ability to establish and lead multidisciplinary functions, integrate teams and maintain continuity of critical responsibilities through organisational change.

Tertiary or postgraduate qualifications in governance, risk, quality, public health administration, human services, business, research, evaluation, organisational development or a related discipline will be highly regarded.

Most importantly, you will be a collaborative and authentic leader who can bring people together around a shared commitment to learning, accountability and better outcomes.

Why Join Lives Lived Well?

This is an opportunity to help shape the future of a respected and growing not-for-profit organisation delivering services across Queensland and New South Wales.

You will:

• Join an Executive Leadership Team committed to innovation, collaboration and impact.
• Establish and lead a newly created multidisciplinary Directorate with significant enterprise-wide influence.
• Shape the clinical governance architecture, assurance systems, evidence and culture that support quality services and lasting outcomes.
• Provide executive leadership of lived experience strategy, reconciliation and cultural safety across the organisation.
• Contribute to meaningful work that changes lives and strengthens communities.

We also offer:

• Flexible hybrid working arrangements.
• Competitive executive remuneration.
• Salary packaging benefits.
• Five additional wellbeing leave days each year.
• Fitness Passport membership.
• Perkbox discounts and benefits.
• Ongoing executive leadership development and support.

About Lives Lived Well

Lives Lived Well is a leading not-for-profit organisation delivering alcohol and other drug, mental health, gambling and wellbeing services across Queensland and New South Wales. For more than 50 years, we have worked alongside people, families and communities to improve wellbeing, support recovery and create opportunities for lasting positive change.

Considering Applying?

For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Julie Dignan on 0410 514 273.

To request a copy of the Position Description, please email [e-mail].

Lives Lived Well is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and people with lived and living experience.