Director, Sector Development Hybrid

uWorkin; City of Melbourne; Hybride; AUD 140 000 - 200 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Salary packaging (Not-for-Profit)

Flexible working arrangements

Early finish Fridays

Résumé du poste

VACCHO, the peak body for Aboriginal health in Victoria, seeks a Director, Sector Development to lead the Population Health Unit and advance capability across the ACCO sector. The role oversees priorities in Public Health, Workforce Development, Aboriginal Aged Care, and Culture & Kinship projects.

Reporting to the Executive Director Population Health, the Director drives performance, coaches managers, and ensures teams sustain capability to meet strategic objectives and reform roadmaps in

Qualifications

• Experience as Director, Sector Development or equivalent.
• Experience developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating strategies in workforce development, health and wellbeing, or advocacy.
• Ability to develop and coach emerging leaders and teams, and foster high performing teams.
• Understanding reform roadmaps in health, aged care and disability.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook) with high accuracy.

Responsabilités

• Provide strategic leadership across teams and priority projects.
• Drive performance to achieve objectives in alignment with annual cycles of monitoring and reporting.
• Coach and support the development of managers and staff.
• Develop and sustain capability to meet Victoria’s strategic objectives in health and social services.

Connaissances

Leadership

Strategic planning

Stakeholder engagement

Coaching & mentoring

Change management

Communication skills

Outils

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Outlook

MS Project

Description du poste

Job Description

The Director, Sector Development is a key role within the Population Health Unit, providing high level direction across teams and priority projects, with an overall focus on developing and expanding capability and capacity within the ACCO sector in Victoria. These include:

• Public Health and Partnerships
• Workforce Development
• Aboriginal Aged Care
• VACCHO's Culture and Kinship Projects

Reporting to the Executive Director Population Health, the Director provides strategic leadership to their teams, driving performance to achieve agreed objectives, in alignment with annual cycles of monitoring and impact reporting. The Director is responsible for coaching and supporting the development of managers and staff within their remit and ensuring that teams develop and sustain the capability to meet strategic objectives.

About the Employer

VACCHO is the peak representative for the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Victoria.

We have 35 member Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations providing support to over 78,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the state. We lead and support Aboriginal Community Control and the broader health and social services sector to deliver transformative health and wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal communities in Victoria. We are a centre of expertise, policy advice, training, innovation and leadership in Aboriginal health and wellbeing. And we'd love you to join us!

About the Candidate

To be successful in this role, you will need a demonstrated experience as a Director, Sector Development. You will have sound judgement, a pragmatic approach to problem-solving, and strong communication skills, with willingness to take the initiative.

• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply as your cultural and lived experiences are central to the work we do.
• Demonstrated leadership and management experience in a related role or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating strategies in workforce development, health and wellbeing, or advocacy.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and coach emerging leaders and teams, and foster the growth of high performing teams.
• Diversity of experience in, and understanding of, the reform roadmaps in health and social services, including healthcare, aged care and/or disability.
• Demonstrated proficiency and experience using Microsoft applications (e.g., Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Project Management) combined with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.

Desirable

• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply as your cultural and lived experiences are central to the work we do.

Work Environment

• Working for Community in a culturally safe Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation.
• Access to generous employee benefits including Not for Profit salary packaging entitlements (see below), leave loading, additional leave entitlements including cultural leave, and bonus Christmas leave if employed at VACCHO into the following year.
• Organisational early finish Fridays (4pm) and flexible working arrangements considered.
• Distinctive inner-city Collingwood office with wellness spaces and end of trip facilities available.

We believe in the right for all people to be treated with the respect and dignity at all times, and that all people who work for, govern or undertake work at or visit us should at all times feel safe and included.