Manager Aboriginal Engagement and Strategic Partnerships

Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD); Murrumbidgee; On-site; AUD 119,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Murrumbidgee Local Health District is seeking a Manager Aboriginal Engagement and Strategic Partnerships to lead partnerships with Aboriginal communities and ACCHOs, ensuring Aboriginal voices inform planning and delivery of health services.

You will facilitate meaningful engagement, support culturally safe partnerships and provide leadership and cultural advice to Aboriginal Health staff to advance MLHD priorities and improve health outcomes.

Qualifications

• Be of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent. Being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander is a genuine occupational qualification for this position as described under Section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW).
• NSW Working with Children Check
• National Police Check
• Vaccination Category A
• Evidence of a current Class C drivers’ licence

Responsibilities

• Lead and strengthen partnerships between MLHD, Aboriginal communities, ACCHOs and key stakeholders.
• Facilitate engagement and co-design processes to inform planning, design, delivery and evaluation of health services.
• Provide leadership, advice and cultural support to Aboriginal Health staff and stakeholders to advance MLHD priorities.
• Engage with RMRA and implement the Ngunggiyalali Accord Health Schedule.
• Advise on District programs from an Aboriginal perspective and support service delivery mapping.

Skills

Partnership management

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Job description

Position Classification: Health Manager Level 2 (Health Managers (State) Award)

Remuneration: $118,821.00 - $140,201.00 per annum, pro rata (+ super + 17.5% leave loading where applicable)

Employment Type: Permanent Full - Time

Hours Per Week: 38

Location: Negotiable across the Murrumbidgee Local Health District

Requisition ID: REQ701389

Closing Date: 25 November 2026

About The Role

Murrumbidgee Local Health District is seeking a Manager Aboriginal Engagement and Strategic Partnerships to lead and strengthen partnerships between MLHD, Aboriginal communities, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) and key stakeholders. The role ensures Aboriginal voices, perspectives and priorities inform the planning, design, delivery and evaluation of health services.

You will facilitate meaningful engagement and co-design processes, support culturally safe and responsive partnerships, manage projects and enable effective community participation in service improvement initiatives. The position also provides leadership, advice and cultural support to Aboriginal Health staff and stakeholders to advance MLHD strategic priorities and improve health outcomes for Aboriginal people and communities.

Being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander is a genuine occupational qualification for this position as described under Section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW).

Key Accountabilities

• Support and contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Aboriginal health stakeholder and community engagement strategies that achieve the aims of the MLHD Strategic Plan and Aboriginal Health Frameworks.
• Support the Executive Director Aboriginal Health & Wellbeing to negotiate, establish and maintain formalised partnership arrangements with four Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services within MLHD, providing high-level administrative services and project management.
• Develop and maintain relationships with the Riverina Murray Regional Alliance (RMRA), including implementing, monitoring and reporting on the Local Decision Making Ngunggiyalali Accord and accompanying Health Schedule.
• Provide advice from an Aboriginal perspective on District programs and initiatives, including mapping of community-based service delivery, consultation and planning.
• Lead, monitor and participate in facility, program, management and partnership meetings across the district related to strategic planning, reporting and evaluation of Aboriginal health policies, strategies and services.
• Work with community partners under a shared decision-making model focused on genuine engagement, transparent negotiation, shared planning, monitoring and accountability.
• Promote the role of Local Health Advisory Committees with Aboriginal people and communities, with a focus on consumer engagement that improves the safety and quality of care for Aboriginal consumers.
• Prepare high quality reports, briefs, correspondence and other documents that inform decision making, as required by the Executive Director Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing.
• Lead and advocate for organisational change and project management, producing quality work within tight deadlines.
• Prepare and edit Aboriginal specific articles for Koori Grapevine each month for inclusion in the Murrumbidgee Matters Newsletter.

Essential Criteria

• Be of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent. Being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander is a genuine occupational qualification for this position as described under Section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW). We need someone to bring their cultural knowledge and lived experience as an Aboriginal person to this role. As part of the recruitment process, we will ask you to provide documentation to confirm your Aboriginality and your cultural expertise will also be assessed through the recruitment process
• NSW Working with Children Check
• National Police Check
• Vaccination Category A
• Evidence of a current Class C drivers’ licence

Selection Criteria

• Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining effective partnerships with Aboriginal communities, ACCHOs and key stakeholders, including leading engagement, consultation and co-design processes that informed the development, implementation and evaluation of programs, projects or initiatives.
• Demonstrated project management and organisational skills, with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent leadership, written and oral communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to maintain strong stakeholder relationships.
• Demonstrated skills in consultation, listening, negotiation and conflict resolution, and the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of current Commonwealth, State and local Aboriginal health priorities and issues impacting on Aboriginal people, families and communities.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget and achieve agreed scope.
• Willingness and demonstrated ability to provide cultural advice to mainstream units with the aim of increasing the appropriateness and effectiveness of service strategies for the Aboriginal population.

Need More Information

For role related queries or questions contact Tony Martin via [e-mail]

MLHD welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and is committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community.

As part of the Stepping Up initiative, we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. Find out more about Stepping Up This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined inthe NSW Health OASV Policy(Page 11) You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.