Program Manager, Community Care & Health Promotion

Better Health Network; Melbourne; Sur place; AUD 120 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible work arrangements

Salary packaging benefits

Professional development

Collaborative team culture

Résumé du poste

Better Health Network is seeking an experienced Program Manager to guide integrated community care and health promotion services, driving client-centred, culturally safe programs across Support at Home, Post Acute Care, and Community Health Nursing. You will lead delivery aligned with BHN priorities and ensure high-quality outcomes.

This permanent, full-time role based in Melbourne offers a collaborative environment with opportunities to shape community health initiatives, strengthen

Qualifications

• Experience leading health/aged care/community care or health promotion programs.
• Experience delivering client-centred and equity-focused health services.
• Strong budgeting, reporting and compliance skills.
• Ability to lead teams through change and drive service improvement.
• Proven ability to build partnerships with funders, government agencies and communities.

Responsabilités

• Lead day-to-day operations, service planning and workforce performance across community care and health promotion programs.
• Manage budgets, targets, quality indicators, reporting and funding compliance.
• Develop team capability through values-based leadership and succession planning.
• Strengthen referral pathways and partnerships with funders and stakeholders.
• Oversee health promotion planning, delivery, evaluation and reporting with focus on equity and priority populations.
• Drive service improvement and new service models informed by data and community needs.

Connaissances

Health program leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Budgeting & reporting

Change management

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Formation

Degree in health/management

Postgraduate qualification

Outils

Budgeting software

Description du poste

Program Manager, Community Care & Health Promotion

Program Manager, Community Care & Health Promotion

• Full time, Permanent position
• Make a real difference in your community.

We are seeking an experienced program leader to guide integrated community care and health promotion services that improve access, equity and outcomes for the communities we serve.

As a not-for-profit organisation, Better Health Network supports people and families at different stages of life and works with communities to strengthen health and wellbeing. We believe that better health and wellbeing is built around community.

About the role

As the Program Manager, Community Care & Health Promotion, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across Support at Home, Post Acute Care, Community Health Nursing and Health Promotion. You will lead integrated, client-centred and culturally safe services aligned with BHN’s strategic priorities.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading day-to-day operations, service planning and workforce performance across community care and health promotion programs.
• Managing budgets, service targets, quality indicators, contractual obligations, reporting and funding compliance.
• Developing team capability through values-based leadership, supervision, workforce planning and succession planning.
• Strengthening referral pathways, multidisciplinary collaboration and partnerships with funders, government agencies and community stakeholders.
• Overseeing health promotion planning, delivery, evaluation and reporting, with a focus on prevention, equity and priority populations.
• Leading service improvement and service model development informed by evidence, data, feedback and emerging community need.

About you

You will be an experienced health or community services leader who can balance strategic direction with strong operational delivery, build effective partnerships and lead teams through change.

To be successful, you’ll bring:

• A degree in a relevant clinical or management field, such as business or health, or an equivalent level of practice-based experience.
• Experience managing health, aged care, community care and/or health promotion programs, including operations, service delivery, reporting and team performance.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams through change and implementing service improvement initiatives.
• Experience developing, implementing or expanding community-based health services or health promotion initiatives, including outreach, engagement and partnership strategies.
• Sound financial and operational management skills, including budgeting, performance monitoring and achievement of service and compliance requirements.
• Strong communication, relationship-building, influencing and negotiation skills, with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary and diverse stakeholder groups.
• A client-centred, outcomes-focused approach and commitment to BHN’s values of Accountability, Collaboration, Respect and Courage.
• Postgraduate qualifications or relevant professional membership.
• Experience in service co-design, clinical or practice governance, accreditation or multidisciplinary team environments.
• Understanding of relevant aged care reforms.

At BHN, you’ll join a values-driven organisation that genuinely cares about its people and the communities it serves. We offer:

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance.
• Salary packaging benefits to increase your take-home pay.
• Professional development and learning opportunities.
• A collaborative and supportive team culture.

The opportunity to shape integrated, community-based services and make a meaningful impact every day.

Location

This role is primarily based at 341 Coventry Street, South Melbourne, with travel to other BHN locations and community settings as required.

We value Accountability, Collaboration, Respect and Courage, and we strive to create an inclusive environment that welcomes people from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally and linguistically diverse, and LGBTQIA+ communities.

Pre-employment checks include reference checks, National Police Check, Working with Children Check, evidence of the right to work in Australia, Aged Care Statutory Declaration, Aged Care Worker Banning Order Check, a current driver’s licence and Category B vaccination evidence.