Senior Consultant

Communicorp; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Communicorp in Melbourne seeks a Senior Consultant to lead psychosocial risk and workplace psychology engagements across Victoria. You will drive project delivery, guidance for client strategy and contribute to ongoing account growth while working with senior leaders and stakeholders.

You will balance hands-on consulting with project leadership, facilitation and accurate reporting, traveling as needed within Victoria and interstate. This role is based in Victoria.

Qualifications

• Registered psychologist with AHPRA and current clinical accreditation.
• Postgraduate qualification in organisational psychology or related field preferred.
• Experience delivering psychosocial risk and workplace psychology services.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver psychosocial risk and organisational effectiveness engagements.
• Manage projects end-to-end with milestones, budgets and governance.
• Build trusted client relationships and support account growth.
• Collaborate with senior leaders and diverse stakeholders.
• Lead workshops, reports and proposals with clear recommendations.

Skills

Psychologist

Psychosocial risk management

Workplace mental health

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Facilitation

Presentation

Written communication

Education

Psychology degree

Postgraduate in Organisational Psychology

Job description

• Site Address: Level 17, 300 La Trobe Street, MELBOURNE, VIC, 3000
• Job Function Group: Health
• Employment Type: Full Time

Job Description

At Communicorp, we help organisations create mentally thriving, psychologically healthy workplaces.

We're looking for an experienced Senior Consultant based in Victoria to join our growing consulting practice. Combining strong consulting capability, psychosocial risk expertise and exceptional project delivery skills, you'll support organisations navigating complex workplace challenges while playing an important role in expanding our impact across Victoria and beyond.

Your Impact Starts Here

As a Senior Consultant, you will lead and deliver consulting engagements across psychosocial risk, workplace mental health, leadership capability, culture and organisational effectiveness.

You will work closely with senior leaders, project teams and key stakeholders to understand organisational needs, translate evidence into practical solutions and deliver high-quality outcomes. You will also manage trusted client relationships, oversee projects from planning through to completion and contribute to identifying opportunities for continued support and account growth.

The role combines consulting, project leadership, facilitation and client management. You will work across all stages of an engagement, including discovery, assessment, design, delivery, implementation and evaluation.

This is a hands‑on senior consulting role for someone who can balance excellent client delivery with the systems, organisation and commercial discipline needed to manage multiple projects successfully.

This position is based in Victoria, with some interstate travel required.

Why You'll Love Working With Us

Be part of something bigger

Join a collaborative and supportive team committed to improving workplace mental health and helping organisations create safer, healthier and more productive environments. [

Work at a strategic level

Partner directly with executives and senior leaders on some of the most significant workplace challenges facing organisations today.

Deliver work that makes a difference

Lead projects that shape organisational culture, leadership capability, psychological health and safety, workforce capability and organisational performance.

Grow every day

Access ongoing professional development, mentoring and opportunities to expand your consulting and leadership expertise.

Influence the future of our practice

Contribute to service innovation, thought leadership, product development and the continued growth of our consulting capability.

Think globally, act locally

Be supported by the strength and resources of APM while continuing to develop market-leading workplace consulting solutions.

Areas of responsibility

Psychosocial Risk and Consulting Delivery

• Lead and deliver evidence-based consulting engagements across psychosocial risk, workplace mental health and organisational effectiveness.
• Support organisations to identify, assess and manage psychosocial hazards through practical, systems-focused approaches.
• Conduct organisational reviews, stakeholder consultations, interviews, focus groups and other diagnostic activities.
• Analyse qualitative and quantitative information and translate findings into clear reports, recommendations and action plans.
• Design and facilitate workshops, leadership sessions, workforce consultations and capability-building programs.

Project Leadership and Quality

• Manage projects end to end, with clear plans, milestones, responsibilities, budgets and governance.
• Identify and accrue risks, delays, scope changes and emerging client issues early.
• Deliver accurate, professional outputs that meet agreed scope, timing and quality standards, supported by sound quality assurance, version control and recordkeeping.

Client and Account Management

• Build trusted relationships with designated clients and provide reliable day-to-day account leadership.
• Understand client needs, manage expectations and maintain clear communication throughout each engagement.
• Support client retention and account growth by staying close to priorities, identifying emerging needs and contributing to proposals, tenders and solution design.

Systems, Planning and Administration

• Maintain accurate, timely project, client, pipeline, time-recording and forecasting information in business systems.
• Keep diaries current and manage availability carefully to support reliable scheduling and resource allocation.

Team Contribution and Capability

• Collaborate across the consulting team, sharing expertise, resources, project guidance and constructive feedback.
• Contribute to the development of reusable tools, intellectual property and improved consulting processes.
• Participate in professional development and maintain contemporary knowledge across psychosocial risk and workplace psychology.

What You'll Bring

• Current registration as a Psychologist with AHPRA.
• Relevant qualifications in Psychology, with postgraduate qualifications in Organisational Psychology or a related field highly regarded.
• Demonstrated expertise in psychosocial risk management, workplace mental health or psychological health and safety.
• Experience delivering consulting, organisational development or workplace advisory services.
• Strong project management capability, including planning, coordination, risk management and stakeholder communication.
• Demonstrated experience working with senior leaders and complex organisational stakeholders.
• Strong facilitation, presentation and consultation skills.
• Excellent written communication skills, including the preparation of reports, recommendations, proposals and presentations.
• Strong systems, administrative, diary and recordkeeping discipline.
• Ability to travel where required.

Highly Regarded

• Experience working with Victorian organisations, including complex or public-sector environments.
• Experience delivering psychosocial risk assessments, strategic reviews, leadership programs or organisational change initiatives.
• Experience managing ongoing client accounts or multi-stage consulting engagements.
• Experience contributing to proposals, tenders, scoping and service development.
• Endorsement as an Organisational Psychologist.

About Communicorp

Communicorp is a specialist workplace consulting business helping organisations improve psychological health and safety, leadership capability, workplace culture and organisational effectiveness.

Our approach is practical, collaborative and evidence-based. We partner with organisations to understand their unique context, identify opportunities for improvement and implement solutions that drive sustainable outcomes.

We are proud to be part of the APM Group, a global human services organisation with more than 17,000 professionals across 11 countries, united by a shared purpose of enabling better lives.

Diversity Makes Us Stronger

At Communicorp, we value diversity of thought, experience and background. We welcome applications from people of all ages, cultures, identities, abilities and lived experiences, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.