Youth Health and Wellbeing Manager

Bellarine Community Health; Ocean Grove; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service provider in Victoria is seeking an experienced Youth Health and Wellbeing Manager to lead and develop youth health services in Drysdale and Ocean Grove. The role demands strong leadership skills, experience in health services, and a focus on improving outcomes for young people. Benefits include generous salary packaging, a supportive workplace culture, and flexible work arrangements. Applicants should possess relevant qualifications and Australian work rights.

Benefits

Generous salary packaging benefits

Discounted gym membership

Employee assistance program

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience within Health or Community Services.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex planning and service development.
• Experience in managing operational efficiency and funding deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage youth health and wellbeing services.
• Facilitate integrated health care to improve outcomes.
• Monitor financial and service outcomes to achieve performance targets.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Crisis management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Education

Degree level qualifications in allied health or related discipline

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Youth Health and Wellbeing Manager to lead our wonderful headspace and youth teams.

Employment Type: Full-time, Ongoing 1.0 FTE, 5 days – 38 hours per week

Location: Drysdale and Ocean Grove

About the region

The Bellarine Peninsula is a short 30-minute drive from Geelong, 'where the weekends are a little longer and the flavours a little fresher'. A perfect mix of sleepy coastal towns and reinvented urban precincts, on your way to work you will pass wineries, beaches, and a sheep or two.

About us

Bellarine Community Health (BCH) is the major provider of primary health care services to the Bellarine Peninsula. BCH is a not-for-profit health care provider with close links to our community operating from six sites located in Drysdale (two sites), Ocean Grove (two sites), Point Lonsdale and Portarlington and in community settings across the Bellarine.

BCH delivers a broad scope of health services and wellbeing programs for all people in our diverse communities. If you'd like to know more about us look at our website Bellarine Community Health ( bch.org.au) and social media (Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn) or call us to learn more about this role.

Make a meaningful impact on the health and wellbeing of young people

Work on the beautiful Bellarine Peninsula with the beach at your doorstep

Supportive, values‑driven organisation and collaborative and positive multi-disciplinary youth team

Flexible work arrangements available

About the Youth health and headspace team

Our friendly and professional multi-disciplinary Youth Health and Wellbeing and headspace Ocean Grove team includes mental health professionals, youth community health nurses, youth and community engagement worker, mental health workers, dietitian and reception/administration staff all committed to making a real difference in the lives of young people, their family and friends.

Services are provided from our Drysdale Youth site, headspace Ocean Grove satellite site, Doctors in School clinics and in community outreach settings.

The team offers support tailored to the needs of young people and the important people in their lives.

Our team work alongside co-located external providers to ensure a holistic approach to care.

If you're passionate about youth health and wellbeing and have the skills and experience to lead to team, please reach out for more information.

About the role

• will lead, develop, implement, oversee and manage the operations, and the future growth and development of BCH's youth health and wellbeing services inclusive of the Centre Manager responsibilities for headspace Ocean Grove.
• will facilitate excellence in integrated, holistic health care, with the goal of improving outcomes for young people
• will ensure provision of evidenced based, multi-disciplinary care which is aligned to best practice in Primary Care including applicable Commonwealth, State and headspace National program guidelines and related clinical governance frameworks.
• will ensure services are responsive to the care needs of young people, their family, friends and support network and that operational management systems are designed to deliver continuity of care within an efficient and sustainable framework
• will work closely and collaboratively with a range of stakeholders to identify gaps and opportunities which further enhance service options and to ensure all activities are in accordance with the relevant service grant agreements, contracts and sub-contracts.
• is responsible for monitoring financial and service outcomes to ensure achievement of performance targets.

About You

• High levels of professionalism, confidentiality and discretion.
• Strong work ethic.
• Adaptability and flexibility to changing work environments and requirements.
• Reliable and results focussed.

Qualifications and Registrations

Degree level qualifications in allied health, behavioural/social sciences, youth work, mental health nursing, or a related discipline.

Minimum 5 years' experience within Health or Community Services

Demonstrated experience at effectively leading and reporting on complex planning and service development environments.

Demonstrated experience at managing and developing operational systems for a health or community services organisation, including effectively planning and allocating resources in order to maximise operational efficiency and meet funding deliverables.

Demonstrated experience at managing all aspects of staff and team performance, including recruitment, staff orientation, supervision, performance reviews, staff disciplinary action, performance development and team building

Experience in direct service provision to young people and providing mental health services or programs, including being able to respond effectively to crisis and high risk situations

Proven track record in building and maintaining effective working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders

Demonstrated capacity to effectively engage in leadership and management processes, including multidisciplinary and/or cross sector initiatives, and partnerships with a wide range of professionals, organisations and stakeholders.

Australian work rights are required at the time of application.

What we offer

• Generous salary packaging benefits - you can access some of your annual salary tax free each year, hence you pay less tax each pay and take more pay home
• Living Expenses capped at $15,900 annually (includes repayments on mortgages, credit cards, personal loans, and rental payments)
• A supportive workplace
• Positive team culture
• Online induction and onsite orientation
• Generous leave arrangements including annual leave and parental leave
• Employee assistance program: up to 5 counselling sessions per year
• Discounted gym membership

Conditions of Employment

• A current National Police Check
• A current Working with Children Check - Employee check nominating BCH
• A current Victorian Driver's License
• Pre-employment screening requirements met
• A separate document addressing Essential Qualifications and Requirements of key selection criteria outlined in the position description
• Application Form (via link on BCH careers webpage)

Application Deadline

Please forward applications by 11th January 2026

If you have any questions don't hesitate to reach out to:

Liz Womersley – Executive Director Child, Youth and Families

Bellarine Community Heath is an inclusive employer. We are a family friendly workplace and aim to create a work environment where all employees are respected, connected, and can contribute, regardless of age, culture, ability, family and caring responsibilities, gender or gender identity, Indigeneity, religion, or sexuality.

We strongly encourage applications from people with lived experience of diversity.

Bellarine Community Health is committed to protect children and reduce any opportunities for abuse or harm to occur.

Bellarine Community Health acknowledges the Wadawurrung people as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our sites are located and across which we provide services and programs for the diverse community.