Manager (Wellbeing)

4 weeks ago

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia University of Southern Queensland Full time
  • Remuneration range $139,292 to $147,370 pa
  • Full-time continuing appointment
  • Toowoomba or Springfield campus

The University of Southern Queensland is committed to strengthening quality and excellence in our students' experience and enhancing student success by providing a coordinated whole-of-University approach to ensuring student success. An opportunity now for you to play an integral role in this whole-of-University approach and assist in transforming the lives of our students and communities through innovative, flexible, and student-focused education.

Support for Learning

The Wellbeing Team is a multi-disciplinary team providing direct services to students through psychological services and wellbeing support and works with academic staff on curricular and co-curricular initiatives to promote student wellbeing. Extra-curricular wellness initiatives include Mental Health First Aid, By-Stander Awareness, coordination of inclusivity programs, and other programs to support the psychological and physical safety of UniSQ students.

We're seeking an accomplished health professional to lead our Wellness Team and oversee the Student Counselling Team, Wellbeing Team and Mental Health Nurse. In this role you will innovate and drive mental health and wellbeing activities across the University to ensure a safe and healthy student community.

What you'll do

  • Lead a geographically dispersed team of human services professionals (including psychologists, social workers and wellness /welfare advisors) and work with key stakeholders to develop and implement a suite of psychoeducational, experiential, welfare and advisory services and programs.
  • Utilise your significant leadership skills, industry knowledge and understanding of trends in psychoeducation in higher education to build, deliver and lead the delivery of successful wellbeing education programs in and alongside curriculum while overseeing the delivery of a brief therapy model of counselling, wellbeing and advisory services within a higher education context.
  • Introduce contemporary and innovative approaches to supporting the wellbeing of students at UniSQ.
  • Implement best practice approaches leading the strategic development and implementation of proactive wellness initiatives within a higher education context.

What will help you succeed

  • Postgraduate qualifications in clinical or educational psychology, social work, human or community services, counselling or mental health, and extensive experience in the profession.
  • Registration or accreditation with a relevant industry body that allows you to provide clinical supervision to the professionals in the Wellness team.
  • Excellent people management skills and experience in developing, coaching and motivating staff to foster a positive team culture.
  • Experience in overseeing the strategic development and management of counselling/clinical services, with expertise in case management and clinical supervision in a brief intervention delivery model.
  • Experience in developing wellbeing programs within and alongside curriculum in a higher education context.

For initial enquiries regarding this position, please contact Ms Tessa McCredie, Associate Director (Wellbeing) on telephone or email

The University offers a range of different ways of working and connecting across our physical and virtual spaces to meet the needs of our students, partners and community. We value diversity and strive to foster an inclusive environment that is underpinned by our values and champions, embraces and respects differences.

We support and encourage applications from all diversity groups. With an increasingly diverse workforce, we understand that careers may be placed on hold or limited throughout many life circumstances.

Find out more about UniSQ at

ReferenceNumber: 0345_10/23

Location: Toowoomba or Springfield campus

Term: Full-time continuing appointment (36 hrs/week)

Salary: Total remuneration range $139,292 to $147,370 pa (includes salary range of $117,695 to $124,521 pa, employer super contributions of 17% and annual leave loading)

Closes: Thursday, 23 November 2023

At UniSQ we are united by our core values of Respect, Integrity and Excellence, which guide our daily actions and decision-making.

To be considered for this position, you will need to have the right to work in Australia.

If you know that this role is right for you, please submit your current resume together with a two-page (maximum) statement, outlining your skills and experience relative to 'Who we're looking for' in the position description.

For more information on how to apply for a job, please refer to the application process,available on our website.

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