Partnerships Manager

SANE

An exciting opportunity to work with a leading digital mental health organisation, adding value with your professional mental health skills

• Full time, Fixed term (12 months contract)
• Melbourne or Sydney location
• Opportunity to make an impact on the lives of individuals affected by complex mental health issues

Are you ready to make a difference in the mental health sector?

SANE is committed to creating a brighter future for Australians affected by complex mental health issues, by ending mental health inequity and social and economic exclusion. We provide free digital mental health support services and run a variety of mental health awareness, stigma reduction, research, and advocacy programs. We support diverse workforce segments, including those living with complex mental health issues, and the broader community. We are 100+ people with a volunteer work force of circa 60 people. Visit www.sane.org to learn more about our work.

About the role

This new role will lead and nurture our Recovery Program relationships to ensure the successful delivery of engagement activities with key partners to ensure SANE's service delivery objectives. You will be responsible for identifying, building and maintaining strong and mutually beneficial partnerships with priority partners, leading engagement activities, and managing partnership contracts and reports.

You will work within SANE's Digital Community team and will have a detailed understanding of service delivery, community needs and partnership goals. This means you will be directly helping SANE to reach many more people, especially from priority populations, to receive the mental health support they require, for free.

Key responsibilities of this role include:

• Drive the implementation of new Recovery Program partnerships while supporting existing strategic partnership activity, undertaken using appropriate formats, monitoring and processes.
• Create and maintain the stakeholder/partner database and data reporting.
• Lead the roll out of planned activity related to Recovery Program partnerships including management of the Partnerships inbox, EDMs and other related duties.
• Develop solution-focused sector partnerships.
• Support the SANE Forums team's partner training and development initiatives.
• Collaborate with the Forums team to ensure smooth running of partner involvement in Forum activity.
• Work within SANE's Model of Care and Clinical Governance Framework.

About You

• Qualifications in Partnerships, Customer Service, Administration, Project Management and/or Stakeholder Management.
• Over three years' experience working in a management role.
• Previous experience managing partnership agreements and/or coordinating events with external stakeholders.
• Proven administration skills, proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Strong understanding of challenges and stigma faced by people with complex mental health issues.
• Prior experience in program and partnership management.
• Prior experience in a Not-for-Profit environment.
• Experience working in the mental health sector.
• Lived experience of mental ill-health and recovery.
• Experience working with Veterans, their families and supporting organisations.

If this sounds like an exciting opportunity for you, please apply now

What's in it for you?

• A friendly and collaborative environment.
• Additional days pro-rata of paid Reflection Leave per year.
• NFP Salary packaging & benefits - increase your take home pay

How to Apply

To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter by the closing date, addressing the criteria below:

• What qualifications, certifications and credentials do you have to support your application?
• Do you have the right to work in Australia?

Please note: all SANE Employees are required to complete compliance checks including a National Police Check and Working with Children's Check.

Interested?

Applications will be reviewed as they come in so, please Apply Now

SANE is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we are proud champions of lived experience. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including people with lived experience of complex mental health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, people from CALD and LGBTQIA+ communities, and people of all ages to apply. Please reach out if you require reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process. Please email recruitment@sane.org using the subject line: Partnerships Manager, Digital Communities enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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