Program Manager

**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time until 30 June 2025 with the possibility of extension at same/reduced hours
**Facility**:Wollongong Drug and Alcohol Service
**Position Classification**: Health Manager Level 3
**Remuneration**: $122,850 - $139,559 pro rata per annum
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ518407
**Applications Close: 26 September 2024**
- This is an exciting opportunity to work as a Project Manager to assist the Prevention and Response Violence, Abuse and Neglect (PARVAN) service to create a new an innovative model of care for Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Assault (ASP ) Program. Working alongside the Adult Survivors Clinical Coordinator, your role will be key in building strong partnerships and collaboration with NGOs, ACCOs, consumer networks and community Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol health providers to ensure the creation strengths-based, family-centred, culturally appropriate and trauma informed model of care._
- This role will provide advanced leadership and high-quality project management to ensure that the objectives and project milestones of this innovative new integrated program are met._

**What you'll be doing**

The Program Manager - Adult Survivors Program will be part of the Prevention and Response Violence Abuse and Neglect (PARVAN) leadership team. The position will be responsible for overarching program leadership, strategic management, implementation, governance, business planning, risk and budget management, stakeholder engagement and coordination and overseeing the development of a sustainable local model of care in alignment with statewide requirements of NSW Health’s new Adult Survivors Program - a specialist integrated program for adult survivors of child sexual abuse with complex needs.

The Adult Survivors Program is a significant reform initiative being implemented by NSW Health in response to findings from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. The program aims to improve outcomes for adult survivors of child sexual abuse, with a particular focus on survivors of complex trauma with mental health and alcohol and other drug support needs. The program model takes a hybrid strategic-clinical approach.

This role will work in close partnership with the Clinical Coordinator - Sexual Assault / Adult Survivors Program to ensure effective and sustainable local implementation of this innovative new program.

The Program Manager - Adult Survivors Program will work from a strengths-based, family-centred, culturally appropriate and trauma informed approach. This role will be required to recruit, coach, mentor and performance develop identified staff as well as manage delegated financial responsibilities.

This role will provide advanced leadership and high-quality project management to ensure that the objectives of this innovative new integrated program are met. This role will not provide direct services to clients.

**What we can offer you**

The Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD) provides you with an excellent career choice with many rewarding experiences. At ISLHD we are not just offering jobs, we are offering you the opportunity to excel in your chosen field and to experience a work life balance.

Work flexibility is very important at ISLHD and we provide our people with a range of benefits and conditions to assist with balancing the demands of work and personal life where possible. We offer:

- ADOs each month (for eligible full time employees)
- Study and development leave
- Access to in-house training, learning and educational opportunities
- Discounted parking
- Salary packaging options to reduce your tax and increase your take home pay (for eligible employees)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - counselling for you and your family

Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District is committed to equal employment opportunity and embraces diversity and inclusion within its workforce. As such, people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This includes but is not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, People with Disability, Women and People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.

**Talent Pool**

Applicants holding temporary visas with working rights may be considered for a temporary appointment up to the expiry date of their visa. However, this option is only available when no suitable applicant for a permanent appointment is identified.

A National Police Check (criminal history record check) is a requirement for all new appointments to NSW

Health and will be undertaken on preferred applicants, with the informed consent of the applicant.

This role is a **Category A **role. Preferred applicants will be reviewed for compliance and required to maintain compliance with the screening, assessment and vaccination requirements, relevant to your position, as outlined in NSW Health policy directive on Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Spec