Manager Mental Health and Aod

**Make a difference to health systems and community outcomes across mental health & AOD**:

- **Full Time, Permanent role, generous salary packaging options up to $18,550 p.a.**:

- **Parkville office location with flexible work arrangements, including option to work 2 days at home**

Charterhouse are partnering with North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network based in Parkville, on the Manager, Mental Health & AOD. This role will lead program management activities to support integrated and culturally safe responses for people with mental health and/or AOD concerns. The work will include a focus on building stakeholder relationships, planning quality improvement initiatives with commissioned programs and working with colleagues to build capacity and understanding of mental health and AOD issues and needs.

You will have the opportunity to lead the planning, service development and commissioning of high quality, evidence based programs targeted at diverse populations within the north west Melbourne region. Your focus will be to work collaboratively with teams across the organisation and external stakeholders to meet identified community needs.

**About North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network**

North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN) is Victoria's largest independent, locally governed and run, not-for-profit PHN, dedicated to improving primary health care in the community.

**What are PHNs?**

PHNs have been established with two key objectives:

- Increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of services for community members, particularly those at risk of poor health outcomes
- Improving coordination of care to ensure people receive the right care in the right place, at the right time

**A typical week may include**:

- Working with stakeholders, including services users, community representatives and services providers to build strong relationships and improve service models for equitable care and access
- Ensuring commissioning activities are evidenced based, aligned to identified community needs and undertaken collaboratively with internal and external partners
- Implementing sustainable project management approaches that are coordinated, accessible, culturally safe and person-centred
- Supporting staff to manage the delivery of high quality services and work with the Director to support and maintain a positive workplace culture

**We are looking for someone who has**:

- Tertiary qualifications in health, health service management or a related field
- Experience leading and managing a team of staff in dynamic and changing environments while building effective relationships to deliver shared organisational outcomes
- High-level project management, change-management, evaluation and problem-solving skills, strong written, verbal presentation and negotiation skills that can be applied in diverse settings
- Success coordinating and managing multi-stakeholder projects or programs, including an ability to work effectively under pressure
- Understanding of the primary mental health care and/or Alcohol and Other Drugs systems, with oversight of key policy drivers and reform directions

**What's in it for you?**
- A friendly and supportive professional environment
- Career progression opportunities
- Great work-life balance (Hybrid options to work from home and in office)

**Other Benefits**:

- Generous paid parental leave for primary and secondary carers
- Newly Introduced Life Leave - up to 4 days of paid leave a year for cultural celebrations, family events, or your birthday
- Additional paid leave at Christmas/NY
- Fun social club and health and wellbeing activities

**NWMPHN and Charterhouse Partnership are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We recognise the importance of attracting and retaining talent that mirrors our diverse community. Applicants from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background are strongly encouraged to apply.**

**Please note you will need to obtain a police check and working with children’s check for this role before commencing this role.