Director Mental Health Operations

Job description

Agency Department of Health Work unit Mental Health Services

Job title Director Mental Health Operations Designation Senior Administrative Officer 2

Job type Full time Duration Fixed from 01/10/2025 for 6 months

Salary $148,302 - $161,638 Location Darwin

Position number RTF Closing 10/09/2025

Contact officer Sarah Anstey on

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APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR

TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS.

Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans

The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates

people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment

process or job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the

merit process, go to the OCPE website.

Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures

plans, go to the OCPE website.

Primary objective

Provide high-level advice, leadership and program and project management for a series of projects as directed by the General

Manager.

Context statement

The Top End Mental Health Service and Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) programs provide comprehensive, culturally

appropriate care to support the mental health and wellbeing of individuals and communities across the Northern Territory.

This role will be pivotal in improving and ensuring the effectiveness of executive leadership, enabling seamless

communication, rigorous governance and the delivery of critical initiatives.

Key duties and responsibilities

1. Drive improvements in executive and corporate service functions to enhance operational efficiency, streamline

processes, and deliver better organisational outcomes.

2. Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being

undertaken in order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.

3. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour.

Selection criteria

Essential

1. Demonstrated ability to lead cultural change to introduce new ways of working, including consistent approaches to

delivering NT Health priorities.

2. High level strategic and operational leadership and management skills, with experience leading and implementing variety

of projects with diverse teams to deliver time-critical outcomes.

3. Demonstrated understanding of public administration, corporate governance, financial systems requirements and

Government decision making frameworks.

4. Proven experience in strategic and business planning, policy development and project management

5. Exceptional oral and written communication, interpersonal, strategic negotiation and mediation skills to deal effectively

with a range of internal and external stakeholders, together with the ability to interact effectively with people of diverse

cultures; this includes strategies and tactics relevant to effective stakeholder engagement and management in politically

sensitive environments.

Desirable

1. Qualifications, formal training or significant experience in either project management, finance, human resource

management, governance or change management.

Further information

Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working with children clearance

notice and criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant

criminal history. For immunisation requirements - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances) or Category B

(indirect contact with blood or body substances), check with contact person for requirements.