Operations Manager Healthy Start

Operations Manager – Healthy Start

The position is responsible for the operational management of the Healthy Start services, ensuring efficient and effective delivery of services while adhering to quality and safety standards. The position oversees the operational aspects of the Healthy Start services including staff management, operational planning and day to day resource allocation.

The position works closely with the EM Child & Family Service to plan, organise, coordinate, and monitor the operational and line management aspects of the Healthy Start services.

There is also a strong emphasis on collaboration, coaching and engaging with the teams and evaluation against key performance targets.

Salary up to $154,980 gross per annum plus super (dependent on qualifications and years of experience)

Incentives for this position

· Retention Bonus

Receive $10,000 per year for two years, paid in instalments at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months of full-time service. (Taxable and paid via payroll.)

· Relocation Assistance

Need to move for the role? We'll provide support to help you relocate to Broken Hill smoothly and confidently.

· Temporary Accommodation

Get settled with up to 8 weeks of accommodation provided upon your arrival.

· Home Travel Allowance

Stay connected with your loved ones – receive a $600 travel allowance every 6 months, for up to 2 years. (Taxable and paid via payroll.)

To be successful you will need:

· Currently registered with Australian Health Practitioner Registration Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse and/or Midwife or Allied Health professional.

· Demonstrated experience in operational management, minimum 2 years' experience line management required.

· Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to develop a collaborative team approach in a multidisciplinary team environment.

· Demonstrated understanding of the ACCHO model of Aboriginal community-controlled comprehensive primary health care, rooted in the core values of cultural continuity, holistic wellbeing and community self-determination

· Ability to communicate and develop good working relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families within the Broken Hill Aboriginal community.

· Recognised credentials in a preceptorship role or ability to complete a certified Preceptoriship course within the first six months of employment.

· Ability to work in a way that fosters mutual respect in a cross cultural environment.

· Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the principles of primary health care and how they relate to child health and development in relation to Aboriginal children, women and families.

· Demonstrated effective oral and written communication skills.

· Computing skills relevant to the position and competent in the use of information and communication technology including Microsoft Word, email and internet applications and client databases.

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TO DISCUSSthe role please contact Lavinia Henderson, Executive Manager Child and Family Services on or email

Maari Ma offers a great range of benefits including:

· Working Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm

· weeks paid annual leave per year

· Christmas Closure including additional paid leave to cover the period (4 days)

· Public holidays off

· Paid accrued day off (up to 12 per year)

· Flexible leave accrual

· Generous Salary Packaging, standard up to $15,900 per year. Plus access to SP Novated Leasing, Meal and Accommodation card and Remote Area Benefits – full benefits go to the employee.

· Supported advanced education and training and excellent personal development opportunities

· Access to use our accredited health care service for you and your family (conditions apply).

· Annual Enterprise Agreement wage increases.

About Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation

Maari Ma Health is an Aboriginal community-controlled regional health service that has been providing a quality service to the Aboriginal people of far western New South Wales for more than 30 years and employs approx. 140 people within the region.

The Location – Broken Hill, NSW

We are proud to live and work on Paakintji country.

Broken Hill, the Oasis of the Outback is a vibrant regional city full of history, culture, and community. This unique town is a living time capsule where rich Aboriginal heritage and culture blends with a thriving modern art scene — all set against a dramatic outback landscape of red earth, big skies, and endless horizons.

Broken Hill is ideal for individuals, couples, and families alike, with access to quality childcare, primary and secondary schools, and TAFE education. The town also offers a warm and welcoming community, affordable living, and a relaxed pace of life.

On your doorstep, you'll find spectacular national parks, culturally significant sites, lush rivers and lakes, native wildlife, and iconic outback towns waiting to be explored.

Getting here is easy – Broken Hill Airport is serviced by Qantas and Rex, with daily flights to and from Sydney and Adelaide. Prefer to drive? Adelaide is just a 5-hour road trip away.

All Maari Ma Health employees are required to:

· have a cleared NSW Working with Children Check.

· undertake a National Police Check. Having a criminal record will not necessarily stop you from being employed.  We will talk with you about it privately.

Maari Ma Health is a Child Safe Organisation and has a smoke free workplace policy and immunisation policy.

Maari Ma acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land in which we live, and we pay our respect to their Elders both past and present and emerging.