Housing with Support Partnership Manager – Burnley

• Opportunity to lead and develop partnership with stakeholders and delivery of sustainable housing solutions to support people with mental ill health
• Parental leave Coverage tendersglobal.net Fixed-term, full-time opportunity until February 2025
• Hybrid Work tendersglobal.net Burnley Location 

Mind strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people with a lived and living experience of mental ill health and recovery, and applicants from all cultures, genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities, spiritualities, ages and backgrounds. 

Mind Australia is one of the country’s leading community-managed specialist mental health service providers with a range of residential, mobile outreach, centre based and online services. We have been supporting people living with the day-to-day impacts of mental illness, as well as their families, friends and carers for over 45 years. 

We provide practical and motivational support that helps people to develop the skills they need to move on, thrive and improve the quality of their lives. It’s an approach to mental health and wellbeing that looks at the whole person in the context of their daily life. Mind is committed to diversity and social inclusion.

About the role

The Housing Strategy service stream will be crucial in driving growth and sustainable outcomes across the business, including having agility to respond to new opportunities, strategically planning for known opportunities in the pipeline, establishing and strengthening relationships with clinical and partner referrers, housing providers and government agencies. Housing Strategy will also be responsible for ensuring new services are established and occupancy levels of current residential services are maintained. 

We are seeking a high-performing, self-motivated Housing with Support Partnership Manager for a fixed-term, full-time parental leave coverage opportunity until February 2025, based at out central office in Burnley. With work from home options, you will foster relationships with internal and external stakeholders and actively develop partnerships to advance the priorities of the Housing Strategy division in line with organisational strategy. The Partnership Manager will ensure that services, systems, and processes are efficient and effective with strong measures in place to mitigate against financial and operational risk. 

Key responsibilities

• Drive partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver on strategic priorities and provide sustainable community housing for clients.
• Project manage development and establishment of new residential services and ensure project plans, service design and facilities meet business objectives, models of practice and organisational values.
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders to determine project scope and service requirements to deliver fit for purpose residences on budget and within agreed timelines.
• Lead delivery of project advice, identify and mitigate risks, resolve issues and provide development progress reports.

What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualifications (minimum Certificate IV) in Business Management, Commerce, Mental Health, Peer Work, Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or other health related field as designated by Mind.
• Expertise in working with people with mental health issues, housing concerns, complex needs and interacting with families and carers.
• Strong knowledge of mental health service delivery, service development and design, financial management, budget control and reporting.
• Proven ability to positively influence, effectively build and coach a team to achieve high quality outcomes.
• Capability to project manage, build relationships with stakeholders and identify, plan and prioritise to meet strategic plans, service requirements and deliverables. 

Benefits

• Salary packaging up to $15,899 p.a. allows you to allocate a portion of your pre-tax income to cover living expenses (e.g. rent, mortgage, child care, car leasing expenses etc.)
• Access to Meal and Entertainment allowance up to $2,650 p.a. via Salary Packaging.
• Generous leave entitlements including 17.5% annual leave loading, and Monthly Accumulated Day off (Full time employees).
• Learning, development and career opportunities. 

Interested?

Please find below the position description for your review.

Please contact the person below for more information.

Mark Heeney, Executive Director Housing Strategy

[email protected] 

The successful applicant is required to complete comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check, NDIS Workers Screening Check and the ability to obtain vaccinations against COVID-19.