Job description
We seek an experienced and dynamic leader to oversee and manage initiatives that strengthen and expand the workforce’s capacity, with a primary focus on the designated lived experience workforce. This role involves leading and delivering community education programs, training initiatives, and work placement opportunities to support individuals’ professional development and growth within this workforce.
Your new role
You will lead developing, implementing, and evaluating programs that meet community needs, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and funding requirements. This includes managing staffing, operations, and administrative functions for smooth program delivery.
Collaboration with the Voices Vic program is key, particularly in delivering Hearing Voices training. You will also create strategic plans, set objectives, and allocate resources for effective service delivery.
You will oversee program data collection, analysis, and reporting, using evidence-based practices to drive improvement. Program evaluations will be conducted to assess outcomes and inform decision-making.
In addition, you will manage budgets, identify cost-saving opportunities, and prepare grant applications to support program sustainability. Finally, you will conduct needs analyses to ensure training and capacity-building activities meet community needs.
Your skills and experience
The ideal candidate will have tertiary qualifications (minimum Certificate IV) in Mental Health, Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or another health-related field. A Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment is highly desirable.
We are looking for someone with lived or living experience as a consumer of mental health and/or AOD services and experience working in the Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) sector and/or the Mental Health sector.
Strong people leadership and project management experience and a proven track record in coordinating, developing, and delivering training and skills development programs are essential.
Excellent stakeholder management skills and ability to build and maintain effective partnerships are also required.
Experience working with individuals from forensic backgrounds or those facing AOD and/or mental health challenges is desirable.
Position Description – TL, AOD & MH Training & Capacity Building.
How to Apply
Click ‘Apply Now’ to submit your interest.
If you are a good fit for this role, please apply soon. We’ll review applications as they come in and may close the ad early.
For any questions, contact Carly Gibson on 0419 115 848 for a chat.
About Uniting
At Uniting, we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities, and confront injustice. Our 5,000-strong workforce of employees and volunteers delivers a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.
Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org.
Uniting is a child-safe organisation committed to everyday practice to ensure the safety and well-being of all children at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State before commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.
During the recruitment process, we will ask you for personal information. Disclosure is optional; however, it can help us better support you. We invite you to tell us if you identify as Aboriginal, a person with a disability, from a diverse background, or LGBTQIA+. You will be allowed to request additional support in the application form. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can support you.