Regional Manager – ACT & Southern Tablelands

Lead Transformation. Strengthen Communities. Heart Your Work.

It’s a rare opportunity to lead meaningful change across the ACT and Southern Tablelands region — driving service excellence, workforce capability and sustainable growth in one of Australia’s most important healthcare and community corridors.

At Aruma, we support more than 5,000 people with disability to live the life they choose. As our Home & Living portfolio continues to expand — including new and evolving Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) partnerships — we’re looking for an experienced Regional Manager who can lead with clinical insight, operational discipline and genuine heart, while maintaining strong, hands‑on connection to the region.

This role suits a leader who understands the nuance of delivering complex services across ACT and Southern Tablelands communities and values being visible, accessible and deeply connected to the people and partners they support.

If you’re a senior leader from healthcare, disability, aged care, mental health, allied health, rehabilitation or broader community services — and you’ve led geographically dispersed teams through growth, reform or transformation — this could be the most meaningful leadership chapter of your career.

We strongly encourage applications from people with disability, people with lived experience of disability (including caring roles), and people from diverse cultural and community backgrounds. Lived experience is leadership strength at Aruma.

This role is Permanent Full Time | ACT & Southern Tablelands

Why This Role Matters

The ACT and Southern Tablelands region is evolving rapidly. Demand for high-quality disability supports, complex care services and accessible housing continues to grow across metropolitan, regional and rural communities.

You will lead a diverse, multi-site Home & Living portfolio across the region, supporting experienced Service Managers while driving:

• Deep, trusted relationships with ACT and Southern Tablelands healthcare providers, hospitals, allied health professionals and community stakeholders
• Regional workforce stability, clinical capability and leadership uplift
• Delivery of safe, high-quality, person-centred supports aligned to NDIS Practice Standards
• Strong safeguarding, governance and compliance outcomes
• Integration of new services, complex supports and SDA partnerships
• Strategic relationships with healthcare providers, hospitals, allied health professionals and community stakeholders
• Sustainable financial performance, including full P&L accountability
• Regional growth, service innovation and local community engagement

This is leadership at scale — balancing people, performance and purpose across a highly regulated healthcare and human services environment.

What Success Looks Like

In your first 12–18 months, you will have:

• Built a confident, capable and stable regional leadership team
• Strengthened workforce engagement, retention and capability across the region
• Successfully integrated new services and housing partnerships
• Elevated quality, safeguarding and clinical governance outcomes
• Increased customer satisfaction and strengthened regional reputation
• Delivered measurable portfolio growth and improved operational performance
• Become a trusted regional leader across healthcare, disability and community networks

You’ll Be a Strong Fit If You Bring

• 7+ years leading geographically dispersed teams within healthcare, disability, aged care, mental health or regulated community services
• Proven experience delivering operational, workforce or service transformation
• Experience managing growth, complex service delivery or multi-site operations
• Strong commercial acumen, including budget management and P&L oversight
• Understanding of complex supports, SIL/SDA environments or integrated care models
• Confidence partnering with healthcare professionals, government stakeholders and external providers
• Calm, values-driven leadership through complexity, change and competing priorities
• Qualifications in nursing, allied health, disability, human services, health management or related disciplines are highly regarded.

Why Aruma

Aruma is one of Australia’s leading disability providers — but what sets us apart is how we lead.

We are strengthening safeguarding.

We are expanding disability housing.

We are investing in regional communities.

And we are building leaders who balance head and heart.

Our BRAVE values aren’t words on a wall — they guide how we make decisions, support our people and partner locally.

In this role, you won’t just manage performance.

You will elevate it.

You will grow capability.

You will shape sustainable regional impact.

And you’ll heart your work while doing it.

Ready to Lead With Purpose?

If you’re energised by growth, grounded in governance, and motivated by meaningful impact — we’d love to hear from you.

Step forward and help shape the future of disability and community services across the ACT and Southern Tablelands region.

Our Commitment

At Aruma, we’re committed to building a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are focused on creating an inclusive, high-performing workplace.

Our Recruitment Approach 

We review applications as they come in and move quickly to interview great candidates, so we encourage you to apply early. While we include an indicative closing date, roles may close sooner if we find the right person. Applications received later in the process may not progress. If you’re unsuccessful and would value feedback, please feel welcome to reach out to our Talent team.

Closing Date: 05/06/2026