Executive Manager, Healthy CommunitiesHybrid

Job Title: Executive Manager, Healthy Communities

Location: Collingwood, VIC (Hybrid Work Model)

Employment Type: Full-time, Maximum-term (until 30 June 2027)

Salary: $125,000 to $135,000 (depending on experience), + super + NFP Salary Packaging (living expenses, plus meals & accommodation)

About VACCHO

VACCHO is the peak representative for the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Victoria.

We have 34 member Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations providing support to over 78,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the state. We lead and support Aboriginal Community Control and the broader health and social services sector to deliver transformative health and wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal communities in Victoria. We are a centre of expertise, policy advice, training, innovation and leadership in Aboriginal health and wellbeing. And we'd love you to join us! 

VACCHO promotes substantive equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This is an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander designated position, classified under Section 12 Special Measures of the Equal Opportunity Act (2010). This employment opportunity is only available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 

About the role

The Executive Manager, Healthy Communities plays a key role in the Population Health Unit at VACCHO. Leading a team of six, your strategic vision and creative thinking along with your ability to share your Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural knowledge, will help you and your team to deliver VACCHO’s statewide program of initiatives. These programs raise awareness of healthy lifestyles across the various life stages and supports Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) to provide this information into Community. 

Our programs are varied and include establishing a Community of Practice for ACCO’s involved in kitchen gardens, cooking lessons and supporting Food Sovereignty, managing the development of a statewide Advanced Care Plan embedding culture, and increasing awareness and choices around Journey to the Dreaming and provision of culturally safe palliative care. This role enables you to contribute to making a real difference within, and for, Community. 

Essential skills/experiences 

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Identity as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander as your cultural and lived experiences are central to the work we do.
• Demonstrated experience working with Aboriginal peoples, Communities, and organisations, in a culturally safe, and appropriate, manner.
• Have good verbal and written communication skills with the ability to confidently share your cultural knowledge in the development of messages and resources.
• Have a background in health, preferably Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health.
• Be a strategic and creative thinker, who can drive innovative programs to completion with your project management skills.
• Have solid people management experience, that enables you to lead and inspire your team to succeed.
• Have a flexible approach, with strong organisational and planning skills, including the ability to effectively manage time and workload, prioritise tasks, and meet changing circumstances, competing demands, interruptions, and deadlines. 

Benefits 

• Working for Community in a culturally safe Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation. 
• Access to generous employee benefits including Not for Profit salary packaging entitlements (see below), leave loading, additional leave entitlements including cultural leave, and bonus Christmas leave if employed at VACCHO into the following year. 
• Organisational early finish Fridays (4pm) and flexible working arrangements considered.
• Distinctive inner-city Collingwood office with wellness spaces and end of trip facilities available. 

We believe in the right for all people to be treated with the respect and dignity at all times, and that all people who work for, govern or undertake work at or visit us should at all times feel safe and included.

Visit us here for more info: https://www.vaccho.org.au/ 

Other employment related information

Employment is subject to a satisfactory and ongoing police records check (international where relevant) and Working with Children Check.  

Apply Now

Please note we will begin shortlisting as we receive suitable applications and therefore encourage early applications, so you don’t miss out!

Please include a cover letter addressing the selection criteria and your suitability for the role after reviewing the position description.

For enquiries, please contact joinourteam@vaccho.org.au

Equal Opportunity & Inclusion Statement:

VACCHO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We embrace the diversity of cultures, identities, gender, sex, and sexually diverse identities and expressions, experiences, beliefs, and values of all people.