CEO – Mental Health Coordinating Council (MHCC)

The CEO Role

As CEO, you will ensure MHCC is a respected voice on behalf of community managed mental health organisations and facilitate effective links between government, community managed/non-government and private sectors to influence public policy development and reform. 

Role responsibilities includes:

• Working closely with the Board to set strategy and vision with clarity and confidence enabling MHCC to continually adapt to a changing environment
• Ensure the organisation structure and culture is positioned to enable the mission, programs, products and services to be consistently presented to relevant stakeholders
• Maintain financial oversight over the organisation, ensuring MHCC gains full access to available grants and other financial support
• Lead policy and program development, working with all stakeholders, to build the capacity and ability of community organisations to support people on their recovery journeys
• Represent members to government and other bodies with effective, quality advocacy
• Resource allocation to enable achievement of plans and in particular, desired mental health outcomes.
• Working with people with a lived experience to influence legislative reform aimed at improving human rights of people with mental health conditions

About you

You are a dynamic and visionary leader with a passion for mental health reform and a track record of success in not-for-profit leadership who is dedicated to making a difference in the community. You will also appreciate the importance of engaging with people with a lived experience of serious and persistent mental distress and / or caring.

The successful candidate will have a genuine interest in MHCC (and its work) as a leading peak body and have experience in a similar environment (Mental Health or Human Services Delivery sectors), at a senior executive level.

Preferred experience will include:

• Leading mid-size organisations where complexity dominates; experience in a service related industry will be highly regarded
• Personal gravitas combined with influencing skills and advocacy, working with government, confidence, energy and enthusiasm; a proactive rather than a reactive approach in driving change.
• Clarity and commitment when communicating a compelling message to a variety of audiences; inside and outside the organisation
• Applying strategic analytical capability to ensure solutions are innovative, relevant and commercially sound 

Mental Health Coordinating Council is an equal opportunity employer, celebrating diversity and inclusion. People with lived experience of a mental health issue are strongly encouraged to apply.

As part of the essential selection criteria, all candidates must have evidence of up to date vaccination against COVID-19.