Manager – Engagement and Coordination

Manager Engagement and Coordination

Permanent Full time

Enjoy the benefits of working with a growing organisation offering career development, flexibility and an attractive annual salary package up to $116,100 p.a. (including leave loading and superannuation).

The Role:

VincentCare Victoria is seeking an appropriately-qualified person to take on the position of Manager Engagement and Coordination The role has two distinct but interrelated portfolios across Northern Community Hub. They are; – the provision of intake and assessment (‘welcoming and engagement’) and; planning (‘coordination’) with clients seeking assistance from VincentCare. The role includes;- leading the designated Access Point for Hume and Moreland in conjunction with internal and external partners and; effectively and thoroughly working with clients to achieve sustainable outcomes relevant to their individual needs. This is undertaken through the ‘initial response’ phase of service delivery.

Complementary services are provided in brief intervention and brokerage to support the provision of aligned and connected services and a pathway out of homelessness. The aim being to add value for clients in the initial phase of assistance. A feature of the engagement and coordination program is to meet clients ‘where they are at’ to connect and provide support.

 VincentCare Victoria:

VincentCare Victoria is an award winning organisation established to provide a range of accommodation and support services to people that are facing disadvantage throughout metropolitan and regional Victoria.

Our aspiration is to be the leader in providing care, hope and advocacy for those facing disadvantage. Our purpose is to create opportunities and lasting change for the most marginalised. VincentCare is well equipped to provide a continuum of services that effectively meet the needs of people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Northern Community Hub provides integrated services in the community housing sector, along with family violence services, case management services and youth outreach services. 

Working with VincentCare:

A key strategic priority is attracting and retaining skilled and committed employees aligned to our values. VincentCare has over three hundred dedicated, talented and enthusiastic staff working across a range of programs and services and offers a number of benefits including:

• Career Development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program
• Salary Packaging
• Choice of Superannuation fund
• Family friendly and flexibility
• Study leave
• The Ozanam Scholar Bursary 

Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to the principles of social justice and aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation or religion.

How to apply:

Applicants must submit their CV together with a detailed response to each of the key selection criteria in the position description which is available at https://hcm613.peoplestreme.net/vincentcare/erec_external.asp.

Please submit your application through our website at https://hcm613.peoplestreme.net/vincentcare/erec_external.asp.

Phone enquiries may be made to Tony Clarke on 0407 669 872.  

Applications close: 12th December 2019

VincentCare welcomes applications from people from diverse cultural & linguistic backgrounds including people who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander.

All appointments within VincentCare Victoria are subject to satisfactory completion of a police check and character/performance reference checks.  Police checks will be undertaken for the selected candidate prior to any job offer being confirmed. Police checks are also undertaken on a periodic basis during the period of employment.

All appointments are subject to disclosure of any relevant employment history of formal disciplinary action for improper or unprofessional conduct taken by current or previous employers or any other integrity body within or outside Australia.

The incumbent for this position must have and maintain a current Victorian Working with Children Check or equivalent.