EXECUTIVE OFFICER – AUSTRALIAN EARLY PSYCHOSIS COLLABORATIVE

• Join a leader in youth mental health, revolutionising services to young people around Australia
• Opportunity to lead the establishment of a unique collaborative consortium across the early psychosis sector in Australia
• Fixed term until June 2023
• Access to generous NFP salary packaging and flexible work/life balance arrangements

The Australian Early Psychosis Collaborative Consortium is seeking to appoint an Executive Officer to lead the establishment and implementation of the three core pillars of this exciting new project that will include a Clinical Quality Registry, a Clinical Trials and Translation Network, and a lived experience network across the national early psychosis sector.

If you have a passion for the field of youth mental health and want to make a real difference to the lives of young people and their families and carers and share Orygen’s values of respect, accountability, teamwork, excellence and innovation, then we would love you to join the Orygen team to revolutionise youth mental health.

The role and your impact

The AEPCC Executive Officer role is an exciting opportunity to:

• Establish and lead all operational aspects of the Australian Early Psychosis Collaborative Consortium.
• Play a crucial leadership role in building stakeholder engagement across the early psychosis clinical, research and lived experience sectors in Australia.
• Contribute to the development of funding strategies and growth initiatives to support the conduct and sustainability of AEPCC.
• Lead a small team of direct reporting staff and also work in partnership with a range of other Orygen teams and external organisations to deliver the vision of these enabling platforms.

About you

Essential to this role and to be considered:

• A tertiary qualification in a scientific, analytic, or other health-related discipline or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training will be considered.
• Significant management/leadership experience including management of direct reports and operational teams.
• Experience in health, health research, health management and/or health advocacy including lived experience communities if possible.
• Proven track record in bringing together diverse stakeholders and engaging in a common goal and delivery of strategic objectives.
• Experience developing and implementing policies and procedures.
• Highly developed interpersonal, negotiating and problem-solving skills.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills and be responsive to the needs of multiple stakeholders.
• Experience in budget development and management.
• Sound understanding of data management within local, interstate and/or international settings.

To view the FULL selection criteria and learn more about this opportunity, please view the Position Description or contact Andrew Thompson at andrew.thompson@orygen.org.au or Jo Fitzsimons at jo.fitzsimons@orygen.org.au for a confidential discussion.

Salary and benefits

A generous salary is available, to be negotiated depending on your skills and experience, plus superannuation and access to NFP salary packaging.

Orygen is committed to providing an inclusive work environment that supports employees to achieve their career goals without compromising their life goals. With this in mind Orygen offers a range of employment benefits including generous paid leave, flexible work arrangements, an employee assistance program, well regarded supervision and a supportive team, career growth and development opportunities, purposeful work that makes a real difference to lives of young people and their families and carers and career opportunities within an organisation that is the leader in youth mental health.