Organisation : Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA)
Location : Sydney, Work from home jobs and Hybrid jobs (National role, however ideally the person would be Sydney based.)
Work type : Full-time
Profession : CEO & Senior Management, Community Services
Sector : Community Support Services, Mental Health
Salary type : Annual Package
Application closing date : 12 Jul, 2024
About the organisation
Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA) is a Federated Peak representing the Community Managed Mental Health Sector, governed by a Board of Directors. CMHA embodies member State and Territory Peaks, which in turn represent over a thousand community managed organisations.
CMHA was established to provide national strategic advocacy and influence on mental health policy and progressive future directions by influencing and providing strategic advocacy to Federal Government Ministers, Government Department decision makers and community stakeholders.
CMHA is governed by a Board of Directors comprising representatives from the state and territory member Peaks and independent board members.
About the role
- National leadership across the community-managed mental health sector
- Champion the sector’s ability to deliver recovery-oriented mental health services.
- Spearhead strategic delivery of effective advocacy, influence and campaigning
The CEO Role
As CEO, you will facilitate effective links between government, community managed / non-government and private sector stakeholders to influence public mental health policy development and reform.
The focus of role responsibilities includes:
- Working closely with the Board to set strategy and vision with clarity and confidence enabling CMHA to continually adapt to external market forces
- Ensure the organisation structure and culture is positioned to enable the mission, programs, products and services are consistently presented to relevant stakeholders
- Maintain financial oversight over the organisation, ensuring CMHA 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 members to support people on their recovery journeys
- Represent members to government and other bodies ensuring effective, quality advocacy
- Resource allocation to enable achievement of plans and in particular, desired mental health outcomes.
- 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 care and a track record of success in not-for-profit leadership, ideally at a national level, who is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of individuals facing mental health challenges. You will also appreciate the importance of engaging with lived experience of serious and persistent mental distress and / or caring.
The successful candidate will have a genuine interest in CMHA (and its work) as a federated peak body and have experience in a similar environment (Mental Health or Human Services Delivery sectors), at a senior executive level.
Preferred experience and attributes will include:
- Leading mid-size organisations where complexity dominates
- Personal gravitas combined with influencing skills and advocacy
- Highly regarded and well networked within government at senior levels
- Demonstrate 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
How to apply
Community Mental Health Australia is an equal opportunity employer, celebrating diversity and inclusion.
As part of the essential selection criteria, all candidates must have evidence of double vaccination against COVID-19
If you have the capacity, enthusiasm and experience to enable CMHA achieve its true potential, PLEASE APPLY, attaching a CV and Cover Letter, by Friday 12/07/24 or:
Contact Sharon Henderson on 0413 13 11 24 for more information.
Please quote in application: Chief Executive Officer via Pro Bono Australia.
Sector: #Community_Support_Services, #Mental_Health
