Job Summary
- $122,328 plus 15.4 per cent superannuation
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 27th Mar 2024
The National Mental Health Commission (the Commission) provides expert advice to the Australian Government on Australia's mental health and suicide prevention system, including through undertaking system performance monitoring and reporting, engaging with consumers of mental health and suicide prevention services and their carers, and leading a national whole-of- governments approach to suicide prevention.
More information is available at www.mentalhealthcommission.gov.au
The Assistant Director will sit within the Commission’s Policy Team which focuses on three major work areas:
The Commission is also progressing a number of internal organisational priorities around its functions, efficiency, culture and capability. This includes building organisational readiness for embedding lived experience principles and practices into the Commission’s way of working and work programs.
The Assistant Director will play a lead role in coordinating the Commission’s input to policy and advice, working within tight timeframes to provide high quality analysis of best practice evidence, research literature, current national policy and indicators and administrative and survey data.
The Assistant Director is expected to work as part of a team to prepare high-quality, public reports on complex issues in a manner that addresses the needs of a diverse range of stakeholders.
The role will also involve planning, procuring and managing the effective and efficient conduct of projects or contracts to support the development of reports and other materials. The Assistant Director will be required to draw on knowledge of the mental health sector to contribute to strategic thinking.
The role is ideally suited to highly motivated candidates with a detailed knowledge of mental health systems and reforms in the Australian context, with proven experience in consultation, project management and policy development as well as exemplary communication skills.
See: Integrated Leadership System (ILS) EL1 profile - Australian Public Service Commission (apsc.gov.au)
The position is an Executive Level 1 with a salary of $122,328 plus 15.4 per cent superannuation.
The successful candidate will be offered a 12 month contract. A merit list will be created for future ongoing and non-ongoing vacancies which become available within 18 months of advertising.
To be employed by the National Mental Health Commission applicants must be Australian citizens or have permanent residency status pending the granting of Australian citizenship.
Sydney is preferred, but Canberra and/or Melbourne may also be suitable. Flexible work and regular work-from-home arrangements are available.
Applications are to include:
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If you require further information on the positions please contact Rachel Earl, Acting Executive Director Policy, National Mental Health Commission at [email protected] using the subject line: Assistant Director enquiry via EthicalJobs.
We wish you all the best with your application.