Odyssey House Victoria's logo

Catchment Manager - Barwon

Odyssey House Victoria
  • Love Trust Honesty Respect Concern
  • Progressive Workplace Flexibility options that enables genuine work life balance
  • Fully maintained motor vehicle for professional and personal use in Victoria
  • Annual remuneration of $106,970 to $111,437 (neg), plus super and salary packaging

Odyssey House Victoria (OHV) is a place of hope and positive change for individuals working towards breaking their pattern of addiction. At Odyssey House we believe that every person should have the opportunity to change and grow. Our diverse teams work with individuals, families, and communities to reduce alcohol and other drug (AOD) use, improve mental health, and reconnect people to their family and the community. OHV is a dynamic and fast-growing organisation committed to excellence in service provision and innovation in responding to alcohol and other drugs use problems.

Who are WE looking for?

We are looking for an exceptional leader with senior management experience, a high level of understanding of clinical processes and services and the capacity to lead and enthuse a diverse team through exemplary behaviour and commitment to positive client outcomes.

We are very interested in discussing with you, how you may be able to use your skills and experience within OHV to benefit our clients on their journey to recovery. We want to attract the best possible people whose values align strongly with those of OHV. If you want to make a real and profound difference to someone’s life, this could be the role for you.

What we can give YOU!

In return we are committed to offering you an inclusive and transparent workplace culture where our people can develop to be their very best by:

  • Providing access to information, skills, and training
  • Enabling work across wider organisational roles and programs
  • Providing ongoing development and regular constructive feedback
  • Providing work that is meaningful and challenging, with career development opportunities through project and secondment opportunities and succession planning

We also believe in giving people real flexibility in their work, and so our Workplace Flexibility policy* enables our staff to be great at work, and great at home too, with options of:

  • Flexible Leave including 48/52 Purchased Leave, Study Leave and Sabbaticals
  • Flexible Working Hours and Days including school-oriented part-year hours and monthly RDO’s for full-timers
  • Flexible Workplaces including WFH and Telework
  • Having Pets in the Workplace

(*Flexibility agreements will vary based on role requirements).

And OHV employees also have access to generous employee benefits including:

  • Salary packaging up to $15,900 per annum
  • Mobile phone and laptop
  • A fully maintained motor vehicle where role-required
  • Access to 24/7 Counselling through our Employee Assistance Provider (EAP)
  • Monthly Clinical Supervision sessions for professional development and personal wellbeing

The position

The position is offered as a full time, 1.0 FTE, maximum term contract to 30 June 2024. The role is based at Barwon (Geelong West).

The Catchment Manager Barwon is responsible for overseeing and ensuring integrated planning and service provision within the catchment to ensure a consistent catchment-wide response. The key purpose of the position is to monitoring service performance against catchment targets and identifying opportunities to develop improved responses to community needs.

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Be approachable and communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
  • Be able to self-regulate and self-monitor own behaviours, practice self-reflection at all times, display a commitment to realistically assess own personal strengths, limitations, biases, and effectiveness, and remain open to feedback and constructive criticism
  • Be a team player who is supportive of one’s colleagues
  • Be driven by own moral values, which will be aligned to those of Odyssey House
  • Demonstrate understanding of the importance and application of inclusive practice when working with people from diverse communities, such as cultures, genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities, spiritualities, ages and backgrounds
  • Demonstrate understanding of the importance and application of intersectionality when working with people from all cultures, genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities, spiritualities, ages and backgrounds

Application information

The full position description can be viewed HERE.

If the position description link above is unavailable (dependent on advertising platform functionality), alternatively, please click here to view it.

Please do not apply via recruitment websites or via email. Please remember to address your application to Neos Zavrou, Executive Manager Community Programs and Odyssey Institute, and include your CV and a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria. If you have any questions relating to the position, please contact Neos Zavrou at [email protected] using the subject line: Catchment Manager - Barwon enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Our commitment to diversity

At OHV we value diversity and believe that a range of backgrounds brings a variety of ideas, perspectives and experiences that will enhance our effectiveness. We promote a workplace that actively seeks to include, welcome and value unique contributions by encouraging people with disability, Aboriginal Australians, LGBTQIA, young people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this position.

Safety screening

OHV is committed to child safety and is a child safe organisation. All OHV employees must undergo Police Records and Working with Children Checks. Any person issued with a negative notice on their Working with Children Check will not be eligible for employment with us.

Mandatory COVID vaccinations

In line with recent Victorian Government mandatory vaccination requirements for the health industry, and OHV's Mandatory Vaccination Policy, all Odyssey House Victoria staff are required to hold full vaccination status, and effective as of 1 March 2022 also have received the Booster Vaccination. Evidence of such vaccination status will be requested during the onboarding process and offers will be rescinded where such evidence cannot be provided.

All Odyssey House Victoria sites are smoke free for all employees.

How to apply

This job ad has now expired, and applications are no longer being accepted.

Email me more jobs like this.

Daily