Who We Are and What We Stand For

Peninsula Health provides public healthcare services to residents of the Mornington Peninsula.

Our hospitals and emergency departments are located at Frankston and Rosebud, and we provide a wide range of community health, dental, rehabilitation, mental health, palliative care ad aged care services from campuses at Frankston, Hastings, Mornington and Rosebud.

Person centered care is at the heart of everything we do, guided by our values of Services, Integrity, Compassion, Respect and Excellence.

For more information on Peninsula health please feel welcome to visit our website http://www.peninsulahealth.org.au/.

In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values: Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative. We are One Peninsula Health.

What You Will Be Doing

Your role will be focused on engaging with the community sector & not-for-profits (NFPs) to identify how they can be supported to initiate and grow social enterprises. In collaboration with project partner organisations you will pilot test social enterprise capacity building activities. You will then develop a comprehensive business case for a Frankston Social Enterprise Hub. The aims of the Social Enterprise Hub will be to bring together entrepreneurs, members of the business community, education, providers and students, philanthropists and the community service sector to inspire and support the growth of businesses for social good that increase employment opportunities for disadvantaged populations.

Key Responsibilities

• Broker relationships across the community sector, education & training providers, social entrepreneurs, business, philanthropists, local and state government
• Assess the social enterprise capacity building needs amongst emerging social enterprises in Frankston and local community organisations.
• In collaboration with the Frankston Foundry, pilot the delivery of low-cost supports to help social entrepreneurs and community organisations to build social enterprise capacity in the community sector. Pilot activity design will be led by Frankston Foundry and will be informed by the settings assessment, but will include social enterprise workshops, business planning and marketing mentoring activities.
• Work in partnership with Chisholm Business School to facilitate collaboration with staff and students in the development and delivery of pilot activities.
• Engage community organisations/ NFPs in pilot activities.
• Provide administrative, communications and marketing to support implementation of pilot activities.
• Provide regular reports and attend meetings with the Project Advisory Group.
• Develop a business case for full implementation of a Frankston Social Enterprise Hub in Chisholm Institute, that is informed by the settings assessment and evaluation of pilot activities.

Essential Criteria

• BA degree in management, marketing or related field of study with at least two years’ experience in project management, coordination and/or marketing of social economy projects.
• Knowledge and understanding of social enterprise capacity building strategies.
• Demonstrated skills in negotiation, collaboration and consultation with key stakeholders.
• Demonstrated leadership, mentoring, and capacity building skills.
• Business and event planning and marketing skills.
• Experience in undertaking community consultations or needs assessments.
• Experience in either grant writing, proposal writing or in writing business cases.
  • Familiarity with the community sector and social enterprise models
• Current Victorian Drivers License.

Please click Apply Now to refer to the Position Description for a full list of criteria.

Benefits

• Generous Salary Packaging - maximise an employee’s net salary by directing some of their pre-tax salary to pay for certain benefit items, such as rent, personal loan or mortgage
• Beautiful Mornington Peninsula location
• Career development opportunities
• Supportive team environment

How to Apply

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What Next

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Additional Requirements

Peninsula Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and individuals from all cultural backgrounds. We also provide a safe and supportive workplace for people with disabilities.

To find out more about our recruitment processes, compliance obligations and to prepare your application to join our team please click here.

Join Peninsula Health and help us to deliver safe, personal, effective & connected care to every person, every time.