About Us:

We are leaders in mental health service delivery, specialising in working with adults and young people, and in early childhood intervention.

Stride is a name that expresses our ambition – it’s a name that’s purposeful and shows awareness of the important role we play in the recovery journey.

As we embark on our next stage, join us to make a difference. We're here to Stride. 

On Offer:

This is a permanent, full-time opportunity that offers an attractive base salary, plus salary packaging options (up to $15,899 tax free!).

Benefits also include:

• Meals and entertainment allowance of up to $2,650!
• Leave loading at 17.5%
• One paid wellbeing leave day per year
• Ability to purchase up to 5 additional leave days in a 12-month period
• Paid parental leave support
• A supportive team environment with excellent training and career development
• Flexibility with the ability to work from home
• Access to discounts from 100s of retailers through ‘Stride Rewards’ 

Role Overview:

As a member of Stride’s Senior Leadership Team, the Regional Manager is integral to driving outstanding service delivery, effectively managing financial and operational budgets and ensuring Stride’s compliance with funding, quality, safety and reporting. 

Through effective leadership that aligns with Stride’s values, the Regional Manager leads, inspires, and supports multiple teams dedicated to mental health service delivery within the Southeast Queensland region. The current portfolio includes youth-centric services, namely at the headspace centres delivered by Stride as the lead agency.

This dynamic role also involves the Regional Manager partnering with Stride’s Business Development team and fostering strong relationships with external stakeholders to enhance Stride’s funding partnerships and generate new funding opportunities that are in line with Stride’s strategic and operating plans.

With a passion for mental health and advocating for others and a genuine interest in servicing our communities, the Regional Manager works closely with internal stakeholders at Executive, management and operational levels of the business and externally with consumers, and their families, community advocates, service providers, funding bodies and consultants.

The Regional Manager can work flexibly from home two days per week while the remaining three days can be based at either of the headspace sites in Woolloongabba or Meadowbrook, while ensuring that there is presence at headspace Nundah, Ipswich and Beaudesert from time to time. With the need for travel, a driver’s license and access to own vehicle is required.

Requirements:

• A tertiary qualification in Business, Psychology, Social Work, or a related field
• Demonstrated leadership and people management experience in a multi-site environment and the ability to build high-performing teams with a focus on continuous improvement
• A high level of business acumen with proven financial management, reporting and compliance experience, strong computer literacy and proficient verbal and written communications skills
• Strategic thinking and analytic skills with the ability to deliver against funding requirements
• Strong relationship, influencing and collaborative skills with the ability to foster productive partnerships and work within and across health service networks
• Ability to balance competing priorities and make informed decisions
• Ideally, have worked within mental health, or have an understanding of the Australian healthcare system, key issues in primary healthcare, and the mental health service system

You must also be eligible to apply for/currently hold a Blue Card and NDIS worker screening clearance for paid employment.

Stride is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. All applicants applying for roles within Stride must undergo required screening processes prior to their successful appointment.

Stride is an inclusive workplace and we encourage applications from diverse backgrounds. This includes but is not limited to people with a lived-experience of mental health recovery, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTQIA+, and people with disabilities.

Apply now!

To apply complete the online application form, attach a copy of your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the available role.

Applications will be viewed and actioned upon receipt. Please note the closing date may end sooner if we receive sufficient applicants.

For any queries please email [email protected] using the subject line: Regional Manager - Woolloongabba enquiry via EthicalJobs.