Frankston South, Melbourne, VIC | Full-time, on-site | Not-for-profit aged care and retirement living

Lead the next chapter of community care at Village Baxter. We are seeking an experienced senior leader to oversee a diverse community-care portfolio and build a strong, accountable and sustainable service model for older people living at home.

Salary $145K plus super and access to salary packaging The opportunity

Reporting to the Director of Clinical Services, the Community Services Manager will lead the operational performance of Village Baxter's community care services, including Support at Home, Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP), eterans' Home Care and associated community nursing/support services.

This genuine senior leadership role is full time, on-site and combines people leadership, service quality, compliance, financial management and sustainable growth – all while ensuring clients receive safe, responsive and person-centred support.

What you will lead

- End-to-end operational delivery across Support at Home, CHSP and Veterans' Home Care.
- A multidisciplinary community-care workforce, with clear accountability, coaching and performance expectations.
- Quality, safeguarding, incidents, complaints, risk, audit readiness and continuous improvement.
- Budgets, funding, claiming, billing, service utilisation, workforce efficiency, associated compliance obligations and sustainable growth.
- Client engagement, intake, assessment, care planning, review and service coordination systems.
- Strong relationships with clients, families, referrers, My Aged Care, DVA, health professionals and community partners.




- Clear monthly KPI/KRI reporting and early escalation of material risks.

About you

- You are an experienced community aged-care or health-services leader who can move comfortably between strategy and operational detail.
- You understand Support at Home and CHSP; DVA/Veterans' Home Care knowledge would be highly regarded.
- Your servant leader style is based on support that builds capable teams, holds people accountable and addresses performance issues constructively and promptly.
- You have strong financial and operational judgement and understand how quality, workforce and commercial performance connect.
- You are calm, organised and solutions-focused, with strong skilled boundaries and the confidence to make decisions within your authority.
- You bring relevant tertiary qualifications in nursing, allied health, community services, health/service management, business or a related field.

Why Village Baxter Village Baxter is an independent, long-standing not-for-profit Charity supporting older people across retirement living, residential aged care and community services. We are entering a new phase of renewal, with a strong focus on connection, accountability, respect and excellence. Our Support at Home service program is focused on clients within our 76-acre retirement village and the immediate surrounding local Frankston / Baxter area.

We know who we are and what we do well and want to focus on our strengths and sustainability.

Application

Cover Letters should be addressed to Bridget Robinson, Director of Clinical Services. Applications will be reviewed as received.

📌 Community Services Manager (Frankston South)
🏢 The Village Baxter
📍 Frankston South