Australian Department of Veterans' Affairs – Melbourne VIC

1d ago , from Australian Department of Veteran's Affairs

- Salary Range: $104,898 - $119,116 + 15.4% employer super contribution
- This vacancy has been identified to participate in VetPaths

- Location: Melbourne, VIC
- Salary Range: $104,898 - $119,116 + 15.4% employer super contribution
- This vacancy has been identified to participate in VetPaths

JOB OVERVIEW

Open Arms – Veterans & Families Counselling (formerly VVCS) is Australia’s leading provider of high-quality mental health assessment and clinical counselling services for Australian veterans and their families. Open Arms are focused on meeting client needs through a combination of proven clinical practices and recent and emerging evidence-based approaches.

The Practice Manager (PM) is responsible to the Director for managing and coordinating operational and administrative functions that support the delivery of mental health clinical services to Open Arms clients across the region. The PM is part of the region’s leadership team.

The PM provides leadership to the geographically dispersed administrative team and provides strategic executive support to the Director. This executive support includes human, financial and logistical resource management coordination of regional input into national projects, initiatives and service improvements and the coordination of briefings, requests for information and other executive level requests and tasks. The PM is responsible for the quality improvement framework within the region including the monitoring and reporting of client service,



staff and financial activities.

This role works on site in centre, with some flexibility for flexible work arrangements where operations permit.

DUTIES

As an APS 6 you will be required to:

- Coordinate operational and administrative support of the region across multiple Open Arms centres, including the line management of geographically dispersed staff where applicable.
- As part of the regional leadership team, provide support in key strategic areas, business planning and reporting. Provide executive assistance to the Director including the drafting of business cases, action briefs, responses to national office and ministerial requests.
- Facilitate human resource requirements for the region’s support team. Build capacity within the support team through learning and development, resource and team structure development. Support the Director in regional recruitment activities as required.
- Support the region’s financial requirements in line with the PGPA Act and Departmental policies, including budget development and maintenance, accruals, financial delegation and approvals and acquisitions management.




- Embed quality improvement principles in practice to align regional processes and operational functions with national policy and standard operating procedures.
- Develop, maintain and collaborate with stakeholders, especially those involved in service consultation processes and undertake other tasks as required to support the efficient delivery of Open Arms services in the region as directed by the Director.
- Apply the principles of cooperative and safe working practices consistent with APS Values and the Department’s mission, vision, approach and values.

DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS

- Certificate IV equivalent qualification in office, practice and/or business management or similar field.

ELIGIBILITY

- Under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS).
- Any successful candidate external to DVA offered employment will be required to undergo pre-engagement screening checks, even if they currently have a security clearance. The screening checks are conducted in accordance with the Australian Government Protective Security Policy Framework requirements.
- Any successful candidate will be required to obtain and/or maintain, a Baseline Vetting (AGSVA) security clearance as a minimum.

NOTES

This recruitment process may be used to fill ongoing and/or non-ongoing position/s. For more information about the role, please see the Candidate Information Pack.

A merit pool of suitable applicants may be created which may be used to fill future ongoing and non-ongoing vacancies should they become availa

📌 APS 6 Practice Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 Australian Department of Veterans' Affairs
📍 Melbourne