Senior Manager - Western Victoria

About Us

Wellways is committed to reconciliation, lived experience and inclusivity. We strongly encourage and warmly welcome people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, people with a lived experience of mental health and disability and people who identify as LGBTIQA+ to apply. Even if you only meet some of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

About the Opportunity

As Senior Manager Western Victoria, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across a diverse portfolio of mental health and wellbeing services. You will translate organisational priorities into strong service, people and community outcomes, ensuring services respond to the distinct needs of local communities. Experience in the mental health, community services, health or broader human services sector will support your ability to effectively lead this portfolio. Reporting to the General Manager, you will be a highly visible and connected leader, building trusted relationships with government, community, health and mental health partners. You will foster collaboration and shared purpose across a geographically dispersed portfolio, strengthening connections between services, teams, and communities. This is an opportunity to lead with purpose across a diverse and evolving region. With services including psychosocial supports, PARCs, youth residential services and Local Mental Health and Wellbeing Services, you will bring Wellways’ strategy to life through strong local leadership, service excellence and integrated responses to community need. You will strengthen partnerships and identify opportunities for service development, innovation and growth. You will champion lived and living experience, co‑production and participant voice, ensuring the people we support are central to service design, decision‑making and continuous improvement. You will lead through change and transformation, supporting leaders and teams to navigate complexity, build capability and deliver meaningful outcomes. With stewardship of financial performance, governance, risk and resources, you will support sustainable, high‑quality services and foster a culture of accountability, wellbeing, inclusion, innovation and continuous improvement.

You can be based at one of Wellways’ service locations across the region, with regular travel and a strong presence across Ballarat, Geelong and the south‑west. Your visibility will support strong leadership, local understanding and meaningful connections with participants, families, carers and communities.

About You

You are an experienced, values‑led leader who combines strategic thinking with strong operational focus. You bring a proven track record leading complex services, developing capable leaders and teams, and building partnerships that deliver positive outcomes for participants and communities. Experience in the mental health, community services, health or broader human services sector will support your ability to effectively lead this portfolio. You are confident leading across a geographically dispersed region, creating connection and shared purpose while recognising the different needs and opportunities of metropolitan, regional and rural communities. You understand the importance of visible leadership and strong relationships across services and locations. You bring experience translating strategy into action, driving service improvement and identifying opportunities for growth, innovation and service development. You are comfortable navigating change and responding to emerging community and sector needs, connecting local opportunities to organisational priorities. You build effective relationships with government, health, community and sector stakeholders and use strong communication, influence and collaboration to achieve shared outcomes. You understand the broader service system, funding environment and partnership landscape and can use this knowledge to navigate complexity, identify opportunities and strengthen Wellways’ contribution across the region. Your leadership approach is grounded in participant‑centred practice, inclusion, cultural safety and meaningful integration of lived and living experience. You value local knowledge and diverse perspectives and create environments where these inform decision‑making and service improvement. You bring strong financial and operational stewardship, with experience managing budgets, resources, performance, governance and risk. You are committed to developing leaders and creating a culture where people have the clarity, capability and support to perform at their best. Above all, you demonstrate a genuine commitment to Wellways’ values and purpose, leading with compassion, inclusion and a deep belief in community, participation and social change.

What We Can Offer You

We also offer:

• Salary packaging of up to $15,899 per year to increase your take‑home pay
• Additional meal and entertainment salary packaging of up to $2,650 per year
• 17.5% annual leave loading whenever you take annual leave
• Paid parental leave after 12 months of ongoing employment
• Paid Cultural leave where applicable
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program for you and your family
• Ongoing opportunities for professional growth, development and leadership learning
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program for you and your family

You will also need

• Right to work in Australia
• Valid Driver Licence
• Satisfactory National Police Record Check
• International Police Check (if appliable)
• Current Working with Children Check
• Current NDIS Worker Screening Check - or willing to obtain NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate – Quality Safety and You

Application Closing

Applications Close 04/10/2026

Other Information

Wellways Australia Limited is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. All applicants applying for roles within Wellways must undergo a screening process prior to their successful appointment. We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not contact us.

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