Do you want to be part of an innovative organisation that makes a real difference?

Who are we?

At Sonder, we’ve been helping people across South Australia to improve their wellbeing and live better lives since 1993. We support thousands of people each year with mental health challenges, drug and alcohol use concerns, chronic disease management and employment.

Why are we hiring?

You may have noticed recently that Sonder has been advertising a large number of role opportunities - this is all due to our significant growth which has resulted in us being able to support more people in more communities. Whilst our growth has led to us now employing over 300 people, we’ve made sure to retain our friendly culture and practical approach.

What benefits can we offer?

When you work with Sonder, you become part of the Sonder family and that provides you with a number of benefits such as:

• Flexible working arrangements
• Generous salary packaging options
• Meal & entertainment allowances
• Paid parental leave, and much more!

Sonder are open to negotiating further benefits with the successful applicant to ensure an excellent working environment for you.

Learn about the position

Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to help ensure the delivery of integrated health services. Provide executive support to the Executive Community Services, Community Services Leadership group and other Community Services and Sonder subcommittees. You will be working collaboratively with the relevant subcommittees. The CSPO develops and delivers community services initiatives and projects as well as contributing to program development and applications for funding as required. This position is based at our Edinburgh or Marion sites and is fixed term with the likelihood of extension.

Reporting directly to the Executive Manager of Community Services, your responsibilities will be:

• Provide executive support to the Executive Community Services (CS), CS Leadership Group and relevant subcommittees, including CS Community Engagement Team and any other CS team meetings
• Support the development initiatives, strategies and projects which support innovation and continuous quality improvement in service delivery, and the active involvement and participation of CS leadership and CS service delivery staff in the design, establishment, implementation and evaluation of such.
• Contribute to tender writing when required

Experience requirements

• Appropriate level of experience in a health care service
• Demonstrated experience in coordinating administrative processes and managing staff
• Experience in community health service delivery and program development
• Demonstrated experience in preparation of written and data reports and other correspondence
• Experience managing projects and events
• Experience with Quality Management Systems

Qualification requirements

• Knowledge and experience using the Microsoft suite of software and databases
• A tertiary qualification (Bachelor’s Degree or higher) relevant to the scope and content of the job
• Current National Police Check
• Current Child Safe Environments

*We encourage all applicants to read through the full position description before applying. This can be found at http://sonder.net.au/careers/.

How to apply

Applicants are requested to send a cover letter and resume to Sonder via our careers portal on our website.

Feel free to send any enquiries to [email protected] using the subject line: Community Services Project Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs.