• Great Leadership Role based in Whyalla or Port Augusta.
• Competitive salary, corporate benefits, salary packaging
• Responsible for the Eyre Region
• Full-time (35-hour week) Max Term Contract until June 2021

Outstanding Leadership opportunity! Leading a team that daily supports the lives of people living with disability!

About Us

Mission Australia is a non-denominational Christian charity that has been helping vulnerable Australians move towards independence for more than 160 years.

Every day we support people nationwide by combatting homelessness, assisting disadvantaged families and children, addressing mental health issues, fighting substance dependencies and much more. We are generously supported by our funders, partners and tens of thousands of everyday Australians, who make the work of our tireless volunteers and staff possible.

Mission Australia is committed to keeping children and young people safe with zero tolerance of harm or abuse, and expect all our employees and volunteers to reflect this commitment. 

Your Opportunity

Reporting to the Regional Leader, you will be responsible for leading a high performing team in the delivery of Local Area Coordination (LAC) as well as managing the daily operations of service delivery and team management in Whyalla and Port Augusta locations.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Providing leadership and supervision to a team of staff across the Eyre and Far North region
• Monitoring and managing service delivery and performance against contractual targets and financial budgets

• Building and maintaining external relationships across your respective area, including strategic partnerships with NDIA, government state and local, and corporate and community stakeholders
• Workforce and operational planning
• Overseeing the preparation and monitoring of budgets, and reporting on service delivery and performance outcomes, as well as overall progress
• Driving a culture of continuous improvement with respect to the delivery of services

Requirements for Success:

• A tertiary qualification in Allied Health, Social Work or similar/ relevant discipline
• Extensive experience (minimum of 4 years) in leadership and/or management within the context of community or disability services
• Well established networks in the community across your local area
• Experience in leading high performing, multidisciplinary teams across a range of service offerings within a defined geographical context
• Experience leading high performance and managing under performance
• Experience in managing stakeholder relationships, including government stakeholders
• Demonstrated interest in community and social outcomes
• Lived experience of disability (encouraged)

Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to join our team in the midst of some major changes in the Australian disability sector. Full NDIS related training and ongoing professional development opportunities are provided.

Before starting work with us, you will need to undertake a national police history check, qualifications and referee checks, and have a clearance to work with children/vulnerable people. 

Culture & Benefits  

A career with Mission Australia will offer you rewarding experiences to make a difference to the lives of Australians in need. We have an innovative and supportive culture guided by our values of compassion, integrity, respect, perseverance and celebration.

To ensure our employees feel valued, empowered and celebrated we provide a range of employee benefits including:

• NFP salary packaging benefits reducing taxable income (details via Advantage)
• Generous discounts with hotels, travel insurance and major retailers
• Free, confidential counselling services via our EAP
• Discounted health care with Medibank Private

Diversity & Inclusion

Mission Australia is an inclusive employer. We celebrate our diversity and strive to reflect contemporary Australian society and all the communities in which we work, in order to better serve our clients. We welcome and encourage applications from Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people, People with Disability, Sexually and Gender Diverse people, people with lived experience of adversity and from people of all ages.

As such, if you require any adjustments to submit your application, we invite you to get in touch via email [email protected] using the subject line: Service Area Manager - Eyre enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Next Steps

To be considered for this opportunity, please click ‘apply’ and send your cover letter and resume today.

For more information, feel free to view the Position Description via  LAC SAM PD.pdf for further information regarding working with us visit  Working for Mission Australia.

Please send through your application as soon as possible as shortlisting will commence before the closing date.