Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 22nd Jun 2021
The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) is the national peak body representing 143 Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs). ACCHOs deliver comprehensive primary health care to more than half of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples nationally. As an act of self-determination, these services attend to all matters affecting health and wellbeing spanning transformative community empowerment through to individual health treatments and continuity of care.
NACCHO’s work is focused on supporting the work of ACCHOs and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people overall through negotiating and advocating with Governments on health care policies and programs and systems reform. These issues range in variety from chronic disease management, preventative health strategies, telehealth, mental health and social and emotional well-being, listing of Medical Benefits Scheme (MBS) to the social and cultural determinants of health.
NACCHO’s partnerships with governments and non-government organisations include: The Department of Health, National Disability Insurance Agency, Department of Social Services, National Mental Health Commission, Vision Australia, Royal College of General Practitioners and Gaaya Dhuwi. These partnerships greatly contribute to significantly enhancing the quality and accessibility of health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
It is a very interesting and transformative time across the health sector. NACCHO has been driving systems reform in the context of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap and recent budget announcements.
The Assistant Director is one of a team of program and policy officers and has responsibility for the design, and implementation of specific policy and programs.
The Assistant Director role is broad and covers a range of duties and activities across the program and policy lifecycle. The Assistant Director provides timely, accurate and persuasive policy and program advice and recommendations, underpinned by evidence and analysis, contextual awareness and stakeholder consultation. An Assistant Director at NACCHO must be able to identify and advocate for NACCHO positions to a range of stakeholders.
This role includes the provision of high level and timely advice and advocacy on highly complex and sensitive policy matters that contribute to NACCHO’s and stakeholder’s strategic policy direction. The ability to undertake complex analysis and provide evidence-based recommendations to implementation of programs is also a key requirement of the role. The Assistant Director will oversee a small team with various policy and program responsibilities. In addition to reporting to the policy and programs leadership team this position requires high levels of initiative and a strong work ethic to lead and advance the development and implementation of processes, procedures and tools that support the delivery of high-quality policy advice and/or programs, including grants applications to improve health and well-being outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
NACCHO undertakes policy and program work in a range of different environments including mental health, disability, social and cultural determinants of health, aged care, FASD and chronic disease etc.
NACCHO is seeking a motivated individual who has:
The successful applicant will be required to undergo a National Police Check and Working with Vulnerable People Clearance.
NACCHO reserve the right to appoint to the position prior to the closing date.