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Diary Manager

Full Time | 6 Months – Fixed Term | $81,603

Sydney based

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The Opportunity

- - Support a high-profile CEO
  - Dynamic and agile team
  - Generous employment conditions

ACOSS is the leading, national advocate for action to reduce poverty and inequality and the peak body for the community services sector in Australia. It works at the national level to influence change to federal policies and laws, collaborating with its members and enabling the voice of people directly affected by disadvantage to be heard. With an uncompromising commitment to human rights and equality, ACOSS is dynamic, determined and strategic.

Working in our fast-paced environment, you will enjoy being part of a dedicated team who know how to have fun as well as work hard. We all appreciate the important work that ACOSS does and like being part of it. We offer generous employment conditions as well as the opportunity to participate in a mentoring program.

Your New Role

As Diary Manager, you will manage all aspects of the diary of the CEO. Your excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills will be fully utilised as you act as the principal point of contact for key ACOSS stakeholders including politicians, organisational members and Board Directors. Day-to-day you will receive and process invitations for the CEO and Senior Team, coordinating responses, diarising confirmed meetings, and ensuring attendees have all they need ahead of meetings. In addition you will coordinate ACOSS’ key political and member meetings and provide high level executive support to two Deputy CEOs (job share).

Who You Are

You are an experienced EA or Office Manager with expertise in managing busy diaries. You can establish rapport and build relationships with your friendly yet professional manner. You are well-organised, have great time management skills and excellent attention to detail, all of which allow you to keep things moving along efficiently. You are good at planning and can balance this with shifting gears at a moment’s notice when priorities change. You have a genuine commitment to social justice and will take a broad interest in our work.

How to Apply: Review the position description and selection criteria for this role. Write a covering letter outlining your suitability for this role and send it with your resume to Carol Lewis at [email protected] ASAP

ACOSS promotes diversity and inclusion holistically. First Nations people, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability or with lived experience of disability, people who identify as LGBTQIA+ and people with lived experience of living on low income are strongly encouraged to apply.

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Other Opportunities

Clinician, Forensic Intervention Services

Opportunities are available in:

Metro Melbourne (based in metro prisons and the community)
Lara and Greater Geelong (based in our Lara prison precinct area)
Loddon Mallee (based at Loddon and Middleton Prison)
Grampians (based at Hopkins Correctional Centre and/or Langi Kal Kal Prison)

Challenge yourself on complex cases and drive the future of forensic intervention in Victoria

- Join a collaborative multidisciplinary team
- Earn $88,955 to $100,930 + super
- Full and part-time, ongoing and fixed-term vacancies

If you’re looking to challenge yourself, join a first-rate multidisciplinary team and build your reputation in a growing field, you’ll love the work at Forensic Intervention Services (FIS).

We are a specialist program area of Corrections Victoria looking for people with experience in psychology, social work, mental health nursing or occupational therapy to become clinicians.

You’ll work on complex cases with people who have histories of violent and sexual offending and play a vital role in reducing reoffending and making the community safer.

To support the expansion of our clinical workforce, applications for this role are open throughout the year, giving you maximum flexibility for career planning.

To find out more about FIS, watch our career information video and register on our website for Live Q&A sessions with members of the team.

What you’ll do

As a clinician, you will build on your existing experience as part of a multidisciplinary team, delivering best-practice forensic intervention in a correctional environment.

Working within the Risk-Needs-Responsivity model, you’ll deliver a wide range of individualised services including:

- Comprehensive assessments including risk assessments.
- Clinical interviews to determine appropriate treatment pathways.
- Treatment interventions employing evidence-based assessment tools.
- Treatment programs involving individual and group sessions.
- Preparing treatment plans, treatment reports, and risk assessment reports for internal and external stakeholders.

How we’ll support and reward you

- A specialised induction program for new clinical staff (including foundation, theory, and mentored on-the-job training)
- Exposure to national and international experts in forensic work.
- Mental health and wellbeing care – essential debriefing for the first 12 months for new forensic practitioners.
- Supervision by senior clinical staff with support on a day-to-day basis.
- Ongoing professional development including clinical scholarship, research program and study leave opportunities.
- Annual Leadership Forum and Conference for technical and professional development.
- Professional association membership funded annually.
- Relocation allowances for eligible candidates.

Eligibility

To apply, you’ll need to hold, or be eligible for, one of the following:

- Registration as a Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia.
- Eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
- Registered as a nurse and be eligible to be credentialed as a Mental Health Nurse.
- Registered as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.

You will also need to possess a current Victorian driver licence.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is continually working towards increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal) workforce. The Aboriginal Employment Team aims to attract, recruit and retain Aboriginal staff in a number of roles including clinicians. This support includes a culturally appropriate attraction and recruitment process. To learn more, email [email protected]

To find out more, watch our career information video, attend a Live Q&A session or contact our recruitment team by emailing [email protected]

Senior Clinician, Forensic Intervention Services

Opportunities are available in:

Metro Melbourne (based in metro prisons and the community)
Lara and Greater Geelong (based in our Lara prison precinct area)
Loddon Mallee (based at Loddon and Middleton Prison)
Grampians (based at Hopkins Correctional Centre and/or Langi Kal Kal Prison)

Build first-rate clinical teams and lead the future of forensic intervention in Victoria

- Challenge yourself on complex cases in a forensic setting
- Earn $102,637 to $124,183 + super
- Full and part-time, ongoing and fixed-term vacancies

If you’re looking to challenge yourself on highly complex cases, lead a first-rate multidisciplinary team and build your reputation in a growing field, you’ll love the work at Forensic Intervention Services (FIS).

We are a specialist program area of Corrections Victoria looking for people with experience in psychology, social work, mental health nursing or occupational therapy to become senior clinicians.

Combining hands-on practice with leadership and management, you’ll work with people who have histories of violent and sexual offending and play a vital role in reducing reoffending and making the community safer.