Project Officer - Suicide Prevention

Location | Armidale, Erina, Newcastle or Tamworth
Hours | Full-time (1.0FTE)* until 30 June 2026
Application close date | 5pm Monday 9th June
Annual full-time equivalent salary | $80,765-$88,924 + 11.5% super + salary packaging**

Join our team to lead meaningful change by empowering local communities to drive suicide prevention initiatives, fostering collaboration, action, and lasting impact.

Why work for us?
We are a values-driven organisation, proud of our culture and the benefits we offer. Our team is passionate about delivering innovative, locally relevant solutions that improve health outcomes in our communities. Our recognition as an Employer of Choice by the 2024 Australian Business Awards and Hunter Business awards highlights our commitment to fostering a stimulating and supportive work environment.

We offer a great range of benefits, including:

• Salary packaging up to $15,900 + $2,650 for entertainment
• Hybrid work (up to 60% from home)
• Generous leave – 5 additional days for family/community, 3 over Christmas and the option to purchase extra leave
• Health and wellbeing perks – EAP, Fitness Passport, Pride in Health and wellbeing membership
• Professional development, driver training and collaboration with passionate professionals.

About the role
This role will establish, engage and maintain place-based suicide prevention collaboratives across the region, in line with the Ministry of Healths, Primary Health Network (PHN)-Led Model for NSW Community Collaboratives. These collaboratives will empower communities to come together as key decision-makers on local suicide prevention activities and grants.

The primary purpose of this position is to support the establishment and/or maintenance of the current Suicide Prevention Collaboratives, located in the Central Coast, Upper Hunter and Tamworth regions. This includes providing project support to build the foundations and capacity of the Collaborative members to adopt a collective impact and place-based approach to the implementation of systems-based suicide prevention in their communities.

This role will also support the Suicide Prevention Lead across a range of suicide prevention projects, including program management, stakeholder engagement, and grant management.

The successful candidate will have:

• Proven track record in stakeholder engagement, ongoing coordination including an ability to build relationships and supportive partnerships with community leaders and networks, and other stakeholders including Local Hospital Networks, government and non-government organisations.
• Project management experience in a health or wellbeing-related project/program, coordinating resources and meeting reporting requirements to ensure project outcomes are achieved.
• Demonstrated knowledge of, and experience in, the suicide prevention sector and local suicide prevention activities, collaboratives and working groups and suicide prevention and the mental health service sector within the region.
• Well-developed data analytical and problem-solving skills, including good data collection, analytical and reporting skills to monitor and review activities, measure outcomes and identify trends.
• Undertake and manage grant applications, milestone reporting and monitoring practices through PHN grant system.

How to apply:

• Address the selection criteria (both essential and desirable) in your cover letter.
• To view the Position description, select “Apply” which will redirect you to another page where you can view as a hyperlink on the right-hand side under details.

For more information, please contact the Suicide Prevention Lead, Francesca Groves on 0429 669 452.

Our Commitment to Diversity
We believe that our differences are what make us great. Whatever our race, gender identity, intersex status, ability, religion, beliefs, or sexual orientation. We are on our journey to continuously work to call out bias and celebrate workplace inclusion as guided by our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging strategy. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process, please let us know and we will do all we can to accommodate you.

Additional Information
*PHN's have been funded by the Department of Health since 2015. All roles at our PHN are maximum-term and linked to our funding contracts with the Department of Health. This is a maximum term contract until 30 June 2026 and any contract extensions are dependent on ongoing funding.
**Salary: This role is classified as F - J within our Enterprise Agreement and the rate will be dependent on skills and experience/qualifications. New appointments are generally offered between grade F - H.