About us Grand Pacific Health (GPH) is a for-purpose community-based organisation. GPH provides high quality health services to assist people in the management of their physical and mental health. GPH’s mission is to provide equitable heath care with an emphasis on helping vulnerable and at risk of disadvantage populations as well as regional communities.

GPH employs over 400 staff including many qualified health and other professionals including peer workers and community workers. GPH operations cover a large regional geographical footprint in NSW and ACT.

About the position Grand Pacific Health is looking for an experienced leader to oversee our Next Steps program covering South-Eastern NSW. The ideal candidate will be someone with experience delivering clinical or psychosocial supports together with sound leadership skills. Grand Pacific Healths Next Steps program is a highly successful suicide prevention program that offers a combination of clinical and peer-based support to assist people experiencing a suicidal crisis or who have attempted suicide, and their families. The program is designed to help people get the support they need in the community.

The Service Manager will lead the delivery of the program ensuring high quality consumer management and best practice in mental health service delivery. This dynamic role oversees the day-to-day operations whilst inspiring a person-centred approach to ensure the team remains individually and community focused.

Location is flexible, able to be based from our Wollongong, Moruya, Bega, Queanbeyan or Goulburn GPH hubs.

This is a full-time opportunity, fixed term until 30th June 2026. Full time positions have the option for a Rostered Day Off each month.

We are looking for someone with:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in a health discipline (e.g. allied health, nursing, peer work, health promotion or Aboriginal health) or other relevant qualifications.
• Previous experience in health, mental health or community service management roles Demonstrated leadership experience of a multidisciplinary team
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, influencing and consultation skills

Why join GPH?

• Flexible work arrangements to find your best work life balance
• Continuous learning and development opportunities
• Regular supervision and support (include for clinicians and peer workers)
• Increase your take home pay with salary packaging of up to $15,900 in living expenses and an additional benefit of up to $2,650 in meals and entertainment
• We make a positive difference to the lives of those we support!

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Interested? Visit our website www.gph.org.au/employment to download Position Description and our Employee Benefits Information and click the 'apply' button to submit your application. Please ensure that your application addresses the selection criteria detailed in the position description, or it may mean that your application does not progress to the next step in our recruitment process. For more information please contact: Jaci Smith, Manager, Mental Health [email protected] 0438 556 32 Applications close: 10 August 2025 *Please note that short-listing of candidates will commence prior to the closure of this role, so please do not delay submitting your application. We welcome applications from people with lived experience of mental health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from the LGBTQI community, multicultural communities and people with a disability.