- Company: Anglicare NT
- State: Australian Capital Territory
- Location: Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
- Job type: Full-Time
- Salary: 100,000 - 115,000
- Job category: CEO & General Management
Manager Housing Support Services
About Us
Anglicare NT is a registered charity and quality accredited provider of human services across urban, regional, and remote Northern Territory. We demonstrate our values through strength-based, culturally safe, trauma informed and inclusive practices. Child safety, social justice, community development and partnership approaches drive our work. We commit to being an employer of choice and we monitor our impact, respect lived experience and advocate to meet the needs of Territorians and our diverse communities. Our focus is to make a sustainable difference through place-based initiatives, collaboration, innovation, and the Partnership Support Service.
We offer great benefits, including:
– Further training and development options.
– Flexible working conditions; five (5) weeks annual leave.
– A strengths-based environment.
We also offer great salary packaging options that can significantly increase your take-home pay.
About the Program
Anglicare NT’s Housing Support Services assist people on their journey from homelessness to long-term, stable accommodation. Our dedicated staff offer case management, as well as mentoring, training and support for developing life skills and tenancy skills.
About the Opportunity
You will provide leadership in the development and effective management of Alice Springs Housing and Homelessness Services, related activities, and initiatives in the greater Alice Springs Region, seeking to reduce homelessness and provide sustainable tenancy support.
You will provide effective supervision and strengths-based practice guidance to team members and contribute to the organisation’s Housing and Homelessness stream.
Services will be culturally responsive, evidence-based, and focus on addressing crises, building capacity, and be delivered in accordance with statutory and contract requirements. You will undertake direct staff management, maintain contractual compliance, and contribute to risk management.
Central to this role is a genuine commitment to working inclusively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and culturally diverse individuals. You’ll possess the sensitivity and insight to address issues affecting these communities, fostering meaningful engagement and communication.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- A tertiary qualification in social work or related field with extensive experience in the community services sector in a management role.
- Proven ability to provide leadership, supervision and mentoring with interpersonal skills required to maintain a healthy, well-functioning multi-disciplinary team.
- Demonstrated experience in managing program budgets
- Prior experience or, at a minimum, demonstrated commitment to working respectfully with Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse clients, communities, staff, and Aboriginal controlled organ
Please note: It is a requirement that prior to commencing in this role, you must possess a Working with Children (Ochre Card), a National Criminal History Check (within 3 months) and a current Northern Territory manual driver’s licence.
As part of the recruitment process, you will be required to address the key selection criteria on the online application on the Anglicare NT website.
Anglicare NT is committed to improving and maintaining successful employment outcomes for people from diverse cultural backgrounds. We acknowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s knowledge, skills and perspectives are highly regarded and that we deeply value their resilience, cultural strength, and competence. We therefore strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.
Experience of working closely with and having a strong understanding of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander culture would be considered an advantage.
COVID-19 Vaccination Status
Receiving and maintaining vaccines can reduce health risks and is one control mechanism to maintain the health and wellbeing of all employees, contractors, volunteers, visitors, and the people we work with. In line with Anglicare NT’s commitment to a full life and social justice for all, it is mandatory for all Anglicare NT employees (paid and volunteer) to ensure specific vaccine schedules are current and maintained. In relation to COVID-19, this includes a primary course (dose one and two) and booster dose within one month of becoming eligible for booster dose (subject to medical exemptions).
How to Apply
For further information on this exciting opportunity, please contact Paul Rumpff, Regional Manager on (08) 8951 8000 or visit our careers page www.anglicare-nt.org.au/careers/
To request a full position description, please email our HR Team at hr@anglicare-nt.org.au
Applications are assessed on a rolling basis, so speed is key! The sooner you apply the better!