City of Yarra is seeking a Senior Coordinator, Seniors Support Services to lead the CHSP portfolio, delivering high-quality services that help older people stay independent at home. You will provide strategic and operational leadership across Community Transport, Delivered Meals, Home Maintenance and social programs, while managing budgets, contracts and compliance.

The role reports to the Manager Ageing, Equity and Community Development and requires a proactive leader who can drive service

Senior Coordinator, Senior Support Services Temporary Full Time - 12 Month Contract (Parental Leave Replacement) - Until 12 November 2027 Band 8 - Starting from $125,814.25 + super + RDO

RDO applicable for full-time 38 hours per week only

Why You'll Want to Join Us

• Lead a diverse portfolio of services that make a meaningful difference in the lives of older people in the City of Yarra.
• Play a key leadership role in shaping the future of aged care through Commonwealth reform, service innovation and continuous improvement.
• Work in a collaborative and supportive leadership team with flexible working arrangements and a strong commitment to staff wellbeing.

Benefits Package

• Hybrid Working Policy For those working full time hours - 3 days worked in the office and 2 days WFH
• Exceptional leave entitlements - 16 days personal leave, 18 weeks parental leave, plus cultural leave and compassionate leave
• Health and wellbeing - free EAP counselling, discounted leisure membership 40% off for Staff and 25% off for Managers, salary sacrifice childcare options

About The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to lead Council's Senior Support Services, delivering high-quality Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) services that support older people to remain independent, connected and living safely in their own homes.

Reporting to the Manager Ageing, Equity and Community Development, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across Community Transport, Delivered Meals, Home Maintenance, Willowview Social Support Groups and Business Support. You will lead a multidisciplinary team, oversee budgets, contracts, quality and compliance, and drive continuous improvement while preparing the service for significant Commonwealth aged care reforms.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced leader with a passion for community services, who enjoys balancing strategic thinking with operational leadership in a dynamic local government environment.

We're proud to offer flexible working arrangements, strong internal development pathways, and a culture that prioritises wellbeing and connection.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for a candidate with demonstrated leadership experience in aged care, community services or a related sector to lead Council's Senior Support Services.

This May Include

• Leading multidisciplinary teams across multiple service areas.
• Managing service delivery, budgets, contracts and funding requirements.
• Building strong partnerships with government, community organisations and other stakeholders.
• Driving service improvement, change management and organisational reform.
• Ensuring compliance with legislative, quality and funding requirements.
• Providing strategic advice and contributing to organisational planning.

Yarra City Council is a progressive organisation, proud of our inclusive culture, commitment to continuous improvement and development of our people. We strive to make a positive difference in the lives of our community every day.

Need More Info?

For further information, please refer to the Position Description or contact Malcolm McCall on or at .

Position Description - Senior Coordinator - Senior Support Services - August 2026.pdf

Applications close on: Monday 14 September 2026, at 11:55pm. Additional Information

This position is subject to satisfactory Police Check, Working with Children Check, screening against the Aged Care and Disability Banning Order Register to ensure eligibility to work in the sector prior to commencement. Pre-employment checks are not used by Yarra City Council to prevent any applicant from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.

At Yarra Every Job is a Climate Job!

Acting on the climate emergency requires that we change the way we think, make decisions, and prioritise action. We must embed proactive climate responses in the ways we govern, live our lives, and conduct our work. Every choice we make today and into the future will have an impact; this is true for Council and the community.

Acknowledging the scale of this crisis, at Yarra we are committed to ensuring that every job is a climate job meaning that each staff member will play a key role in shaping our climate response.

Yarra's Commitment to Diversity

Yarra City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and supports flexible and accessible working arrangements for all. This includes people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse people, young people, older people, women, and people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex or queer.

We draw pride and strength from our diversity, remain open to new approaches and actively foster an inclusive workplace that celebrates the contribution made by all our people.

Job Description:

This is a Lived Expertise Position - you must state in your cover letter that you have a lived/living experience of mental health challenges and accessing mental health services and how this has changed the course of your life

• Permanent part time, 0.5 FTE, Clarendon Clinic - East Melbourne location
• Peer Support / Senior Lived Experience Worker (Consumer)
• Friendly & supportive team

About the Role

Under the direction of the Manager and Team Consultant Psychiatrist and in collaboration with team members, develop and implement strategies that support tenants of public housing requiring mental health and drug and alcohol support and intervention to engage with STAY, to connect with community, referral and other health supports.  You will provide peer support to consumers who are part of the program, as well as offering a lived experience perspective to the clinical staff and housing services that consult with us.

You have the necessary skills to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, build and maintain strong professional relationships with internal and external health professionals.  You feel comfortable working in a ‘non-traditional’ mental health role and are open to new learning.  You will contribute to the development and delivery of tenants’ support and referral plans through effective engagement and connection

You are highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic and can apply your lived experience and peer support skills to the support and recovery of others.

• Work within the Strengths Model of recovery orientated practice
• Build a therapeutic alliance with the consumer and family/carers and actively engage them in peer support
• Work within a Community Development and consultation framework, advising from a lived experience perspective.

Classifications for this position will range from Lived Experience Worker Level 4 AK47 – AK50 ($93,605 - $104,270 per annum pro rata)

Your Contribution

• A lived experience of mental illness
• A minimum of at 3 years of experience working within the Mental Health sector
• Current Victorian driver’s license
• Tertiary qualifications desirable

• A valid Nationally Coordinated Criminal History check, or willing to obtain

What We offer

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs

• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling

• A healthy work/life balance encouraged. Full time employment comes with a monthly Accrued Day Off (additional day off per month!)

• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities

• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!

• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation

• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals

• Culture of continuous improvement

About Mental Health

St. Vincent’s Mental Health (SVMH) includes an adult area mental health service for the inner city areas of Yarra and Boroondara. 

The STAY program provides ongoing specialist treatment, support, and consultation to meet the identified needs of people who have potential mental health presentations or concerns and are tenants in local public housing properties in the City of Yarra. The multidisciplinary team provides a range of clinical and therapeutic interventions using the recovery-focused Strengths Model of Recovery-Oriented Practice.

Working at St Vincent’s

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application

• Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities.  Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM

 SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

Contact: Nigel Toomey | Manager, Clarendon Community Mental Health Clinic

Ph: 9231 5400

Closing Date:

27 September 2026 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

View Reconciliation Action Plan

Code of Conduct:

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Job Description:

• Full time permanent opportunity, RPN3
• Friendly & supportive team
• Clarendon Clinic - East Melbourne location

About the Role

Based at our Clarendon Clinic, which is centrally located and close to multiple public transport routes, this is a great opportunity to increase your skills in community mental health. You will provide a high standard of clinical assessment, treatment and support to consumers of the St. Vincent’s integrated adult MHS and their careers, demonstrating excellence in discipline specific and recovery-focused case management skills

You will join a dynamic community mental health team operating under a recovery-oriented model of care, utilising the Strengths Model of Case Management.

• Work within the Strengths Model of recovery orientated practice
• Build a therapeutic alliance with the consumer and family/carers and actively engage them in the planning, delivery and evaluation of their care
• Undertake the assessment, provision of treatment and delivery of targeted interventions to consumers with complex mental health related needs and their family/carers in line with the Mental Health & Wellbeing Act 2022, SVMH policies and strategic direction

Classifications for this position will range from RPN Grade 3 NP81 - NP74 ($107,546 - $119,438 per annum pro rata)

Your Contribution

• Division 3 or Division 1 Nurse with Psychiatric Endorsement from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Post Graduate Nursing in Mental Health qualifications required for nurses and at least 3 years post qualification within the mental health field
• Experience in the provision of assessment, discipline specific intervention and case management services to consumers with a serious mental illness and complex needs and their carers within a recovery framework
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
• A valid Nationally Coordinated Criminal History check, or willing to obtain

What We Offer

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs

• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling

• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities

• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!

• Free car parking

• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation

• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals

• Culture of continuous improvement

About Mental Health

St Vincent’s is proud of its International reputation for delivery of The St Vincent’s Mental Health Program is undergoing an exciting time of review and we are looking for people who are creative and imaginative around the possibilities that change can bring. We pride ourselves on seeking out and recruiting people who truly care, and are warm and friendly. We are looking for like-minded staff who are passionate, enjoy team work, and who come to work to make a difference to people’s lives. If this is you, we would love to hear from you.

The Clarendon Clinic Continuing Care Team provides ongoing specialist treatment and support to meet the identified needs of clients who suffer with a serious mental illness and associated high level of disability in the City of Yarra. The multidisciplinary team provides a range of clinical and therapeutic interventions using the recovery-focused Strengths Model of Recovery-Oriented Practice.

Working at St Vincent’s

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application

• Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities.  Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

Contact: Nigel Toomey | Manager, Clarendon Clinic

Ph: 03 9231 5400

Closing Date:

27 September 2026 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

View Reconciliation Action Plan

Code of Conduct:

View Code of Conduct