Director NDIS and Community Services

Why youll love working with us:

At Newcastle Anglican we dont just offer jobs we offer purpose-driven careers. Heres what you can expect when you join our team:

Growth & Development:Dedicated professional development support
Family Friendly:14 weeks paid parental leave or 3 weeks partner leave super contributions.
Smart Salary Packaging:Save on your rent mortgage or bills up to $611 per fortnight.
Education Perks:Up to 40% off school fees at our Anglican schools.
Wellness Boost:Access to over 300 gyms with Fitness Passport.
Mental Health Support:Free access to our Employee Assistance Program.
Career Progression:Real opportunities for advancement.
Flexibility: We support flexible work arrangements.

The Opportunity

The Director NDIS & Community Services is a critical member of the Newcastle Anglican Senior Leadership Team. This role operates across and between the Director NDIS and Director Community & Allied Health portfolios providing integrated strategic and operational oversight across both service areas. Accountability for service delivery remains with the respective Directors. This role ensures alignment performance oversight governance and strategic cohesion across both areas. The role supports the setting of direction monitoring outcomes strengthening operating models driving commercial and service improvement initiatives and ensuring robust compliance and risk management frameworks are in place.

Reporting to the Executive Director NDIS & Community you will:

Provide strategic and operational oversight across NDIS Community Care and Allied Health services to ensure alignment with organisational strategy performance expectations and approved business plans

Contribute to the development and oversight of integrated growth reform and operating plans that strengthen sustainability competitiveness and service value

Monitor financial operational workforce quality and safety performance across the portfolios intervening early through leadership channels where risks or underperformance emerge

Provide leadership guidance and accountability to the managers responsible for frontline service delivery while maintaining clear separation from direct day-to-day delivery responsibility

Ensure robust governance compliance risk management and reporting frameworks are implemented and maintained across NDIS aged care community and allied health requirements

Partner with Finance and other corporate functions to optimise funding models budget performance resource allocation and commercial decision-making

Identify continuous improvement process enhancement and operational integration opportunities that improve productivity consistency and consumer outcomes across both areas

Develop business cases recommendations and performance reports for Executive and Board consideration as required

About You

Tertiary qualifications in Management Business Health Human Services or a related discipline or demonstrated equivalent experience

National Police Check (Newcastle Anglican will consider the relevance of any reported outcomes)

A current Working with Children Check (with clearance to work with children)

A current NDIS Check

Australian work rights

Current drivers licence

Demonstrated senior leadership experience providing strategic and operational oversight across complex human services health disability aged care and/or community service environments

Experience in commercial reform business improvement and achieving growth performance and sustainability targets

Advanced business acumen with the ability to interpret financial operational quality and workforce data to identify trends risks and improvement opportunities

High-level knowledge of the NDIS aged care community services and/or allied health sectors including funding models regulatory obligations accreditation requirements and industrial considerations

Demonstrated capability to lead senior managers and multidisciplinary leaders strengthening accountability governance performance and continuous improvement

Strong experience in stakeholder engagement strategic planning risk management and organisational change within a multi-site service environment

Highly developed written verbal and interpersonal communication skills including the ability to influence negotiate and report at executive level

Who we are

Formerly known as the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle Newcastle Anglican is a faith-based organisation serving the people of the Hunter and the Central Coast.

We offer a leading Christian presence to our community through our parishes four schools Anglican Care and Samaritans.

Our vision is for people to flourish because of what we do inspired by the way of Jesus.

We provide a culturally safe environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and welcome all applications.

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You must have the right to live and work in Australia.