St Vincent's Health Australia
Education & Service Development Consultant | Victorian Transcultural Mental Health
🇦🇺Melbourne, Victoria, Australia2 months ago
A$97,765 – A$124KPart Time
About the Role
Victorian Transcultural Mental Health is currently seeking an experienced Education and Service Development Consultant: Fixed term parental leave position until February 11th 2027.
In this role you will be responsible for providing a wide range of education and service development consultancy initiatives to mental health and wellbeing services in Victoria’s public health system to improve cultural responsiveness in mental health service delivery.
Working as an Education and Service Development Consultant at VTMH includes:
The classification ranges for this position will be:
Community Development Worker YA55 – PW61($89,159 - $97,765 per annum pro rata)
Your Contribution/Selection Criteria
Qualifications: Tertiary qualifications in a health-related field is essential. Degree in a mental health discipline preferable (registered psychologist, occupational therapist, social worker or registered nurse)
Years of experience: A minimum of 5 years’ experience in mental health, or equivalent in mental health related education
Self-awareness and interpersonal skills: Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to reflect on practice, collaborate within a multidisciplinary team and work constructively with diverse perspectives.
Service development consultancy experience: Proven expertise and knowledge of service design and development strategies and supporting capacity building initiatives to drive change in cultural responsiveness.
Education design and facilitation: Experience in developing and delivering learning activities such as workshops, digital or audio‑visual resources, communities of practice, or other educational approaches. Knowledge of theoretical frameworks in these areas would be highly regarded.
Analytical and organisational capability: Demonstrated ability to analyse service delivery challenges, work within defined project timelines, evaluate strategies and outcomes and contribute to continuous improvement, including preparing reports and documentation.
Relationship management skills: Experience engaging with culturally diverse communities, lived and living representatives and a broad range of stakeholders.
What We Offer
About Victorian Transcultural Mental Health (VTMH)
VTMH is a statewide service focused on capacity building in order to strengthen cultural responsiveness in public mental health and wellbeing services. We hope our work supports equitable access and delivery of mental health and wellbeing services that uphold dignity, human rights, inclusion, and social justice. VTMH is funded by the Victorian Department of Health and sits as a statewide specialist unit within St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne.
For over 30 years, VTMH has played an important role in supporting mental health and wellbeing organisations and workers to respond to the needs of Victoria’s increasingly diverse communities. Our work emerged from a growing recognition that people’s identity and experiences of discrimination profoundly shape their experiences of mental health, wellbeing, and access to care. This work began at a time when the system in Victoria was beginning to explore more deeply the meaning of cultural responsiveness in mental health and wellbeing practice.
Similarly, our team has also developed over time, bringing together staff from different disciplines including lived and living experience. Our work also aims to connect the dots between practice, policy, and contemporary conceptualisations of culture and mental health and wellbeing.
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
Shortlisting for this position might 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
You are also encourage to visit VTMH’s website: Victorian Transcultural Mental Health (VTMH) | Home
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).
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
