Director of Operations - Mental Health

Permanent Full Time
40 hours a fortnight + a monthly ADO
MH Admin Grade 8

About the Role

The Director, Mental Health will provide strategic and operational leadership across the Grampians Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (GMHWS). Working collaboratively with the GMHWS leadership team—including the Clinical Director, Director of Nursing, and Director of Lived and Living Experience—the role ensures the delivery of high-quality, responsive services with a strong focus on consumer and carer experience.

This role offers significant scope to shape service delivery, lead system reform, and influence mental health outcomes across a large regional catchment. You will work closely with executive leaders, clinicians, consumers, carers, and community partners to deliver safe, high-quality, and sustainable mental health services.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership, guidance, and support across GMHWS to enable service excellence.
• Lead the delivery of mental health services across Grampians Health.
• Develop, implement, and monitor strategic and operational plans aligned with organisational and system priorities.
• Manage operational budgets to support sustainable and effective delivery of services.
• Ensure compliance with the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 and related legislative and regulatory requirements.
• Establish and maintain strong governance, quality, safety, and clinical service frameworks.
• Proactively identify and lead service improvement opportunities to ensure program sustainability and effectiveness.
• Monitor legislative and policy developments and assess implications for service delivery and operations.
• Lead workforce planning, communication and change management
• Build and sustain strong internal and external partnerships, including with consumers, carers, and community stakeholders.

Skills & Experience

• Relevant tertiary qualification in health, management, or a related discipline.
• Extensive experience leading mental health programs and services, with a strong emphasis on consumer and carer-centred care.
• Demonstrated senior leadership and management capability within a healthcare setting.
• Strong understanding of mental health policy, service frameworks, and system reform.
• Proven knowledge of quality, safety, and risk management frameworks, including Victorian mental health legislation.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and embed change within complex service environments.

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Interested?

Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Georgie Kemp - General Manager Allied and Mental Health on 0402 156 514 for a confidential discussion.

We’re actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close when the position is filled.

About Grampians Health
Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell. 

Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

Culture & Benefits

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment and holidays
• Access to Fitness Passport membership
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

Ballarat Region

Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the state’s fastest growing inland city. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Ballarat has some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes. To learn more about Ballarat click here - Visit Ballarat

Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.