Senior Manager - Melbourne

At Wellways, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered to contribute. We warmly welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with lived experience of mental health challenges or disability, people from multicultural backgrounds and people who identify as LGBTIQA+. We recognise that diverse experiences and perspectives strengthen our workforce and the communities we support.

Rewarding leadership opportunity to help transform mental health and wellbeing support across Melbourne

Lead a multidisciplinary team, building a values-driven culture that is compassionate, inclusive, and connected to the community

Permanent, full-time opportunity with access to salary packaging benefits and annual leave loading

About Us
At Wellways, we work alongside people, families and communities to create an inclusive society where everyone can imagine and achieve their best life. Our people are the heart of everything we do and we are committed to supporting their safety, health and wellbeing every day.

About the Opportunity
As Senior Manager Melbourne, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across a diverse portfolio of services across Greater Melbourne.

You will translate organisational priorities into strong service, people and community outcomes, ensuring services respond to local needs and the changing mental health and community services landscape. Experience in the mental health, community services, health or broader human services sector will support your ability to effectively lead this portfolio.

Reporting to the General Manager, you will be a highly visible and connected leader, building trusted relationships across your portfolio and representing Wellways with key stakeholders, community partners and local networks. You will foster collaboration and shared purpose across a geographically dispersed group of services and teams.

This is an opportunity to lead with purpose across one of Australia’s most diverse communities. You will bring Wellways’ strategy to life through strong local leadership, shaping service excellence and participant outcomes, strengthening partnerships and identifying opportunities for service development, innovation and growth.

You will champion lived and living experience, co-production and participant voice, ensuring the people we support are central to service design, decision-making and continuous improvement. You will provide values-led leadership through change and transformation, supporting leaders and teams to navigate complexity and deliver meaningful outcomes.

With stewardship of financial performance, governance, risk and resources, you will support sustainable, high-quality services and foster a culture of accountability, wellbeing, inclusion, innovation and continuous improvement.

You can be based at one of Wellways’ Melbourne service locations, with regular travel across the portfolio and a strong presence within services and communities essential. Your visibility and connection will help you support leaders and maintain a strong understanding of participants, families, carers and local community needs.

About You
You are an experienced, values-led leader who combines strategic thinking with strong operational focus. You bring a proven track record leading complex services, programs or portfolios, developing high-performing leaders and teams, and building trusted partnerships that deliver positive outcomes.

You are confident leading a geographically dispersed metropolitan portfolio, creating connection and shared purpose across diverse communities and services while balancing local needs with organisational priorities. You understand the…