Service Development Consultant | Transcultural Mental Health

• Excellent benefits including salary packaging
• Stimulating and rewarding work environment
• 2 positions available: Permanent, part time 0.8 FTE (30.4 hours per week); or Full time fixed term, parental leave cover until February 2027
• Please indicate in your application which position you are interested in

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:

• Coordinating and facilitating a range of capacity building and educational strategies including projects that holds a whole of organisational approach, providing service development consultation, facilitating workshops and stakeholder meetings as well as seminars, community of practice and events, among other strategies.
• Coordinating and participating in the development of a range of transcultural mental health resources.
• Participating in the development, delivery and evaluation of state-wide service development activities and projects.
• Consulting with community members and lived and living experience representatives
• Contribute to the development of content and resources for the VTMH website and e-newsletter
• Participating in internal planning meetings and quality strategies.
• Participating in any other relevant education and service development program as required.

The classification ranges for this position will be:

• OT/SW Grade 3 YB24 - YB27 or YC46 - YC49 ($101,597 - $116,074 per annum pro rata)
• Psychologist Grade 3 PL1 – PL4 ($108,279 - $123,905 per annum pro rata)
• RPN Grade 4 NP75 - NP77 ($112,465 - $121,113 per annum pro rata)
• 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.

• Ability to work across varied locations and schedules, including travel to rural and regional areas in Victoria for workshops and events.
• Good computer skills, including Microsoft Powerpoint
• Current Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check, or willing to obtain
• Current driver’s license

What We Offer

• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
• Full time employment comes with a monthly Accrued Day Off (additional day off per month!). A healthy work/life balance encouraged.
• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• A stimulating environment for growth and ongoing learning
• Culture of continuous improvement
• Regular opportunities for reflective spaces aimed at supporting your professional development
• Multidisciplinary team that offers opportunities to both learn from and contribute to colleagues.
• Opportunity to innovate and contribute to impactful projects.
• Learning Sessions offered by St Vincent’s Hospital for your learning
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Discounts and Promotions available through our Foundation

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

• Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application in which you address the selection criteria.

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).