Regional Leader

• Full-Time Permanent Role
• Location: Belmont, WA, with Work from Home Options!
• Salary Starting from $155,000 + Super + NFP Salary Packaging Benefits
• Make a meaningful difference to the lives of Australians in need

Life at Mission Australia

When you join the team at Mission Australia, you become part of a community who are determined to end homelessness and ensure people in need can thrive. United by our Christian purpose and values, we advocate for a fairer Australia, to meet the growing needs of people across the country. Together we’re building hope and possibility for all.

Find out more about us and our purpose.

Your opportunity

Every day, the right leadership creates opportunities for people to live more independently, achieve their goals and feel connected to their communities. As Regional Leader, you will play a critical role in guiding our Local Area Coordination teams, ensuring high quality, person-centred services are delivered across a diverse portfolio.

Leading geographically dispersed teams and working closely with Area Managers, you will drive operational excellence, workforce capability and service quality, while building strong partnerships that enhance outcomes for participants, families and communities. This is an opportunity to combine strategic leadership with meaningful impact, helping Mission Australia continue to build hope and possibility for all.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Lead and support a geographically dispersed Local Area Coordination portfolio, , ensuring safe, compliant and high-quality service delivery.
• Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight to Area Managers and service leaders, building a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Drive the achievement of contract outcomes, service targets and organisational priorities across the region.
• Ensure all services operate in line with regulatory, contractual and organisational requirements.
• Develop workforce plans that strengthen capability, support succession planning and address future service delivery needs.
• Manage regional budgets, financial performance and resource allocation to ensure sustainability and responsible stewardship of funding.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, growth and service improvement that enhance participant outcomes and operational efficiency.
• Champion a participant-centred approach that promotes choice, inclusion, independence and positive outcomes for people with disability.

Requirements for success

• Tertiary qualification in Community Services, Human Services, Business, Leadership and Management, or a related discipline, alternatively extensive senior leadership experience within the human services, disability or community services sector.
• Demonstrated experience managing NDIS funded services and a strong understanding of the NDIS Practice Standards, Quality and Safeguards Framework, and participant-centred service delivery.
• Proven ability to lead, coach and develop senior leaders and multidisciplinary teams to achieve high levels of performance and engagement.
• Strong operational management capability, with experience delivering services against contractual, compliance, quality and performance requirements.
• Sound financial management experience, including responsibility for large and complex budgets, forecasting and resource allocation.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships with government, funders, community partners, participants and families.
• Highly developed communication, negotiation and influencing skills, with the ability to represent the organisation at a senior level.

Before starting work with us, you will need to undertake a national police history check, qualifications, and referee checks, and have a clearance to work with children/vulnerable people.

Your benefits

To ensure our employees feel valued, empowered, and celebrated, we provide a range of employee benefits including:

• Rewarding work – every day you know you’re making a real difference
• Not-for-profit salary packaging, reducing your tax (details via AccessPay)
• Free external, confidential counselling and access to chaplaincy support
• Volunteering opportunities 
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave 
• Extra leave including: Mission Australia Thank You Day & Work Anniversary Day off

Our culture  

Our innovative and inclusive culture will ensure you feel valued at Mission Australia as you help Australians in need and develop in your career.  

We prioritise the safety and wellbeing of everyone, both within our team and the individuals we serve.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment. We actively support and encourage people of all backgrounds; gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion, and sexual orientation to submit an application and aim to ensure that the recruitment and employee experience is as accessible and inclusive as possible. So, whoever you are, if you’re skilled and actively support our purpose and values, you would be welcome at Mission Australia.

If you live with disability and require support to submit your application, please email [email protected] or visit our Careers page for additional contact details.

We strongly encourage applications from people who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. For culturally safe support or assistance with your application, please contact us at [email protected]  

Find out more about a career with Mission Australia. 

How to apply

Click ‘Apply’ and send your application today!

As a committed Circle Back Initiative employer, we will respond to your application.

Applications are shortlisted as they are received. Please apply as soon as possible to be considered. Thank you