Wellbeing Manager

Job Description:

• Employment Type: Part Time; 28 hours per week
• Duration: 2 years fixed term
• Remuneration: Professional Level 8 $127K- $143K (based on experience) + 17% super+ annual leave loading
• Location: Kensington Campus, New South Wales.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates must hold unrestricted work rights to be considered for this position.

Position Summary

The Wellbeing Manager leads the strategic development, implementation and evaluation of student health and wellbeing initiatives across the UNSW Faculty of Medicine & Health. Drawing on clinical expertise, the role drives faculty-wide programs focused on prevention, early intervention and capability building, with the aim of strengthening student wellbeing and supporting a safe, inclusive learning environment.

Working at a senior level, the role provides leadership in wellbeing governance, quality assurance and continuous improvement, while acting as the key escalation point for complex student matters requiring clinical judgment and risk-based decision-making. The Wellbeing Manager partners closely with internal and external stakeholders, including the Mental Health Connect team, to ensure integrated, culturally safe and best-practice support frameworks across the faculty.

The role also plays a central part in building staff capability through training and coaching, embedding wellbeing into teaching and student experience initiatives, and using data and insights to inform strategy, reporting and service planning.

Based at Kensington, the role will require travel to metropolitan and rural clinical schools and hospital sites.

Key Skills Required

• A tertiary qualification in Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapist, Mental Health Nursing or equivalent postgraduate qualification.
• At least 6 years relevant experience and registration with appropriate professional body e.g. AHPRA, AASW etc.
• Demonstrated subject matter expertise in designing and delivering health and wellbeing training and development programs for staff and/or students, preferably within higher education or professional settings.
• Extensive skills in providing effective, brief therapeutic interventions to students with a broad range of presenting and complex needs.
• Significant experience conducting comprehensive psycho-social and risk assessments, including formulation and appropriate referral pathways to support complex and crisis student presentations.
• Proven understanding of the unique challenges of students undertaking health professional training programs, including placement-related pressures and regulatory requirements.
• Previous high-level experience in resource planning and project management in higher education or equivalent level of knowledge gained through education/training and/or experience.
• Strong understanding of data analysis and using insights to inform reporting and creating strategies that improve student outcomes.

Please refer to the position description for full details.

Benefits and Culture:

UNSW offer a competitive salary and access to a plethora of UNSW-perks including:

• Career development opportunities
• 17% Superannuation contributions and additional leave loading payments
• 10 days paid cultural leave per year
• Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period
• Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness)

More information on the great staff benefits and culture can be found here

How to Apply:

To be considered for this role, you must address the Selection Criteria which are outlined in the “Skills and Experience” section of the position description. Applications that do not address these criteria will not be considered. For more information, refer to the Position Description available on JOBS@UNSW.

Make each day matter with a meaningful career at UNSW. Submit your application including your resume & cover letter online before Wednesday 26th May at 11:55pm. A copy of the Position Description can be found on JOBS@UNSW.

Pre-Employment Checks

Aligned with UNSW’s focus on cultivating a workplace defined by safety, ethical conduct, and strong integrity preferred candidates will be required to participate in a combination of pre-employment checks relevant to the role they have applied for.

A current Working with Children Check, Qualifications Check & Verification of relevant professional membership is a condition of employment essential for this position, and other pre-employment checks may include a combination of some of the following checks:

• National and International Criminal history checks
• Entitlement to work and ID checks
• Completion of a Gender-Based Violence Prevention Declaration
• Employment history and reference checks
• Financial responsibility assessments/checks.
• Medical Checks and Assessments

Compliance with the necessary combination of these checks is a condition of employment at UNSW.