Executive Manager – Youth Mental Health

We’re looking for an experienced and values-driven Executive Manager – Youth Mental Health to provide strategic leadership across our Brophy Youth division.

This senior executive role will lead a broad service area across Warrnambool, Portland and Hamilton, including youth mental health through the nationally renowned headspace model alongside alcohol and other drug services, housing and homelessness, youth justice, wellbeing and early intervention.

As part of Brophy’s Executive Leadership Team, this role will help shape organisational strategy, strengthen service quality and clinical governance, and lead sustainable outcomes for young people, families and communities across the region.

What we offer 

• Attractive remuneration package of $182,207 – $194,102 and Personal use of vehicle.
• Not-for-Profit Salary Sacrificing options of up to $15,899 per FBT year.
• Portable Long Service Leave from eligible organisations.
• 6 weeks of Annual Leave per annum.
• Excellent Learning & Development opportunities.
• Confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for personal and professional wellbeing. 
• Additional Public Holiday Day at Easter.
• The opportunity to provide executive leadership across a highly regarded, place-based community organisation.
• Relocation support is available and may include financial assistance, temporary accommodation, or help coordinating your move. The exact level of support is confirmed during the offer stage based on individual circumstances.

About the Role

As Executive Manager – Youth Mental Health, you will provide executive leadership across Brophy Youth, ensuring our services remain integrated, sustainable, evidence-informed and responsive to community need. 

You’ll lead a team committed to a simple belief: young people deserve safe, connected coaching and support that helps them build stability, wellbeing, independence and positive futures. 

Central to this is our headspace network, which plays a vital role in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of young people across Warrnambool, Portland, Hamilton and surrounding areas.

As lead agency for these services, Brophy holds responsibility for contractual compliance, model integrity and service performance. This role will ensure those obligations are met while strengthening Brophy Youth’s broader impact across the region. 

This role is also responsible for the leadership and oversight of a complex, multi-disciplinary and multi-site service system, leading Senior Managers and organisational leaders across youth mental health, alcohol and other drug, housing, homelessness, youth justice, wellbeing and early intervention services. 

You will hold key responsibility for service quality, clinical governance, practice leadership, financial sustainability, workforce capability, strategic partnerships, compliance, risk and continuous improvement.

You will contribute to whole-of-organisation decision-making as part of Brophy’s Executive Team, providing strategic advice to the Chief Executive Officer on risks, opportunities, reform, service development and future directions. 

We are looking for an experienced executive or senior leader who can balance strategy with people, governance with innovation, and service performance with genuine community impact. 

 This is an Ongoing, Full‑time position, primarily based in Warrnambool, with regular travel to Portland and Hamilton.

Do your skills include…

• Demonstrated executive or senior leadership experience leading a major business area, service system or organisational function within a complex community service, health, human service or related environment.
• Strong experience leading strategic direction, operational performance, workforce capability, financial sustainability and sustainable outcomes.
• Proven ability to contribute to organisational strategy, executive decision-making and organisational governance.
• Demonstrated experience leading clinical governance and practice within a multi-disciplinary workforce.
• Experience leading governance, risk, compliance and quality systems, including oversight of critical incidents, safeguarding matters and organisational accountability requirements.
• Highly developed stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including experience working with government departments, funders, regulators, strategic partners and sector leaders.
• Strong financial, operational and workforce leadership capability, including leadership of senior leaders, management of organisational resources, organisational planning, service integration and change leadership.
• A demonstrated understanding of contemporary evidence-informed approaches relevant to youth mental health, health, housing, homelessness, justice, wellbeing and community service systems.
• A commitment to culturally safe, inclusive and psychologically healthy workplaces, including executive accountability for occupational health, safety and workforce wellbeing.

Are your credentials…

• Tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Psychology, Occupational Therapy, or Mental Health Nursing.
• Current registration with AHPRA or AASW.
• Tertiary qualifications or additional accredited training in business, management, leadership, governance, or a related discipline.
• A minimum of seven years’ experience in a leadership role within a similar not-for-profit, community services or health-based organisation.
• A current Driver’s Licence.
• A current Working With Children Check — Employee — Victoria.
• A current National Police Check.
• A current NDIS Worker Screening Check.

About Brophy

Brophy Family & Youth Services has supported children, young people, families and communities across South West Victoria for more than 50 years.

We are a place-based, for-purpose community organisation working alongside children, young people and families from sites in Warrnambool, Portland and Hamilton.

At Brophy, we believe in people and in their ability to create the life they want. Our team delivers more than 40 programs and services across areas including youth engagement, mental health, family violence, foster care, housing support, employment support and disability services.

Brophy Youth delivers a range of youth-focused mental health, alcohol and other drug, housing, homelessness, wellbeing, youth justice and early intervention services across South West Victoria. This includes headspace Warrnambool, headspace Portland, headspace Hamilton, Foyer Warrnambool, youth housing and homelessness services, youth justice programs, youth early intervention services and associated outreach, wellbeing and integrated support programs.

At Brophy, our Vision is not only focused externally on our community. We are just as passionate about our employees being meaningfully connected through their roles with us to create the life they want, and that as a workforce we achieve this together through innovation, healthy relationships and positively contributing to building an advantaged community.

Diversity and Inclusion at Brophy

Brophy is dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment that ensures safety and a sense of belonging for everyone. We embrace individuals of diverse races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, religions, abilities and nationalities, recognising the richness that varied experiences bring to our efforts in supporting individuals and building stronger communities.

Our commitment extends to actively listening, learning and evolving to become an accessible, inclusive and secure organisation for all, encompassing First Nations peoples, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, individuals with disabilities and those with culturally diverse backgrounds.

Brophy has zero tolerance for child abuse or harm and is unwavering in our commitment to child safety and wellbeing. We empower children and young people by valuing their voices and participation. At Brophy, young people will be supported to express their culture and enjoy their cultural rights.

For more information please contact Josh Hill, CEO on (03) 5561 8888 or jhill@brophy.org.au OR Workforce Engagement at hr@brophy.org.au

Applications close Friday 18th September 2026

We’re excited to hear from interested candidates and will be reviewing applications as they arrive.

To give yourself the best opportunity, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as suitable applicants may be invited to interview or offered the role during the recruitment process.

Please note that we are only able to consider candidates who have the right to work in Australia, and we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role.