Service Area Manager

Mission Australia

Cairns, QLD, Australia
$130k + super + nfp salary pyckaging benefit
Ndis local area coordination
Early childhood services
Operational delivery
Mission Australia is seeking an experienced Service Area Manager to lead the day‑to‑day operational delivery of NDIS Local Area Coordination (LAC) and Early Childhood (EC) services across North Queensland

Job Summary

  • Mission Australia is seeking an experienced Service Area Manager to lead the day‑to‑day operational delivery of NDIS Local Area Coordination (LAC) and Early Childhood (EC) services across North Queensland.
  • This role has accountability for service performance, compliance, people leadership and quality outcomes within a defined service stream.
  • Not-for-profit salary packaging, reducing your tax (details via AccessPay) and free external, confidential counselling and access to chaplaincy support are among the benefits.

Matching Summary

Mission Australia is seeking an experienced Service Area Manager to lead the day‑to‑day operational delivery of NDIS Local Area Coordination (LAC) and Early Childhood (EC) services across North Queensland.

Salary

$130K + Super + NFP Salary Packaging benefit

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • NDIS Local Area Coordination
  • Early Childhood services
  • operational delivery
  • contract performance
  • people leadership

Nice-to-have

  • culturally and psychosocially safe workplace
  • continuous improvement initiatives
  • positive community outcomes

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years' management experience
  • human services or community-based operations
  • managing compliance, risk and performance
  • overseeing service-level budgets
  • NDIS clearance
  • work with children/vulnerable people check

Work Rights

Not specified

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