Executive General Manager Housing and Homelessness

• Provide strategic and operational leadership of the Housing & Homelessness portfolio
• Be the internal and external face of Wesley Mission’s community housing and homelessness services – delivering high-quality services that create safety, stability and pathways to independence, managing our community housing portfolio and government funding contracts, and advocating strongly for systemic reform on housing affordability and homelessness at both Commonwealth and NSW levels

• Extensive senior leadership experience in community housing, homelessness or a related human services field
• Strong knowledge of the Commonwealth and NSW social and community housing system, specialist homelessness services and the relevant regulatory environment, including the National Regulatory System for Community Housing (NRSCH)
• Strong financial and asset-management acumen, including managing budgets, government funding contracts and long-term sustainability
• Experience using data and evaluation to demonstrate and improve service outcomes
• Demonstrated success in business development and growing service capacity
• Highly developed stakeholder engagement, policy and advocacy skills, including with Homes NSW, DCJ and sector peak bodies as well as wider government and philanthropic organisations
• Demonstrated ability to lead, develop and engage multidisciplinary teams
• Demonstrated commitment to person-centred, trauma-informed and culturally safe practice
• As this is a key role within the organisation, you will have an active Christian faith, seeing this role as a vocation and expression of your faith (desirable) or otherwise you will demonstrate explicit support for Wesley Mission’s faith and purpose (essential)
• Tertiary qualification in social work, housing, human services, business, management or a related discipline
• Current Working with Children Check clearance
• Current National Criminal History Check
• Current NSW driver licence

• Demonstrated experience managing a community housing portfolio, including tenancy and property management and compliance
• Proven ability to deliver specialist homelessness services that meet contractual and regulatory requirements and achieve client outcomes
• Experience in a not-for-profit or community service organisation
• Knowledge of registration and compliance under the National Regulatory System for Community Housing (NRSCH)
• Established networks across the NSW housing and homelessness sector
• Experience working within a faith-based organisation

generous salary packaging