Area Manager

Job Description

Lead the Future of Psychological Services at Konekt

At Konekt, we're passionate about helping Australians thrive at work and in life. As one of Australia's leading workplace rehabilitation and wellbeing providers, we support more than 40,000 people every year to recover from injury, build resilience, and successfully return to meaningful work.

We're looking for an inspiring and commercially minded leader to drive the growth and success of our Psychological Services capability.

This is an opportunity to make a genuine difference at scale. You'll lead a team of talented Psychologists, Social Workers and Rehabilitation Counsellors, shaping best practice, developing capability, and delivering innovative services that support workers experiencing psychological injury, psychosocial challenges, and complex return to work needs.

If you're passionate about empowering clinicians, influencing service excellence, and creating better outcomes for people and workplaces, we'd love to hear from you.

Why Join Konekt?

At Konekt, we invest in our people so they can do their best work.

• Competitive salary and incentive program
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements designed around you
• Option to work a 9-day fortnight
• Tailored career development and leadership pathways
• Ongoing professional development and training opportunities
• Access to Fitness Passport and discounts at hundreds of Australia's leading retailers
• Be part of the global APM Group with opportunities across a network of health and human services brands

The Opportunity

As Psychological Services Lead, you'll play a pivotal role in strengthening Konekt's psychological health offering while building a high-performing and engaged specialist team.

You will:

• Lead, coach and inspire a team of Psychologists, Social Workers and Rehabilitation Counsellors
• Foster a culture of learning, collaboration and clinical excellence
• Provide onboarding, mentoring and technical development to support consultant growth and capability
• Drive quality, consistency and commercial performance across psychological services
• Support the delivery of evidence-based services including psychological injury management, counselling interventions, mental health fitness for work assessments, psychological functional capacity evaluations and facilitated workplace discussions
• Partner with customers, insurers, employers and internal stakeholders to deliver meaningful outcomes
• Ensure services align with legislative requirements, clinical governance standards and customer expectations
• Identify opportunities for service innovation, growth and continuous improvement

Why This Role Stands Out

This is more than a people leadership position.

You'll influence the direction of Konekt's psychological services nationally, helping shape service delivery, clinical capability and customer outcomes in one of the fastest-growing areas of workplace health.

You'll work across a diverse range of sectors including mining, government, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, transport and emergency services, giving you exposure to a broad range of psychological and vocational challenges.

Most importantly, you'll help people rebuild confidence, overcome barriers, and reconnect with meaningful work.

About You

We're looking for a confident and collaborative leader who is passionate about psychological health and workplace wellbeing.

You will bring:

• Tertiary qualifications and professional registration or membership as a Psychologist, Social Worker or Rehabilitation Counsellor
• Strong experience in workplace rehabilitation, psychological injury management or occupational health services
• Demonstrated expertise supporting people with psychological injuries, psychosocial barriers and return to work needs
• Experience delivering or overseeing services such as counselling interventions, fitness for work assessments, functional capacity evaluations, vocational counselling or facilitated discussions
• A passion for developing people through coaching, mentoring and capability building
• Leadership experience or the readiness to step into a senior leadership role
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
• Commercial awareness and a growth mindset
• A commitment to delivering exceptional outcomes for workers, employers and customers

Ready to Make an Impact?

Join a team that's changing lives every day and help shape the future of psychological services at Konekt. Contact Vicki on 0447 650 657 for more information.

Apply today and be part of a purpose-driven organisation where your leadership can make a lasting difference.

We're committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity

We welcome all people to join our team, including people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, living with disability, all gender identities, LGBTQIA+, people of any socioeconomic status, of any age, race, national origin or ethnicity. We believe each person's uniqueness makes us even better at the work we do.

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