As the national peak body for 148 Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs), NACCHO plays a critical role in supporting its members and influencing government policy, programs and system reform to strengthen health and wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
This is a rare opportunity to step into a newly created executive role and help shape the future of Aboriginal community controlled health care in Australia. We are in a period of significant growth, system reform and innovation, with new funding, evolving priorities and new ways of working. As Chief Operating Officer, you will play a critical role in building and strengthening NACCHO’s operational foundation, designing and embedding systems, structures and processes needed to support the organisation’s next phase of growth.
This role will be key to ensuring NACCHO is well positioned to achieve its strategic priorities. Working closely with the CEO and Executive team, you will play a central role in strengthening NACCHO’s operational foundation, ensuring systems and processes are efficient, compliant and fully aligned to support organisational goals.
In this role, you will:
What you’ll bring
You are an agile, collaborative and experienced senior leader with strong business and financial acumen, having overseen end-to-end corporate functions, including operations, resources, financial management and reporting. You bring extensive experience across both finance and operations, with a demonstrated ability to integrate corporate, financial and program operations to support strategic and outcomes. You apply a systems thinking approach and a growth mindset, while remaining focused on delivering strategic priorities with accountability, cultural safety and respect and a commitment to continuous improvement.
The ideal candidate
You will demonstrate:
Ready to make an impact?
If you are interested in using your senior leadership skills to work collaboratively across a growing organisation focused on improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, please apply.
Please submit your application along with a pitch outlining your suitability for the role and the value you would bring to NACCHO.
For more information, visit our website at Homepage - NACCHO or download a copy of the position description- https://shorturl.at/ktBLm For a confidential discussion, please contact Dawn Casey, CEO at Dawn.Casey@naccho.org.au
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
Application closing date: 23 June 2026
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
