CatholicCare Sydney
Executive Director - Consumer Directed Care
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Executive Director - Consumer Directed Care
Location: Liverpool
Employment Type: FP - Full-Time Ongoing
Department: Executive Leadership Team - Kate's Team
Closing Date: 14 Jul 2026
About The Role
As Executive Director – Consumer Directed Care (permanent, full time), you will provide strategic leadership across our aged care, disability, supported employment and allied health services.
You will lead the transformation of our service delivery model providing high-quality, person-centred outcomes while balancing clinical excellence, regulatory compliance, and sustainable growth.
This is a pivotal executive leadership role responsible for aligning service delivery, workforce performance and commercial discipline to maximise client choice, independence and organisational impact.
We are seeking a values-driven and inspiring leader who can navigate complexity, innovate, and bring people together around a shared vision for the future of care.
You will lead and empower a large and diverse team of approximately 200 employees, fostering a culture grounded in collaboration, compassion, courage, inclusion, and empowerment.
To Succeed in This Role, You Will Have
- Demonstrated experience working within Consumer Directed Care (CDC) partnering with complex regulators to enable individuals in exercising choice and control around their service model, with a strong understanding of person-centred practice.
- A track record of leading large, multidisciplinary teams and delivering sustainable service and commercial outcomes in complex, regulated environments.
- Proven experience and a commitment to enhancing client experiences through meaningful transformation.
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically and lead organisation-wide initiatives while planning and prioritising complex reform and transformation projects.
- Proven experience engaging and influencing staff and stakeholders, developing strong and constructive relationships and partnerships, and creating a shared vision that builds direction, alignment and purpose.
- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline, together with substantial experience in a senior leadership or management role of similar scope and complexity.
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For a full breakdown of the key accountabilities and selection criteria, please download a copy of the Position Description on the application page.
About CatholicCare Sydney
CatholicCare Sydney is a leading not-for-profit agency supporting people from all walks of life. We are an organisation that promotes diversity and inclusion and commits to the growth and wellbeing of our staff, empowering them to make a positive change to the community. CatholicCare is the official social services agency of the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney and a certified Family Friendly Organisation.
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To be considered for this role, you will need to attach your resume and a cover letter addressing how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the role.
Applications for this position close on Tuesday 14 July 2026. Please submit your application as soon as possible as shortlisting for this position will commence immediately.
Need more information? Contact Brigitte Fairbank on brigitte.fairbank@catholiccare.org
CatholicCare requires the preferred applicant to undertake a National Criminal History Record Check prior to employment, and for some roles, a NDIS Worker Screening Check and Working with Children Check is also required.
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