Chief Operating Officer | Permanent Full-time | Tresillian Reference Number: Tresillian 60/2024
Employment Status: Permanent Full-time
Remuneration: Approximately $250K includes super and salary packaging
Vaccination Category : CAT B
Location: Tresillian Canterbury, 2 McKenzie Street, Belmore or 25 Shirley Road, Wollstonecraft
About the Role: Tresillian is currently recruiting for a dynamic new Chief Operating Officer (COO) role. The COO is responsible for the corporate management; quality and safety; information technology; and financial services for the organisation. The COO is a key member of the Executive team accountable for organisation wide portfolios in several different states and territories.
Key Success Factors for the Role: · Maintain a robust governance and risk framework and infrastructure oversight.
· Achieve accreditation status against the ACHS accreditation National Standards; and, as a minimum, achieve 'Meeting National Quality Standards' as per the National Quality Framework and Standards for the Early Childhood Education and Care Sector.
· Development of a digital strategy to improve efficiency of information management and communications across Tresillian.
Direct Reports :
· Finance Director
· Quality & Safety Director
· Director Health Information
· Director Marketing & Public Relations
· Director Guthrie Early Learning Centre
· Research Manager
· Facilities Operations Supervisor
· Special Projects Manager
About Us: The Royal Society for the Welfare of Mothers and Babies, trading as Tresillian , was formed in 1918 to coordinate early child and maternal health care services in New South Wales (NSW). Tresillian is now the largest early child and family health and parenting service in Australia, operating from four sites in metropolitan Sydney and numerous NSW regional and rural sites supporting service provision to families across NSW, the ACT and in Tasmania from mid-2025.
Tresillian is a Certified Child Safe Leader and is dedicated to creating a workplace environment where children's rights are recognised and championed.
Tresillian provides local and state-wide services including health and parenting assessments; parenting advice; education; and support to families via a range of service delivery models including centre based day programs, home visiting, telehealth, helpline, internet, virtual residential and face to face residential services. In addition, Tresillian provides education, training, and consultancy across a range of sectors including within the health care service and higher education. For further information on Tresillian, please visit our website
Selection Criteria: Applicants must address the Selection Criteria : 1) Tertiary Qualifications in health administration, business administration or a related discipline. 2) Extensive experience in a leadership role of a complex organisation or department.
3) Understanding of Health Service funding models and a capacity to identify and analyse financial needs within the organisation and to recommend and evaluate innovative organisational strategies in response to those needs.
4) Demonstrated ability to manage information management and technology, infrastructure and support services associated with complex health organisations.
5) Understanding of accreditation models for health services including the early childhood education National Quality Framework.
6) Demonstrated high level analytical and conceptual abilities, communication and organisation skills and a commitment to quality improvement.
7) Experience in organisation development, change management and team building.
8) Advanced computer literacy being competent at Word, PowerPoint and Excel Microsoft packages and applications.
9) Current NSW Drivers Licence Class C.
What We Offer: 1) Generous salary packaging up to $15,900 per FBT year and Meal & Entertainment on top of this amount utilising an additional $2,650 (as a Not-for-profit and registered Health Promotion Charity).
2) Opportunity to access a large range of clinical and non-clinical education programs, including access to study leave, extended child and family health practice skills for clinicians and a biannual Tresillian conference.
3) Access to our free and confidential Employee Assistance Program.
4) Access to Fitness Passport for eligible staff.
5) Applicants who currently work within NSW Health or another Affiliated Health Organisation may be able to transfer their service and leave entitlements to Tresillian.
This position requires a Working with Children Check (WWCC) issued by the Office of the Children's Guardian. For more information and how to apply, please visit the Office of the Children's Guardian website
Appropriate criminal record and child protection checks are conducted for all successful candidates. Employment with Tresillian is subject to having current immunity status that complies with the Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases - Policy Directive Immunisation History Complies with NSW Health Policy Directive PD2024_015. Appointment and ongoing employment will be subject to continued compliance with the Policy Directive.
How to Apply: Interested applicants need to email the following documentation directly to the contact person provided: 1) Cover letter addressing the selection criteria. 2) Curriculum Vitae. 3) Name and contact details of two referees (phone and email).
For further enquiries regarding the position or a copy of the job description please contact: Chief Executive Officer | A/ Prof Robert Mills | Tresillian | Mobile: 0477 721 775 | Email:
