Women’s Health Goulburn North East (WHGNE) is a proudly feminist organisation, supporting the creation of equal, just and resilient communities that lead change towards women’s empowerment, women’s health, the prevention of violence against women and ultimately, gender equality, in rural and regional Victoria.
Join our team –
Positions currently vacant:
Chief Executive Officer
Exciting opportunity for a motivated and highly experienced woman to lead our organisation and progress women’s health and wellbeing across the Goulburn North East Region.
With a dedicated Board, a committed team and a proven track record for excellence, the organisation is well positioned to progress its core work across the region. The CEO will provide strategic direction and collaborative, visionary leadership to implement our strategy and ensure achievement of WHGNE’s purpose, organisational objectives and financial sustainability.
To be successful in this role you will have at least three years’ experience as a CEO with a strong record of stakeholder engagement and influence within a health, community or Not for Profit setting.
As a leader you are values driven and outcomes focused with a positive ‘can do’ attitude and have a strong understanding of the role of advocacy in change making. You have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills and your natural approach is inspiring, inclusive, respectful and professional.
You are committed to addressing systemic and structural inequalities and bringing a gendered lens to service design across the whole region. You bring a strong commercial and financial acumen to growth and development within the organisation and have a sound understanding of contemporary governance, along with experience working effectively with a Board.
To apply
Our intention is to understand at a high level how your personal values, knowledge and experience align with the key selection criteria (listed in the Position Description). Please complete a cover letter (no more than 2 pages) outlining this and send with your resume to Marita Ryan at marita@maritaryan.com.au
Applications close 9am Monday 16th June 2025
Round 1 interviews will be held via Teams on Tuesday 24th June 2025
further information Marita Ryan 0428 401 834 marita@maritaryan.com.au
WHGNE Equal Opportunity Exemption No. #H144/2022
WHGNE encourages, supports and welcomes women to apply no matter your race, ethnicity, social background, religion, age, sexual orientation or whether you are living with a disability. Cisgender and trans women are welcome to apply.
Want to know what it’s like working at WHGNE before you apply? Hear from some of our staff, who share their perspectives in this video:
Our work addresses the harms of binary gender norms and practices to achieve long-term gender equality. We apply a gendered lens to the factors and environments that shape women’s health and wellbeing in rural and regional Victoria. Our expertise is in gender and climate justice, gender equity, the prevention of violence against women and sexual and reproductive health.
Our experienced staff are local leaders in the field of gender equity and shared learning. We make our expertise accessible to our communities through highly regarded research, resources and toolkits. We are alert to the political environment, and work to uphold and advance women’s rights by influencing policy and planning. We work alongside women to listen to and amplify experiences of health to raise awareness, change attitudes, and influence system response.
We also work with community groups, organisations and workplaces to develop and deliver information and practical tools, consultations, coaching, tailored training, workshops and facilitated conversations.
Note for potential applicants (staff roles):
- WHGNE has an exemption under the equal opportunity act to employ only women: EO #H144/2022.
- WHGNE encourages, supports and welcomes women to apply no matter your race, ethnicity, social background, religion, age, sexual orientation or whether you are living with a disability. Cis-gender and trans women are welcome to apply.
- WHGNE is committed to supporting skill development and encourages applications from women who believe they meet the majority of the key selection criteria and are keen to build further skills and experience.
- WHGNE has a flexible working policy and as such, employees may elect to work from home, or from another convenient location. However, the designated place of work is Wangaratta and staff are expected to be able to attend meetings in Wangaratta, as well as travel to meetings across the region, in person as required.
- We want to support our local workforce so it is desirable (not mandatory!) that applicants live in one of the following 12 Local Government Areas to apply for a role at Women’s Health Goulburn North East:
– Alpine Shire
– Benalla Rural City
– City of Greater Shepparton
– Indigo Shire
– Mansfield Shire
– Mitchell Shire
– Moira Shire
– Murrinidindi Shire
– Strathbogie Shire
– Towong Shire
– Rural City of Wangaratta
– City of Wodonga
Working Conditions
Under the Fair Work Act 2009, WHGNE is empowered to develop our own Employee Collective Agreement (ECA). This is in place of an Award and it forms the basis for all staff employed at WHGNE and is registered with Fair Work. You can read our ECA here.
Our Workplace
WHGNE’s work is focused on cultural change that leads us towards gender equality. We believe this good work starts with us, so we have developed a set of values that guide how we work together as a team, and how we work with others in our community. We feel it is important that we model what these values look like in practice, and encourage you to think about whether they are applicable to your own setting. These practices focus on what each member of our team can do to support our feminist way of working.