Senior Technical Advisor

As one of the Australia’s largest providers of human resources solutions, Chandler Macleod has a proven track record of unleashing potential in people and companies. For over 40 years Chandler Macleod’s recruitment business has connected leading-edge projects and employers with outstanding business professionals.

Our client is seeking to engage an Technical Advisor.

Location: Multiple

Contract Length: 12 months

Eligibility/Security Requirement: Applicants must be Australian Citizens

Pay Rate: $61.86/Hourly excluding superannuation


About the Team

The Technical Advisory Branch is part of the Operations and Support Division. The Technical Advisory Branch Team (TAB) is responsible for providing specialist technical/clinical and operational advice in relation to complex and novel cases, and support requests provides nuanced, sensitive, and high quality 'specialised clinical and technical' advice that is aligned with relevant legislation and policies to ensure supports meet participants varied and sometimes novel or complex support needs.

The team drives consistency in the application of the Agency’s reasonable and necessary planning decisions and Access decision making frameworks as outlined in the Agency’s Rules, tools, and operational guidelines to help facilitate the achievement of participant and scheme outcomes.


About the Role

The Technical Advisory is required to provide detailed technical, professional, policy, operational support and advice in relation to complex problems. Where required, the role will coordinate and assist in the strategic planning, program and project management and policy development.

The position is a team membership position that may be required to perform work that involves team leadership and management responsibilities requiring the setting of priorities and managing workflows of a team.

The Technical Advisory has reasonable autonomy and accountability to exercise both initiative and judgment to interpret legislation and policy, in the application of practices and procedures to achieve outcomes within the functions.


Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• Providing subject matter expertise using a coaching and mentoring approach, advising on the most appropriate supports to achieve participant outcomes.
• Managing sensitive conversations and situations associated with approval of funding.
• Liaising and working with stakeholders, delegates, partners and providers to ensure consistent decision making and outcome achievement.
• Providing high quality written and telephone advice and record keeping.

Required qualifications in any of the below.  These are acknowledged as covering degree, advanced or other diploma qualifications in the following areas:

• Occupational Therapy 
• Prosthetics and Orthotics 
• Speech Pathology 
• Physiotherapy 
• Psychology 
• Registered Nursing (must be eligible for AHPRA registration), 
• Social Work 
• Mental Health Practitioners 
• Specialists Behavioural Support Practitioners 

If you feel you are a suitable candidate submit your application by hitting “Apply for this job”. Alternatively, you can call Leanne Porter on 02 6268 9926 for further discussion.

  At Chandler Macleod, we are committed to fostering a diverse workforce where everyone is welcome. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, people living with a disability and the LGBTIQA+ community.

You can read more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion at https://www.chandlermacleod.com/diversity-and-inclusion