Team Leader, RhED

RhED Lead | Full-time, permanent | Based in St Kilda

SACS Level 6 | Community Health Centre (Stand Alone Services) Social and Community Service Employees Multi Enterprise Agreement 2022

Lead with lived experience. Create safer, stronger communities.

At Better Health Network, we believe community leadership matters, especially leadership grounded in lived and living experience.

We’re looking for a passionate and people-focused RhED Lead to support and strengthen our Resourcing Health & Education in the Sex Industry (RhED) program a statewide specialist service supporting sex workers across Victoria through health promotion, advocacy, outreach, education, and peer-informed support.

This is a unique opportunity to lead within a program that champions the rights, health, safety, and wellbeing of sex workers while actively challenging stigma and barriers to care.

About The Role

As Team Leader, RhED, you will oversee day-to-day operations, support frontline staff, strengthen service delivery, and foster a positive, collaborative team culture. Working closely with the Program Manager, you will help drive quality outcomes for the sex worker community while supporting staff capability, wellbeing, and continuous improvement.

About You

We are seeking an experienced and values-driven Team Leader to lead RhED, Victoria’s specialist sex worker health promotion and support program.

RhED delivers outreach, education, advocacy, and support for sex workers across Victoria, working to improve health, safety, wellbeing, and access to care while reducing stigma and discrimination.

This role is ideal for a strong people leader with experience in community health, peer-based programs, or social services who is passionate about rights-based, trauma-informed, and culturally safe practice.

You will bring

• A strong commitment to the rights, safety, and wellbeing of sex workers
• Experience leading teams within health, community, or peer-based services
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to support high-quality, person-centred service delivery
• Understanding of trauma-informed and culturally safe practice
• Relevant qualification in health, social work, community services, or similar

Highly regarded

• Lived or living experience in the sex work industry
• Experience within peer-led, harm reduction, or LGBTIQA+ inclusive services

Why join BHN?

• Purpose-driven work with real community impact
• Inclusive, supportive, and values-led culture
• Opportunity to lead within a respected specialist program
• Professional development and leadership support
• Salary packaging benefits up to $18,900

About RhED

RhED is part of BHN’s Resilient Communities portfolio and delivers trauma-informed, culturally safe, and inclusive services for people working in the sex industry. Our work is grounded in peer leadership, social justice, and harm reduction principles.

We recognise the enormous value of lived and living experience within the sex industry and strongly encourage applications from current or former sex workers.

Apply now with your resume and cover letter outlining your experience and interest in the role.

For a confidential discussion, contact Gemma Fitzgerald, Program Manager – Resilient Communities at ***email_hidden***

Applications will be reviewed as received.