Jobs

• Full Time or Part Time (0.8 FTE), until 30 June 2026
• Newly created role to support older LGBTIQA+ and HIV+ people
• Leading LGBTQIA+ community services organisation

About the role

Working in a full-time or part-time (0.8FTE) capacity, the Specialist Financial Counsellor will play a vital role in improving financial resilience, security and overall wellbeing for LGBTIQA+ individuals accessing our service/s. The role will also:

• Utilise a holistic, person-centred, intersectional, trauma-informed approach when delivering the financial counselling service.
• Provide individual financial counselling, debt management strategies and financial literacy education to LGBTIQ+ clients.
• Advocate for clients with creditors, government agencies and housing providers to ensure fair treatment and access to financial assistance.

What’s on offer

In addition to your salary of SCHADS Level 5 and superannuation, Thorne Harbour also pays above award. You’ll also receive 17.5% leave loading and an ability to increase your take-home pay by accessing up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits.

There is also the option to increase your annual leave entitlements through our purchased leave program as well as professional and career development.

About you

You will have a Diploma in Financial Counselling and be eligible for membership with Financial Counselling Australia (FCA) or relevant state-based association. You will also bring to the role:

• Demonstrated experience providing financial counselling, including debt management, financial hardship advocacy, and support for clients facing financial stress.
• Knowledge of tenancy rights, eviction prevention strategies, and mortgage-related financial issues.
• Experience developing and delivering financial literacy programs, workshops, and community outreach initiatives.
• Strong case management, record-keeping, and reporting skills, with knowledge of relevant financial counselling regulations and ethical guidelines

About us

Combining passion, commitment and activism, Thorne Harbour Health aims to improve the health and wellbeing of our LGBTIQ+ communities and of those living with or affected by HIV.

For a detailed position description, including selection criteria, visit our website: https://thorneharbour.org/about/work/

For further enquiries please contact Lynda Horn, Senior Financial Counsellor on 0429 694 184 or lynda.horn@thorneharbour.org

Applicants from LGBTIQ+ communities including those living with HIV, those from CALD communities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people living with a disability are encouraged to apply.

How to apply

Click here for a detailed Position Description, including selection criteria.

Written applications addressing the selection criteria and including a resume and the names and contact details of three professional referees should be sent to recruitment@thorneharbour.org

Applications close on Sunday 11 May 2025

Important: it is essential that applicants specifically address the selection criteria. Where selection criteria have not been addressed, applications will not be considered.

Thorne Harbour Health is committed to child safety. We have zero tolerance of child abuse. Our robust human resources, recruitment and vetting practices are strictly adhered to during the application and interviewing process. Applicants should be aware that we carry out working with children, police records and reference checks for all roles.

Equinox is a Thorne Harbour Health (THH) operated health service that caters exclusively to our Trans and Gender Diverse (TGD) communities. The primary objective of Equinox is to reduce the barriers that TGD people face in accessing primary health care services and to contribute to the health and wellbeing of these communities. We offer mental health, sexual health, hormone management and a full range of GP services. Equinox is currently AGPAL Accredited.

PRONTO! is a peer driven, community-based shop front approach to reduce barriers to testing and early HIV detection. PRONTO! was established to reduce the barriers faced by gay and other men who have sex with men (MSM) communities. PRONTO! services include peer-delivered rapid HIV testing and STI screening as well as medical practitioner facilitated Pre–Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) access clinics. Medical practitioners interpret STI test results and offer treatment services on-site.

We are currently seeking contractor General Practitioners/Sexual Health Physicians who are interested in working in this unique space. Our existing team of GPs are happy to provide mentoring and support to interested medical practitioners who are interested in developing their skills and working with TGD and/or gay/MSM communities.

Our current team consists of GPs that provide services to both Equinox and PRONTO! clients, and some who just work with the PRONTO! program. We have an urgent need for more doctors to work in our Equinox program and priority will be given to applicants willing to work primarily in this service.

We offer bulk-billing services to clients of both programs. Clients without Medicare are billed at the Medicare Rebate Schedule rates. We offer our contractor GPs a fee split of 70% of all income received.

Click here for the full Contract Role Description.

For further information, contact Program Manager, Peter Locke on 0419 913 062 or peter.locke@thorneharbour.org.

Qualifications

Applicants must have a tertiary qualification enabling eligibility for registration with the Medical Board of Victoria. Fellowship with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners or Royal Australian College of Physicians (Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine) is required.

The Centre Clinic is a Thorne Harbour Health (THH) operated health service that caters to the LGBTI community and people living with HIV. We are keen to hear from suitably qualified general practitioners and/or sexual health physicians who are interested in working in our AGPAL Accredited General Practice.

The Centre Clinic provides General Practice services including HIV testing, treatment and prevention, mental health, sexual health, hormone management, vaccinations and preventative health care and chronic disease management to the LGBTI community.

We are currently seeking contractor General Practitioners/Sexual Health Physicians who are interested in working in this unique space. Our existing team of GPs are happy to provide mentoring and support to interested medical practitioners who are willing to develop their skills and working with the LGBTI community.

We offer mixed billing services to our patients and those without Medicare are billed at the Medicare Rebate Schedule rates. We offer our contractor GPs a fee split of 70% of all income received.

Click here for the full Contract Role Description.

For further information, contact Program Manager, Clinical Services, Peter Locke on 0419 913 062 or peter.locke@thorneharbour.org.