Job description
Agency Attorney-General’s Department Work unit Public Guardian and Trustee
Job title Team Manager Guardianship Health Designation Senior Professional Officer 1
Job type Full time Duration Ongoing commencing 17/10/2026
Salary $136,380 - $152,357 Location Darwin
Position number 48067 RTF 355640 Closing 15/09/2026
Contact officer Lorraine King, Director Guardianship on 1800 810 979 or [email protected]
About the agency http://www.publicguardian.nt.gov.au
Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=355640
APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR
TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates
people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or
job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go
to the OCPE website.
Primary objective
Reporting to the Director Guardianship, manage a multi-disciplinary team to deliver an integrated high-quality service within a
human rights framework and to carry out structured decision making for adults with impaired decision-making capacity.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Provide leadership to ensure that guardianship services and health care decision making are delivered in accordance with
legislative requirements.
2. Implement and monitor quality improvement activities that promote national best practice models, program policies and
standard operating procedures.
3. Manage and supervise complex client caseloads of the Adult Guardianship Officer team and the Health team within the
legislative frameworks, taking into account the complexities and ethical considerations relating to advocacy and substitute
decision making.
4. Ensure adherence of team members to statutory requirements and Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee (OPGT) guidelines
to facilitate consistent and high quality responses.
5. Develop and maintain effective partnerships with key local stakeholders and represent the Public Guardian.
6. Actively participate in the guardianship management team by contributing to developing protocols and procedures relating to
contemporary adult guardianship legislation, health care decision making and best practice within a human rights framework.
7. Follow defined service quality standards, Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) policies and procedures relating to the work
being undertaken to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.
8. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour.
9. Participate in the on call after hours service provided by the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Demonstrated knowledge of Northern Territory (NT) health and human services sector, particularly disability, mental illness,
aged care services and guardianship systems.
2. Demonstrated experience in working within legislative frameworks such as the Guardianship of Adults Act 2016, the Health Care
Decision Making Act 2023, related legislation, policies and standards relating to people with disabilities and ageing and impaired
decision making capacity.
3. Demonstrated ability to provide effective management and leadership within a multi-disciplinary team setting.
4. Demonstrated ability to deliver high quality adult guardianship services and health care decision making in line with the
principles, complexities and ethical considerations related to substitute decision making with a human rights focus.
5. High level communication, problem solving and negotiation skills with the ability to interact effectively with key stakeholders,
clients and their families from diverse cultural backgrounds.
6. Proven experience in service planning and ability to improve service delivery and practice.
7. Relevant degree qualification for example in the areas of health, social services or law.
Desirable
1. Knowledge of issues affecting adult guardianship services and health care delivery in regional and remote areas of the NT.
Further information
The successful applicant will be required to undergo a criminal history check and may require a working with children clearance. A
criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant criminal history.
