Senior Psychologist, Mental Health Services, NSW SES
- Exciting opportunity to build upon the success of the Mental Health Services team in providing support to all members within the NSW SES.
- Flexibility options to encourage wellbeing including access to flex days and hybrid working model.
- Work in a volunteer-based agency supporting communities of NSW.
- Full time ongoing role with salary $119,972.00 to $130,314.00
- Location: Role location is flexible. Wollongong location preferred but willing to consider flexible work location for suitable applicant. Role requires to travel around state and needs to be able to undertake as required for role.
About the opportunity
The Senior Psychologist (Mental Health Services) is responsible for providing clinical support, supervision, guidance, and advice to members within the NSW SES Peer Support and Chaplaincy Program and to NSW SES Managers to enhance member wellbeing and promote psychological safety in the workplace. This role will also engage with the MAP provider regarding psychological safety, resilience, and mental health issues current or emerging.
About the NSW SES
Our Mission: NSW SES saving lives and creating safer communities.
Our Vision: A trusted volunteer-based emergency service, working together to deliver excellence in community preparedness and emergency response.
The NSW SES serves the NSW community as the lead agency for floods, storms, and tsunamis as specified by the State Emergency Service Act 1989. We are recognised as the most versatile and widely used emergency service organisation in NSW. Our volunteers are highly skilled, experienced, and well- trained in the wide variety of roles they perform.
Each NSW SES Unit is as unique and varied as the community it serves, reflecting the vast mix of risks faced and roles required in the diverse locations and communities across the state. In addition to flood, storm and tsunami, our Service provides specialist capabilities that include general land rescue, vertical rescue, road crash rescue, and alpine and remote area search and rescue. The NSW SES responded to over 64,000 requests for assistance from the community over the 2021-22 year.
The NSW SES has over 10,000 volunteer members, including reserves, and a
full-time equivalent workforce of over 370. There are 262 volunteer Units across the State, and our volunteer Units are either local, community-based Units, State-wide or regional Units established to provide specialist capabilities. They are varied and unique in their capabilities, designed to address specific risks to communities of NSW.
About you
To be successful in this role you will be:
- Knowledgeable, skilled, and experienced in trauma informed practice, evidence based psychological tools, theories, and practice, psychosocial hazards, and critical incident response.
- A proactive, solution focused individual with sound clinical judgement and a genuine interest and passion for positive outcomes in the wellbeing of yourself and others, especially emergency first responders.
- A great team player with a collaborative approach, who is able to develop good relationships and sustainable outcomes for the agency.
- Flexible and agile in your approach to this role and assist the Manager Mental Health Services in the refinement, ongoing development and delivery of governance frameworks, systems, and processes.
What we can offer you
- Employment with attractive leave entitlements including parental leave, recreation and flex leave and other leave entitlements.
- Attractive salary range of $119,972.00 to $130,314.00 plus 12% superannuation and leave loading.
- Flexible work options working within operational requirements.
- Mental Health and Wellbeing programs and services
- Operational and leadership training and development opportunities via LinkedIn Learning and other training avenues to build and maintain skills.
- Comprehensive immunisation programs including the flu vaccine.
- Opportunities to build invaluable relationships across emergency service agencies, emergency service committees and other Government and community organisations.
Are you ready to join us?
Click apply and submit as separate attachments:
- A cover letter (maximum of one page) briefly responding to the essential requirements and your interest in the role.
- Responses to each of the targeted questions (maximum of one page per answer); and
- An up-to-date resume of no more than four pages detailing your skills and experience relevant to the role.
Targeted Questions
- What are the key elements of providing mental health support within an emergency service agency. In your response outline programs or initiatives, you have been involved with and their impacts on the workforce and broader organisation, including any challenges or barriers to success.
- NSW SES is an agency with members dispersed across the state. Outline your experience in delivering mental health support to remote workers across multiple locations. Outline any barriers or limitations to successful delivery.
Want to know more?
If you want to know more about this opportunity or if you have any questions, please contact Caitlin Goman, Manager Mental Health Services by calling 0447 424 792.
The role description is available Here.
Talent Pool
A talent pool may be created through this recruitment process. A talent pool is a group of candidates who have undergone an assessment process and have been identified as suitable for this role or similar roles for a period of 18 months. Being part of a talent pool means that you may be considered for ongoing or temporary employment for a range of similar roles. This offers exciting opportunities for you to gain a wide range of experiences to build your public service career.
For more information on how to apply for a role in the NSW Public Sector please
Applications close: Tuesday, 7 July 2026, 11:55 pm
The NSW State Emergency Service is a proud employer of a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, cultural background, faith, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We are committed to reflecting the diverse community we serve and creating an inclusive and flexible workplace. People with disability are supported to access adjustments in recruitment processes and in the workplace, to enable them to demonstrate their skills and capabilities to meet the requirements of the job. As supporters of flexible working, we welcome discussions about how our roles can be undertaken flexibly
