Session leader - bendigo

Search suburb or city: Bendigo, VIC, AU

Company: Australian Red Cross Lifeblood

Exciting Leadership Opportunity at Lifeblood

Permanent part-time opportunity – ***** hours per fortnight over 9 shifts.

Varied shifts across a rotating roster – Monday to Saturday.

Location: Bendigo Donor Centre, Victoria

Salary starting from $47–$55 per hour, plus penalties, super, and salary packaging.

Lifeblood is more than just a job or a career, it's an opportunity to be part of something that matters. As an organisation, our purpose is straightforward: life‐giving donations, for life‐changing outcomes. Together, we want to help you build a fulfilling career with Lifeblood.

About the role

We're currently seeking a Session Leader to join our team at the Bendigo Donor Centre. Reporting to the Donor Centre Manager, you'll provide operational oversight to ensure that the end-to-end donation experience runs efficiently with no compromise on quality or safety. As a Session Leader, you'll provide direction, inspiration and support for your team to achieve common goals and foster team effectiveness, as well as managing tough issues with respect. You'll value self‐awareness and reflect on your own strengths and areas for development, making you an even stronger leader. A day in the centre could see you:

• Deliver a supportive and safe experience to our amazing donors
• Develop and coach teams
• Physically insert and remove needles to collect donations (training provided)
• Act as the first point of contact for any complex donor assessments
• Provide clinical oversight to team to ensure phlebotomy success
• Show pride in upholding our high safety and quality standards

Requirements

• Solid leadership experience in a supervisory or management role
• Experience coaching teams and providing performance feedback
• Comfortable leading and motivating teams to consistently achieve KPI targets
• Outstanding interpersonal skills with the ability to build a warm connection with donors
• Collaborative nature with a strong sense of teamwork
• Digital and technical aptitude
• Be flexible to work 9 shifts a fortnight, across a rotating roster – Monday to Saturday (Operating times for the donor centre range from 7:30 am through 8:30 pm)
• Clinical experience is desirable but not required

Benefits

• Access to salary packaging with an option to package up to $15,900 for living expenses and $2,650 for meals and entertainment
• 14 weeks paid parental leave – no waiting period for either parent
• Ability to purchase additional annual leave
• Discounted private health cover with corporate benefit
• Discounted access to 1,430+ gyms & pools all over Australia
• Employee Assistance Program – free, 24/7, confidential health, safety and wellbeing support
• Plus, many more

If you require adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, we encourage you to reach out to Rachel O'Shea at.

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