Specialist Practice

Healthcare & Not-for-Profit

Clinical leadership, aged care, NFP and purpose-led roles.

+4.9%Median health & NFP base movement
0.7×Candidates per senior clinical-leadership role
+12%Premium for aged-care reform-ready executives
Overview

We partner with healthcare providers, aged care operators, not-for-profits and purpose-led institutions to appoint clinical, operational and executive leaders who balance mission with sustainability.

Market context

Healthcare and not-for-profit organisations face rising demand, funding complexity and workforce shortages. Leadership that can hold mission and viability together is rare — and exactly what we search for.

Talent market insights · Q2 2026

Where this market stands today

Healthcare and not-for-profit organisations are hiring against a backdrop of rising demand, funding complexity and acute workforce shortages. Clinical leadership — directors of nursing, clinical services and care — is in chronically short supply, and reform agendas in aged care and disability services have lifted demand for executives who can hold mission and financial sustainability together.

Demand by segment

Clinical & nursing leadership Acute and structural workforce shortage.
Aged-care / reform-ready executives
Fundraising & philanthropy
Quality & compliance

Hiring demand index

+40.7%
202120222023202420252026

Health & NFP demand index — reform, ageing demographics and workforce shortage compounding demand.

Salary snapshot

What these roles pay

Base salary, AUD '000 p.a. (excl. super; salary packaging available). For city-level and total-reward detail, download the full Healthcare & NFP Salary Guide.

Chief Executive (Health / NFP)
$220k $300k typical $480k
Director of Clinical Services
$180k $220k typical $290k
Director of Nursing & Care
$160k $195k typical $250k
Operations / Service Director
$170k $210k typical $280k
Fundraising & Philanthropy Lead
$130k $165k typical $220k
Quality & Compliance Manager
$120k $150k typical $190k
Program / Service Manager
$110k $135k typical $170k
Key talent shortage

Directors of nursing, clinical and care services — a structural shortage.

View the full Healthcare & NFP Salary Guide

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