About ATODA

Staff

Devin Bowles, Chief Executive Officer
devin@atoda.org.au

Dave Corby, Office Manager
info@atoda.org.au

Julie Robert, Workforce Development and Project Manager
julie@atoda.org.au

Anke van der Sterren, Senior Researcher and Project Manager
anke@atoda.org.au

Jeanette Bruce, Operations and Office Manager
jeanette@atoda.org.au

Annie Bleeker, Senior Training Specialist
annie.bleeker@atoda.org.au

Anne Giles, Senior Project Manager
anne@atoda.org.au

Consultants

ATODA would also like to acknowledge the consultancy, IT, finance, training, legal and design support from:

• Blue Arc IT Solutions
• Candlelight Pictures
• Mr David McDonald (Social Research & Evaluation)
• Gil-Jones Barker Solicitors
• GoHosting
• Hide & Seek Media
• Lee Jackson Design
• Lesley Porroj
• MCS Audit
• Ms Rebecca Vassarotti
• Uniting ReGen
• YellowEdge

*Correct as per the ATODA Annual Report 2019-20.

Board

ATODA’s 2021 Board membership is:

ATODA’s Full, Associate and Individual Members and their ATOD Programs* includes:

1. ACT Shelter Association
2. Alcohol and Drug Services, Canberra Health Services
3. AOD Programs, CatholicCare Canberra & Goulburn
4. Mr Gerard Byrne
5. Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy
6. Canberra Institute of Technology
7. Canberra Recovery Services, The Salvation Army
8. Directions Health Services
9. Families ACT
10. Family Drug Support
11. Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform (ACT) Inc
12. Health Care Consumers’ Association of the ACT
13. Hepatitis ACT
14. Karralika Programs Inc
15. Mr David McDonald
16. Meridian
17. Mental Health Community Coalition ACT
18. Mental Health Foundation ACT
19. Toora Women Inc
20. Volunteering ACT
21. Wellways Australia Limited
22. Woden Community Service
23. Youth Coalition of the ACT

*Correct as per the ATODA Annual Report 2019-20

Stakeholders who are ACT based ATOD services and / or support the objects of the ATODA are invited to become a member of ATODA or renew their membership.

Download the 2020-2021 NEW ORGANISATION member form

Download the 2020-2021 ORGANISATION RENEWAL membership form

Download the 2020-2021 NEW INDIVIDUAL membership form

Download the 2020-2021 INDIVIDUAL RENEWAL membership form

Or contact ATODA info@atoda.org.au

Constitution

ATODA Constitution 2018
ATODA Constitution 2014
ATODA Constitution 2010

Annual Reports

ATODA Annual Report 2019-20
ATODA Annual Report 2018-19
ATODA Annual Report 2017-18
ATODA Annual Report 2016-17
ATODA Annual Report 2015-16
ATODA Annual Report 2014-15
ATODA Annual Report 2013-14
ATODA Annual Report 2012-13
ATODA Annual Report 2011-12
ATODA Annual Report 2010-11

Strategic Plan

ATODA’s Strategic Plan 2020-2023

ATODA’s Strategic Plan 2014-2019

ATODA’s Strategic Plan 2012-2013

Financial Reports

Please contact ATODA for hardcopies or further information.

ATODA engages in and supports a range of consultative and advisory structures, to inform its work, such as:

• ATODA Board
• ACT ATOD Workers Group
• ACT ATOD CEOs/Executive Directors Group

ATODA acknowledges its funders, partners and sponsors for their generous support, including:

Funders and Supporters

• ACT Health Directorate
• Department of Health, Australian Government
• Local Drug Action Teams, Australian Drug Foundation
• The Office for Mental Health and Wellbeing
• Members of ATODA

Partners and Collaborators*

• 360Edge
• ACT Corrective Services
• ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS)
• ACT Greens
• ACT Health Directorate
• ACT Health Human Research Ethics Committee
• ACT Justice and Community Safety Directorate
• ACT Labor
• ACT Policing
• ACT Shelter
• Alcohol and Drug Foundation
• Alcohol and Drug Services, Canberra Health Services
• Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs Council of Tasmania (ATDC)
• Association of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies Northern Territory (AADANT)
• Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol & other Drugs
• Australian Alcohol and other Drugs Council
• Australian Catholic University
• Australian Illicit and Injecting Drug Users League
• Australian National University
• Ms Roslyn Brown—Ngunnawal Elder
• Professor Lorana Bartels, Criminology Program Leader, Australian National University Centre for Social Research and Methods
• Dr David Caldicott – Emergency Consultant at the Emergency Department of the Calvary Hospital Canberra, Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine at the Australian National University
• Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy (CAHMA)
• Canberra Health Services
• Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT)
• Canberra Liberals
• Canberra Recovery Services, The Salvation Army
• Candlelight Pictures
• Capital Chemist Dickson
• Capital Chemist Tuggeranong Square
• Capital Chemist University of Canberra
• Capital Health Network
• Carers ACT
• Mr Richard Cash—360Edge
• CatholicCare Canberra & Goulburn
• Centre for Social Research Methods, Australian National University
• Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research (CYSAR)
• Chemist on Northbourne
• Chief Minister Treasury and Economic Development
• Rt Hon. Helen Clark—Global Commission on Drug Policy, Former Prime minister of New Zealand
• Consumer representatives
• Department of Education, Skills and Employment
• Department of Health
• Department of Social Services
• Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Develin’s City Chemist
• Directions Health Services
• Domestic Violence Crisis Service
• Domestic Violence Prevention Council
• Drug Policy Modelling Program, University of New South Wales
• Drug Trends Program, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre
• Erindale Pharmacy
• Families ACT
• Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform (ACT) Inc
• Fanforce Films
• Ms Meegan Fitzharris MLA, Minister for Health and Wellbeing
• The Hon. Geoff Gallop—Global Commission on Drug Policy, Former Premier of Western Australia
• Gugan Gulwan Youth Aboriginal Corporation
• Health Care Consumers’ Association of the ACT
• Health Improvements Projects, Preventive and Population Health, ACT Health Directorate
• Health Protection Service, ACT Health Directorate
• Health Services Planning, ACT Health Directorate
• Hepatitis ACT
• Hepatitis Australia
• Hide & Seek Media
• Dr Caitlin Hughes, Drug Policy Modelling Program, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
• Interchange Health Co-op
• Ms Linda Jenner—360Edge
• Karralika Programs
• Lee Jackson Design
• Legislation, Policy & Programs, Justice and Community Safety Directorate
• Professor Nicole Lee—360Edge
• Professor Desmond Manderson, Professor in Law and the Humanities, Australian National University
• Mr David McDonald
• Mental Health Commission WA
• Mental Health Community Coalition ACT
• Mental Health Foundation ACT
• Meridian
• Mr Fred Monaghan—Ngunnawal Elder
• National Alliance for Action on Alcohol
• National AOD Coalition
• National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs (NCCRED)
• National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA)
• National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales (NDARC)
• National Drug Research Institute (NDRI)
• Network of Alcohol and Drug Agencies (NADA)
• NSW / ACT Alcohol Policy Alliance
• Office for Mental Health and Wellbeing
• Office for the Coordinator General for Family Safety, Community Services Directorate
• Office for Women, Community Services Directorate
• Dr Anna Olsen – Research School of Population Health, Australian National University
• Optimal Pharmacy Plus Jamison
• Mr Michael Pegg
• Pharmasave Woden Pharmacy
• Preventive and Population Health, ACT Health Directorate
• Public Health Association of Australia
• Professor Alison Ritter, Drug Policy Modelling Program, NDARC, University of New South Wales
• Queensland Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (QNADA)
• Mr Shane Rattenbury MLA – Minister for Corrections
• School of Sociology, Australian National University
• Sexual Health and Family Planning ACT
• Mrs Agnes Shea OAM—Ngunnawal Elder
• Social Research and Evaluation
• South Australian Network for Drug and Alcohol Agencies (SANDAS)
• St John Ambulance ACT
• Ms Rachel Stephen-Smith MLA – Minister for Health
• Ted Noffs Foundation
• The Connection
• Toora Women Inc
• Uniting
• Uniting Care ReGen
• University of Adelaide
• University of Canberra
• Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA)
• Volunteering ACT
• Ms Selina Walker—Australian Indigenous leader from Ngunnawal Country
• Wellways Australia Limited
• Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (WANADA)
• Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health and Community Services
• Women’s Centre for Health Matters
• YellowEdge
• Your Discount Chemist, Griffith
• Youth Coalition of the ACT

*Correct as per the ATODA 2019-20 Annual Report

ATODA was established by the ACT ATOD sector in 2010, representing a significant achievement by many individuals and services within the sector over several years. ATODA became incorporated in early 2010 with an Interim Board recruited from the sector’s Chief Executive Officers / Executive Directors. A goal of the Interim Board was to establish the organisation with a view to having a full Board elected from the membership at the first Annual General Meeting.

This was achieved on 4 November 2010.

The staff and resources from the ACT Alcohol and Other Drug Sector Project, auspiced by the Youth Coalition of the ACT since 2007, were transferred and novated to ATODA on 1 July 2010. For further information regarding this process please see the report Coming Together, Keeping Together, Working Together: How Stakeholders Collaborated for Sector Development and Change (June 2010).

In addition to its core functions, the Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT (ATODA) is able to provide fee-for-service consultancy services for projects that align with the organisation’s vision, values, mission and strategic priorities.  Alcohol, tobacco and other drug subject matter specialists can be engaged by ATODA to undertake discrete, time-limited projects to meet the needs of external stakeholders and partner organisations on a fee-for-service basis.

ATODA is looking for a highly skilled advocate and organiser to join their Canberra team. This role will see the successful candidate work in close partnership with the CEO and team to undertake policy and potentially program focused work whilst supporting a small team located on Canberra’s northside. We are a small, cohesive team looking to preserve and enhance our productive and supportive culture. We will work with you to ensure the role leverages your strengths and meets ATODA’s needs. In practice, this could mean you are hired as a deputy CEO, policy manager or senior policy officer. Salary will be negotiated accordingly and with due regard for your knowledge, skills and experience.

• Evidence-informed, leading-edge peak association improving the health of the ACT community
• Leadership role with policy development and potentially a programs management focus
• Contract up to two years. Potential for a permanent position at two years depending on the circumstances
• Flexible working conditions, with FTE negotiable between 0.6 and 1.0

The organisation

ATODA is the peak body representing and supporting the non-government and government alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) sector in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). ATODA’s vision is a healthy, well and safe ACT community with the lowest possible levels of alcohol, tobacco and other drug related harms. ATODA works for better interaction and integration between alcohol, tobacco and other drug researchers, services, policy workers, practitioners, consumers and their friends and families in the ACT and region. Further information about ATODA can be accessed at www.atoda.org.au.

Benefits and culture

• Work that matters and has a visible impact in the community
• Professional development opportunities and capacity for substantial professional growth
• Collegiate and engaging team environment with flexible work practices
• Generous NGO salary package with salary sacrificing available
• Great location and free parking
• Immediate start available but not critical for the right candidate

The role

In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for supporting the CEO and in leading or working with a capable and dedicated team. Working in close partnership with the CEO you will contribute to providing high level policy advice, submissions, briefings and other written communication relevant to ATOD policy in agreed areas. Ideally and in addition, you will provide high level strategic, operational, quality improvement and project leadership for ATODA. All members of the ATODA team provide leadership in their areas of responsibility and expertise, and this will be expected of you, too. The extent of leadership will depend on the specific position sought, with a deputy CEO expected to provide leadership across the organisation. A background in the ATOD field is desirable but not essential for the right candidate.

Regardless of your role title, some of your responsibilities would likely include:

• ATOD sector focused policy work and development
• Represent ATODA at meetings, roundtables, seminars, and forums in consultation with the CEO
• Collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders to formulate ATODA’s contributions to policy processes as necessary (e.g., budget submissions, budget analyses, consultations, position statements)
• Project and program management
• Corporate governance and compliance

At the deputy CEO level, you would also be responsible for:

• Human resources oversight and management
• Strategic leadership and management
• Organisation-wide coherence, including across the staff team and organisation to ensure outputs of the organisation deliver on the strategic plan.

To apply

Please send an email with a CV and statement addressing selection criteria to info@atoda.org.au by 11:59pm on 31 January 2021. Please use the subject heading “Job application”.

Statements addressing selection criteria should not exceed 2000 words. Concise, compelling applications will be highly regarded. Statements should specify at the outset the specific position being sought (e.g. deputy CEO, policy manager or policy officer).

Essential selection criteria

1. Ability to formulate policy in a complex and dynamic environment
2. Ability to write persuasively and quickly
3. Ability to hear and synthesize the views of multiple stakeholders
4. Ability to effectively represent an organisation
5. Ability to think and act strategically
6. Ability to work constructively in a team, including providing leadership in areas of expertise and authority
7. Sound understanding of the health sector, noting that knowledge of the Canberra health sector is especially highly-regarded but not essential
8. Ability to research and learn quickly

Highly desirable selection criterion

9. Knowledge of, and experience in, the ATOD sector

Applications not conforming to the requirements outlined above may not be considered. Candidates are encouraged to speak with the CEO before applying.

For more information

Please contact Devin Bowles, CEO of ATODA ph (02) 6249 6358.