Project Manager
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- Full time, permanent opportunity
- Heidelberg location with hybrid, flexible working arrangements
- Attractive salary plus salary packaging and super
Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About the Service Improvement and Innovation Team
The Service Improvement and Innovation Team reports through to the Strategy, and Sustainability Directorate, and enables an enterprise approach to improvement and innovation, and project management. The focus of the Service Improvement and Innovation function is on improvement projects with an organisation wide impact; service improvement and innovation support; coaching and capability building in improvement and project methodologies; and to support the development of staff engagement in service improvement and innovation.
About the role
An exciting opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated Program Manager to join Austin Health's Service Improvement and Innovation Team. This role will be instrumental in leading the delivery of key strategic improvement and transformation projects to achieve better outcomes for patients, carers, staff and our community. An integral member of the Service Improvement and Innovation Team and a leader in service improvement and project and change management within Austin Health, this role will work collaboratively with leaders, staff, consumers and other key stakeholders to support the organisation to achieve its purpose of helping people live healthy, productive and fulfilled lives.
A regular day will see you:
- Work collaboratively with leaders to develop, implement, evaluate and integrate sustainable service improvement and transformation.
- Support leaders and frontline staff to achieve significant service improvement and transformation through changes in policy, models of care, systems, processes and practices
- Engage internal and external stakeholders to ensure our service improvement and transformation responds to the needs of our community and our staff
About you
You will be a highly motivated professional who brings energy and enthusiasm to their work each day. You’ll be an experienced and inspiring leader who can engage, coordinate, and influence a broad range of stakeholders, including senior clinical leaders, to collectively deliver sustainable system change.
You’ll further have:
- Tertiary qualifications in a health or management discipline. A relevant post graduate qualification is desirable
- A proven track record in health system improvement and transformation through large scale and complex project management
- Demonstrated experience in effectively engaging stakeholders, building strategic partnerships and communicating with influence at all levels
- The ability to support and motivate teams to successfully deliver innovative service change
- Demonstrated experience in engaging consumers, carers and staff in meaningful participation and codesign
- Have a passion for making a difference, maintaining the focus on positive outcomes and experience for our consumers, carers, staff, and community
Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
- Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
- Mentoring and career development opportunities.
Work with us!
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Belinda Brookes, Acting Chief Strategy & Sustainability Officer at Belinda.Brookes@austin.org.au or 0407 874 010.
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Wednesday 21 May 2025
