Job posted: 18/12/2024
Job type: Full time / Until 30 June 2028
Organisation: Department of Health
Occupation: Projects
Reference: VG/DH/HV/PROJECTMANAGER
Closes: 05/01/2025
Classification: VPSG5
Salary Range: $109,730 - $132,764
The Department of Health plays a critical role in the Victorian health system and is responsible for shaping it to meet the health needs of all Victorians. We're focused on supporting Victorians to be as healthy as they can; whether through alerting them to seasonal risks like thunderstorm asthma, notifying them of contact with communicable diseases, safeguarding their drinking water, developing the best health, wellbeing and care facilities in the world, being at the forefront of mental health and wellbeing treatment or accelerating medical research.
About the role:
Are you:
An accomplished project manager with expertise in delivering complex initiatives, skilled at translating strategies into actionable programs and managing resources, schedules, and budgets?
A proactive communicator and collaborator, adept at building strong stakeholder relationships and ensuring effective governance to drive financial improvement and capability outcomes?
A critical thinker with strong business acumen, experienced in mitigating risks, optimising value, and leading high-performing teams to achieve impactful results?
The Project Manager is responsible for supporting health sector financial sustainability via several initiatives including revenue optimisation and capability improvement initiatives. This position is pivotal in a specialist unit dedicated to driving financial improvement and capability across Victoria's health services.
The Project Manager will lead all aspects of project planning and execution, including developing and managing project schedules, budgets, and resources. They will build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensure effective communication and collaboration, and proactively identify and mitigate risks. The Project Manager will also oversee procurement activities, provide high-level administrative support, and contribute to continuous improvement within the project management function.
About us:
At the Victorian Department of Health we want a future where Victorians are the healthiest people in the world. A Victoria where our children and people thrive, our workplaces are productive and safe, and our communities are more connected.
We see it as our job to support Victorians to stay healthy and safe. And to deliver a world-class healthcare system that ensures every single Victorian can access safe, quality care that leads to better health outcomes for all.
How you'll make a difference:
Suitable applicants will be able to demonstrate:
Knowledge and Skills
Leadership: Builds team commitment by demonstrating personal conviction; translates organisational strategy into meaningful long-term plans and objectives for own area of responsibility; motivates others to deliver against goals.
Project Management: Consults, liaises with and influences key stakeholders; produces detailed project plans where objectives are clearly defined; monitors performance against objectives and manages project risks and issues; ensures project objectives are met.
Commercial Skills: Undertakes and acts on cost benefit analysis; knowledgeable about financial issues and responsibilities; proactively seeks more efficient ways of doing things.
Written Communication and Presentation Skills: Prepares complex briefs, letters, emails and reports using clear, concise and grammatically correct language.
Personal Qualities
Conceptual and Analytical Ability: Deals with concepts and complexity comfortably; uses analytical and conceptual skills to reason through problems.
Relationship Building: Establishes and maintains relationships with people at all levels; promotes harmony and consensus through diplomatic handling of disagreements.
Decisiveness: Takes rational and sound decisions based on a consideration of the facts and alternatives; makes tough decisions, sometimes with incomplete information.
Detail Focus: Observes fine details; identifies gaps in information; looks for logical sequences of information.
Qualifications / Specialist Expertise
Qualifications: An appropriate tertiary qualification in project management, health, accounting, commerce, economics, political science, public administration or public policy.
Specialist Expertise: Exceptional advisory, negotiation, communication and relationship building skills, with demonstrated capacity to work effectively within a politically sensitive context.
To learn more please click 'Apply' to view the Position Description on the Careers.vic website.
What we offer:
The opportunity to perform meaningful work, making direct contributions toward enabling Victorians to be the healthiest people in the world.
A wide range of growth and development opportunities within the department and wider Victorian Public Service & Sector.
A strong commitment to work-life balance, including a diverse array of flexible working arrangements.
How to apply:
Applications should include a resume and a cover letter. Click the 'Apply' button to view further information about the role including key contact details and the advertisement closing date.
We are committed to developing and supporting a workforce that is well equipped and highly motivated to provide responsive and quality services to all Victorians. We continue to build an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity of backgrounds and differences to realise the potential of our employees for innovation and delivering services aimed at enhancing the lives of all Victorians.
Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and other pre-employment checks. Information provided will be treated in the strictest confidence in line with our Privacy Policy.
To apply for this role, you will be redirected to the Department of Health job application system.
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