Change and Communications Lead

State Government of Victoria, Australia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 114,000 - 125,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Staff benefits

Career development

Discounted Private Health Insurance

Job summary

The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) in Melbourne is seeking an AO7+ level change management and communications lead for a fixed-term, part-time role of up to 64 hours per fortnight over 16 months. You will design and deliver a structured change programme to support the transition to a new rostering solution across departments, ensuring staff are informed and prepared.

Key duties include building stakeholder relationships, developing a change framework, and enabling sustainable adoption post

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in change management and/or communications within a complex organisational environment.
• Proven ability to develop and implement change management plans, stakeholder engagement strategies, and communications materials to a high standard.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to tailor messaging effectively for diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders across clinical and corporate departments, acting as the primary point of contact for change and communications activities.
• Build change capability across the organisation to support sustainable adoption of new rostering processes and practices post go-live.
• Develop and implement a structured change management framework to guide the organisation through the transition to a new rostering solution.

Skills

Change management

Communications

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

This is a Fixed Term, Part-Time position at up to 64 hours per fortnight within the Corporate Services portfolio for 16 months.

You will be responsible for designing and delivering a structured change management and communications programme to support RCH’s transition to a new rostering solution. The role works across all impacted departments and at all levels of the organisation, ensuring that staff are informed, engaged, and equipped to adopt new rostering processes and ways of working as the rostering solution is progressively rolled out.

Classification for this position is in accordance with Award 10 - Managers and Administrative Workers.The successful candidate will be appointed from AO71 (Grade 7, Level 1) to AO75 (Grade 7, Level 5), FTE base salary $114,436.40 to $124,912.84 per annum, plus superannuation).

What you’ll achieve:

• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders across clinical and corporate departments, acting as the primary point of contact for change and communications activities
• Build change capability across the organisation to support sustainable adoption of new rostering processes and practices post go-live
• Develop and implement a structured change management framework to guide the organisation through the transition to a new rostering solution

Your skills and experience:

• Demonstrated experience in change management and/or communications within a complex organisational environment
• Proven ability to develop and implement change management plans, stakeholder engagement strategies, and communications materials to a high standard
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to tailor messaging effectively for diverse audiences

About the Department:

The Corporate Services portfolio at RCH encompasses a broad range of enabling functions that support the hospital’s operational and strategic objectives. The Director Transformation leads key digital and operational transformation initiatives across the organisation, with a focus on improving systems capability, financial sustainability, and workforce management effectiveness.

What we offer:

• Salary packaging option with our partner, SmartSalary – Increase your take home pay by up to $11,500 per annum (and other additional salary-enhancing options!)
• Workplace culture of continuous improvement, growth, support and training
• Convenient location & close to public transport
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Support for working mothers including two on-site Early Learning Centres, flexible working arrangements, breast feeding and pumping facilities
• Help when you need it most! Staff counselling, financial coaching, legal support, nutritional support and specialist helpline services, and more through our EAP partner, Converge
• Unlimitedaccess to select fitness facilities in your local area via Fitness Passport
• Enjoy the convenience of an on-site retail precinct, featuring a range of shops, cafés, and food outlets (retail discounts & more)

Other requirements:

• Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
• Valid Working with Children Check
• Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offerthe opportunity towork in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer staff benefits such as discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption,andoffers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks.

Applications close Monday 14 September 2026 at 11.59pm