Director Strategy Performance and Transformation

West Gippsland Healthcare Group; Warragul; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Employee assistance program

Salary packaging

Free Parking

Job summary

West Gippsland Healthcare Group in Warragul, VIC, invites applications for a senior leadership role: Director Strategy, Performance and Transformation. You will translate organisational priorities into measurable outcomes, guiding strategy, performance, risk management and continuous improvement across the health service.

You will partner with the Executive Team, Board, and clinical leaders to drive data-informed decisions, governance, and culture change that enhances patient care, workforce

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in strategy, performance and transformation in a large complex org.
• Experience developing and evaluating strategic and operational plans.
• Experience implementing performance management frameworks and executive reporting.
• Proven governance framework establishment and organisation-wide change delivery.
• Experience advising Executives/Boards and senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and build high-performing workforces.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of the organisation's Strategic Plan.
• Monitor trends and advise on strategic opportunities and risks.
• Oversee organisational performance framework with KPIs and service agreements.
• Identify risks and improvement opportunities through performance analysis.
• Ensure reporting supports informed decision making by Board and executives.
• Embed Lean and Improvement Science across the organisation.
• Support redesign of models of care to improve patient outcomes and workforce experience.
• Drive Enterprise Risk Management framework implementation.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Governance & risk management

Performance analytics

Stakeholder engagement

People management

Data-driven decision making

Education

Postgraduate Health Administration

MBA / Leadership qualification

Lean/Six Sigma Certification

Tools

Lean

Six Sigma

PRINCE2

PMO governance

Job description

Director Strategy Performance and Transformation

West Gippsland Healthcare Group – Warragul VIC

Director Strategy Performance and TransformationStrategy Performance and Allied Health

Permanent Full Time, 80 hours per fortnight with ADOs.

Health and Allied Services, Managers and Administrative Workers EA 2025 -2027 - Classification HS8

(Junior rates apply to employees aged under 19 years)

An exciting opportunity exists to join West Gippsland Healthcare Group as Director Strategy, Performance and Transformation. This senior leadership role will drive the translation of organisational priorities into measurable outcomes that improve patient care, workforce experience and organisational sustainability.

Reporting to the Executive Director Strategy, Performance & Allied Health, you will work closely with the Executive Team, Board, and clinical and corporate leaders to provide leadership across strategic planning and delivery, organisational performance, risk management, improvement and transformation.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated leader who can drive delivery of the Strategic Plan through robust planning and performance oversight, data-informed decision making, effective stakeholder engagement and a strong culture of continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and implementation of the organisation's Strategic Plan.
• Monitor emerging population and health sector trends and advise the Executive on strategic opportunities and risks.
• Develop and oversee the organisational performance framework collaboratively with key stakeholders and monitor performance against strategic objectives, KPIs and service agreements.
• Identify emerging risks, trends and improvement opportunities through performance analysis.
• Ensure organisational reporting supports informed decision making to the Board, Executive and Senior leaders.
• Embed consistent improvement and transformation governance and methodologies across the organisation such as Lean and Improvement Science.
• Support services and direct reports to develop and redesign models of care and processes that improve patient outcomes and experience, workforce experience and efficiency.
• Drive Enterprise Risk Management Framework implementation across the organisation, ensure strategic, enterprise and operational risks are identified, monitored and managed.

Our preferred candidate will have:

• Extensive senior leadership experience in strategy, organisational performance, business improvement and / or transformation within a large and complex organisation.
• Demonstrated experience leading the development, implementation and evaluation of strategic and operational plans.
• Experience developing and implementing organisational performance management frameworks, key performance indicators and executive reporting systems.
• Proven experience leading establishment of governance frameworks and delivery of organisation-wide change, transformation and continuous improvement initiatives using consistent methodologies and robust stakeholder engagement.
• Experience providing strategic advice to Chief Executives, Executive Leadership Teams and Boards.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary teams and developing high-performing, engaged workforces.
• Strong understanding of governance, risk management, legislative compliance and organisational accountability frameworks and management.
• Sound knowledge of project and program management principles & business intelligence and data analytics to inform decision making and performance reporting.
• Exceptional leadership and people management capability with the ability to inspire, influence and develop others and to build trusted relationships and influence internal and external senior stakeholders fostering a culture of innovation, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Commitment to consumer-centred care and meaningful participation in governance and improvement, organisational values, diversity, inclusion and workplace safety.

The following experience/qualifications would be considered advantageous:

• Postgraduate qualification in Health Administration, Business Administration (MBA), Leadership, Public Health or a related discipline.
• Formal qualifications or certification in Lean, Six Sigma, Improvement Science, Project Management (e.g. PRINCE2, PMP) or Change Management.
• Senior leadership experience within the Victorian public health sector or another complex healthcare environment.
• Experience leading enterprise-wide digital transformation or business intelligence initiatives and overseeing Project Management Office (PMO) functions.

IMPORTANT: Some roles in the healthcare sector are required to be vaccinated annually for Influenza (unless a valid exemption applies). Evidence of vaccination (or exemption) will be required to be provided prior to commencement.

About our organisation

The West Gippsland Healthcare Group is a customer focused health organisation providing acute medical and surgical, obstetric, emergency, residential care and community health services to 45,000 people in the rural, urban residential, agricultural and industrial areas located within the Baw Baw Shire and beyond. The administrative headquarters are located at West Gippsland Hospital in Warragul, approximately 100kms east of Melbourne.

West Gippsland Healthcare Group staff benefits include:

• Flexible working arrangements
• Access to employee assistance program
• Salary packaging
• Free Parking

Working with us

All appointments with the West Gippsland Healthcare Group are subject to the satisfactory return of professional reference checks, a National Police Record Clearance/NDIS worker screening clearance and a current Employee Working with Children Check. All employees must hold current entitlement to work within Australia. A six-month probationary period applies to all new appointments.

Applications close: 16 November 2026* (applications may close earlier)

* Applications will be reviewed as they are received. This position will remain open for a minimum of fourteen (14) days for externally advertised positions from the date of advertisement and may close earlier than the listed closing date if a suitable candidate/s are identified.

As an inclusive employer, committed to improving diversity and equity in our workforce, we encourage applications from all parts of our community, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, LGBTI people, and people with lived experience of disability.

As a Child Safe organisation, West Gippsland Healthcare Group promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children, including those with disability.

If you have any further queries, please contact Belinda Brookes, Executive Director Performance & Health, (03) 562 43535, ***************@wghg.com.au