Manager Workforce Systems and Transactions

Hunter New England Local Health District; Newcastle; On-site; AUD 138,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly Accrued Day Off

Sustainable Healthcare

Proximity to shopping and services

4 weeks annual leave

Paid parental leave

Salary packaging options

Fitness Passport

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Hunter New England Local Health District is seeking a Manager Workforce Systems and Transactions at Waratah NSW. This temporary full-time role oversees Rostering Support, Best Practice, Rural Health Workforce Incentives, and Staff Establishment teams, ensuring accurate staffing, budgeting and compliant operations.

The role requires leadership, governance understanding, and the ability to drive improvements across a busy health district, while coordinating with Finance, People and Culture, and

Qualifications

• Experience leading workforce, rostering, payroll, finance or transactional service.
• Understanding of workforce governance, financial controls, compliance and audit requirements.
• Ability to connect staffing, establishment, budget and roster data and turn analysis into improvements.
• Clear communication and stakeholder engagement to guide managers through operational detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead Rostering Support and Best Practice, Rural Health Workforce Incentives Scheme and Staff Establishment teams.
• Align staffing profiles, budgeted FTE and HealthRoster demand with managers.
• Promote best-practice rostering and reliable workforce information for payroll inputs and reporting.
• Provide advice to senior stakeholders and influence priorities to meet approvals and audits.

Skills

Leadership

Rostering

Payroll

Financial oversight

Stakeholder management

Job description

Manager Workforce Systems and Transactions

Hunter New England Local Health District – Waratah NSW

Employment Type:Temporary Full Time Until December 2027
Position Classification:Health Manager Level 3
Remuneration:$137,525.00 – $156,231.00 Per annum +Salary Packaging
Hours Per Week:38
Requisition ID:REQ702572
Location: Waratah Campus, with location negotiable within the Hunter New England District
Applications Close: Sunday, 1st November 2026 at 11:59pm
Interview Date: Interviews will be held first week of November

About the Opportunity

As Manager, Workforce Systems & Transactions, you’ll lead our Rostering Support and Best Practice, Rural Health Workforce Incentives Scheme, and Staff Establishment and Workforce Support teams. This is a role for someone who enjoys both leading people and working through complex operational challenges. In a busy, high-volume environment, you’ll guide your teams to deliver accurate, timely services and promote best-practice rostering. Working closely with Finance, People and Culture, Clinical Leaders, Managers and HealthShare NSW, you’ll bring staffing profiles, budgeted FTE, StaffLink establishment and HealthRoster demand into closer alignment. This will help managers understand vacancies, manage workforce expenditure and make informed staffing and recruitment decisions, while supporting progress towards agreed savings targets. Your portfolio also spans rural workforce incentive administration, establishment controls, employment compliance and audit responses. By strengthening accountability and improving how these services work, you’ll support accurate workforce information, payroll inputs and reliable services across the district.

About the Role

You’ll bring experience leading a workforce, rostering, payroll, finance or transactional service, along with an understanding of workforce governance, financial controls, compliance and audit requirements. Making sense of workforce and financial information comes naturally. You can connect staffing, establishment, budget and roster data, identify what needs attention and turn your analysis into clear advice and practical improvements. A sound understanding of legislation, awards, policies and industrial requirements will help you guide managers through the operational detail. Clear communication, sound business judgement and a collaborative approach will help you build trusted relationships, advise senior stakeholders, negotiate priorities and influence managers to meet approval, rostering, payroll and audit requirements. You will bring structure and follow-through to your work, keeping projects and reports on track and within agreed timeframes.

About You

We’re looking for a leader who takes the time to understand their people and the work they do. Your leadership will help create a culture where staff feel trusted and supported to raise concerns, share ideas and take ownership. Through clear direction, thoughtful coaching and development, you’ll build capability, confidence and accountability across the teams. By bringing teams and stakeholders together, you’ll strengthen rostering practice and workforce governance. With a strong service focus and the confidence to challenge processes, you’ll lead practical improvements to the everyday services our staff and managers rely on. If you’re a collaborative leader who enjoys making essential workforce services more reliable and effective across a large health district, we’d welcome your application.

Hold a current driver's licence, with the ability and willingness to travel throughout HNELHD as required from time to time.

The Benefits

• Monthly Accrued Day off
• Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
• Proximity to shopping and other services
• 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part-time employees)
• Paid parental leave (for eligible employees) - giving you the opportunity for true Worklife balance
• Salary packaging options-up to $11,600 plus novated leasing
• Fitness Passportfor health and well-being - discounted gym options for you and your family
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members