Operations Manager

The Royal Children's Hospital; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Employee Assistance Program

Early Learning Centre childcare

Job summary

The Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne is seeking an Operations Manager for General Medicine on a fixed-term full-time basis to cover long service leave from 25 January 2027 to 13 August 2027. This role sits within the Department of General Medicine and reports to the Director, focusing on operational leadership and service delivery.

You will lead workforce planning, budget management, recruitment, and continuous improvement initiatives, working closely with multidisciplinary teams to

Qualifications

• Requires tertiary qualification or significant relevant industry experience.
• Proven leadership in a team and senior member role.
• At least five years' senior-level admin experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee operational management and development of General Medicine.
• Lead workforce planning, budgeting, recruitment and resource management.
• Drive service efficiency, sustainability and performance improvements.

Skills

Leadership experience

Senior admin experience

Education

Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline

Job description

We invite you to join the RCH and help turn our vision 'a world where all kids thrive' into a reality

Operations Manager, General Medicine

• Excellent employee benefits including salary packaging
• Hub of medical precinct in Parkville, Melbourne
• Friendly and supportive team environment

About the Role

This is a Fixed Term Full-Time position to cover Long Service Leave for 7 months from 25 January to 13 August 2027, at 1.0 FTE/ 80 hours per fortnight within the Department of General Medicine

You will be responsible for:

As the Operations Manager, you will be responsible for the effective operational management and ongoing development of the Department of General Medicine. Working closely with the Director of General Medicine and multidisciplinary leadership team, you will oversee key operational portfolios including workforce planning, financial and budget management, business planning, recruitment, resource management and service improvement.

You will lead and support strategic projects, analyse operational and financial data, develop business cases and identify opportunities to improve service efficiency, sustainability and performance. You will also play a key role in fostering a positive, collaborative multidisciplinary workforce and ensuring the department meets its operational, governance and compliance requirements.

Classification for this position will be AO99.

What you'll achieve:

• In conjunction with the Director of General Medicine, develop and improve General Medicine operations to ensure ongoing sustainability and service delivery efficiencies by managing budgets, process improvements, identification, and implementation of strategic objectives in accordance with the RCH Strategic Plan.
• Personnel management and administration of departmental staffing needs including recruitment, credentialing, change of employment conditions and terminations, ensuring accuracy of employment terms and conditions and creation of new position descriptions
• Evaluate operational and financial business data and utilise to facilitate planning to provide strategic clarity to current organisational issues. Management of leave management and monitoring of leave liability of staff on behalf of the Director.

Your skills and experience

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline and/or significant relevant industry experience
• Proven leadership experience in a team environment and ability to work well as a senior team member
• Minimum of five years' senior level experience in the provision of administrative support and service delivery

About the Department

General Medicine is RCH's largest inpatient and outpatient clinical service, bringing together a diverse multidisciplinary team committed to delivering high-quality care to children and young people

What we offer:

• Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay!
• Employee Assistance Program
• Early Learning Centre childcare

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

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work 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, and offers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks.

The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 140 years.

We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.

With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of close to 4,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.

We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.

When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.

You can make a difference to the lives of sick children and their families through donating to or fundraising for the RCH. Visit www.rchfoundation.org.au

Donated funds are crucial to the future of children's health. Thanks to support from both the community and businesses, the RCH Foundation works to ensure the hospital can continue to provide the very best care. Find out how you can make a difference to sick children and their families cared for by the hospital by visiting www.rchfoundation.org.au

Source: this is an extract from the company’s own website.

The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 140 years.

We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.

With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of close to 4,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.

We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.

When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.

You can make a difference to the lives of sick children and their families through donating to or fundraising for the RCH. Visit www.rchfoundation.org.au

Donated funds are crucial to the future of children's health. Thanks to support from both the community and businesses, the RCH Foundation works to ensure the hospital can continue to provide the very best care. Find out how you can make a difference to sick children and their families cared for by the hospital by visiting www.rchfoundation.org.au

Source: this is an extract from the company’s own website.