Payroll & Rostering Systems Team Leader

Melbourne Health; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful Work

Career Growth

Supportive Culture & Belonging

Innovation

World-Class Excellence

Salary packaging up to $12,000 tax‑s 1

Job summary

The Royal Melbourne Hospital is a premier public healthcare provider in Australia. We seek a Workforce Management Systems Team Leader to drive Rostering technology, lead a specialist team and oversee the current RosterOn platform while guiding the transition to Optima across RMH.

You will collaborate with Payroll, People & Culture, Digital and operations to strengthen systems and enable effective rostering in a large, complex environment.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in workforce management or rostering systems.
• Experience with RosterOn and Optima platforms.
• Understanding award-driven rostering and scheduling.
• Experience delivering system upgrades or transformations.

Responsibilities

• Lead a specialist workforce management systems team.
• Manage and optimise the RosterOn platform.
• Plan for future Optima implementation.
• Oversee system upgrades and governance.
• Ensure compliance with policy and industrial rules.
• Drive process improvements and automation.
• Lead stakeholder engagement, training and change adoption initiatives.
• Support workforce planning and rostering outcomes through technology solutions.

Skills

Leadership experience

RosterOn

Optima

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Automation

Tools

RosterOn

Optima

Job description

The Royal Melbourne Hospital is one of Australia’s leading public healthcare providers.

Lead workforce management systems at RMH, shaping rostering technology, team capability and future solutions across a complex healthcare environment.

Job Description:

Rostering Systems Team Leader (RosterOn / Optima)

• Shape the Future of Workforce Management Technology
• Work on meaningful projects – contribute to system enhancements, compliance changes and new technology initiatives
• Shape the future of payroll – help improve integrations, automation and workforce management systems

About the role

Join the Royal Melbourne Hospital as a Workforce Management Systems Team Leader and help shape a newly redesigned workforce management capability.

Reporting to the Head of Payroll Systems & Technology, you’ll lead a specialist team supporting workforce management and rostering technology across RMH. This newly created role will help optimise our current RosterOn platform while supporting the transition to future workforce management solutions, including Optima.

Working across Payroll, People & Culture, Digital and operational teams, you’ll play a key role in strengthening systems, processes and technology that support effective workforce planning and rostering across a large and complex healthcare environment.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and develop a specialist workforce management systems team.
• Manage and optimise the RosterOn platform.
• Support strategic planning and preparation for future Optima implementation.
• Oversee system enhancements, upgrades and governance activities.
• Ensure workforce management systems support policy and industrial compliance requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement and automation opportunities.
• Lead stakeholder engagement, training and change adoption initiatives.
• Support workforce planning and operational rostering outcomes through technology solutions.

About You

You are an experienced workforce management professional who understands how technology, compliance and operational needs come together in a complex environment.

You will bring:

• Leadership experience across workforce management, rostering or scheduling systems
• Strong knowledge of RosterOn, Optima or equivalent platforms
• Understanding of award-driven rostering and workforce scheduling
• Experience delivering system upgrades, implementations or transformation
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing skills
• A demonstrated focus on team leadership, development and performance
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to balance strategic priorities with operational service delivery

Benefits of Working at RMH

• Meaningful Work
  Make a real difference in the lives of patients, families and our community.
• Career Growth
  Access learning, development, and diverse career opportunities.
• Supportive Culture & Belonging
  Join in a diverse and values-led organisation built on kindness, collaboration and inclusion.
• Innovation
  Help shape the future of healthcare through research, technology and new models of care.
• World-Class Excellence
  Work alongside leading healthcare professionals at one of Australia's premier public hospitals, within the Parkville Precinct—one of the world's leading biomedical and research precincts.
• Enjoy great employee benefits
  Salary packaging of up to $12,000 tax free and generous leave entitlements, including additional annual leave and a monthly accrued day off for eligible full-time staff (role/EBA dependent).

• Work in the Parkville Precinct
  Work in the Parkville precinct with excellent public transport, onsite parking options and access to staff health services.

Interviews may commence as applications are received. Early applications are encouraged as the role may close once filled.

Name and Contact: Catherine Saskus

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and satisfactory Working With Children Check.

The RMH is committed to creating a culturally safe environment as a collective responsibility. We draw on our principles of self-determination, equity, accountability, and shared learning to create a culturally responsive health system that challenges how we strive for continuous quality improvement to meet the expectations of the communities and patients we serve.

RMH is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with the Child Safe Standards .

As a leader in healthcare, we recognise the need to foster a culture of equity, inclusion, and belonging. We encourage people of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities to apply, and will provide adjustments to support equitable participation.