Program Manager - Gippsland Local Health Service Network

Victorian Government; Shire of Baw Baw; Vor Ort; AUD 120.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Salary packaging up to $9,000 per year

Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,?

Professional development and ongoing教育

Social club activities

Staff Wellbeing Centre access

Discounted gym membership

Zusammenfassung

Latrobe Regional Health is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead and deliver complex regional programs across Gippsland. You will work with the Gippsland Local Health Service Network, Regional Manager Strategy and Governance, and stakeholders to drive planning, governance and successful delivery of projects that improve healthcare access and system performance.

The role emphasizes strategic thinking, stakeholder engagement, change management, and governance expertise to support regional

Qualifikationen

• Experience leading large regional programs in healthcare or public sector.
• Ability to develop governance frameworks, plans, risk registers and reporting.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication across multiple organisations.

Aufgaben

• Lead delivery of strategically significant regional programs and change initiatives.
• Develop and maintain project governance frameworks, plans, milestones, risk registers, and engagement strategies.
• Provide strategic analysis, business cases, options assessments, and executive briefing papers.
• Build relationships with health service executives, clinicians, government agencies and partners.
• Lead engagement, facilitation, change management and implementation activities.
• Monitor performance, risks, dependencies and benefits with reporting and mitigation strategies.

Kenntnisse

Stakeholder engagement

Governance

Change management

Strategic thinking

Project management

Communication skills

Ausbildung

Tertiary qualification in Project Management / Health / Public Administration

Jobbeschreibung

Are you seeking a rewarding and diverse Program Manager role in a leading regional hospital? Join the Gippsland Local Health Service Network at Latrobe Regional Health, where we value our employees by providing a safe and supportive workplace culture that enables you to thrive.

Latrobe Regional Health is looking for Program Manager to join our growing team on a On Going Full Time Basis.

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Program Manager to lead the delivery of complex, cross-organisational programs and priority initiatives across the Gippsland Local Health Service Network (GLHSN). Working closely with the Regional Manager – Strategy and Governance, Executive Director, member health services, and key stakeholders, you will drive the planning, implementation, governance, and successful delivery of projects that improve healthcare access, integration, workforce capability, quality, and system performance across Gippsland. This role combines high-level project leadership, strategic thinking, stakeholder engagement, change management, and governance expertise to support regional health reform and collaborative service delivery.

Working Together | We will respond to challenges together to create a safe, quality health service

The role of the Program Manager is to:

• Lead and deliver strategically significant regional projects and change initiatives, ensuring alignment with GLHSN priorities, governance requirements, timelines, budgets, and expected outcomes.
• Develop and maintain project governance frameworks, project plans, milestones, risk registers, stakeholder engagement strategies, benefits realisation plans, and reporting processes.
• Provide strategic analysis, business case development, options assessments, briefing papers, and recommendations to support executive and governance decision-making.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with health service executives, clinicians, government agencies, project sponsors, and regional partners to facilitate collaboration and successful project outcomes.
• Lead stakeholder engagement, consultation, facilitation, change management, and implementation activities that support adoption, sustainability, and organisational readiness.
• Monitor project performance, risks, dependencies, and benefits, providing timely reporting, escalation, mitigation strategies, and continuous improvement recommendations.

About you

Ideal candidates for this role will have:

• Tertiary qualification in Project Management, Health, Business, Public Administration, or a related field, or equivalent senior project management experience.
• Demonstrated success leading and delivering large-scale or complex projects within healthcare, government, public sector, or similarly complex environments.
• Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to connect project outcomes to broader organisational and health system objectives.
• Highly developed stakeholder engagement, consultation, facilitation, and influencing skills, with experience working across multiple organisations and levels of leadership.
• Proven experience in governance, risk management, change management, implementation planning, and performance monitoring.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to prepare executive-level reports, briefing papers, presentations, business cases, and recommendations.

Latrobe Regional Health offers a range of benefits including:

• Salary packaging up to $9,000 per annum.
• Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,650 per annum.
• Encouragement for professional development and ongoing education.
• A range of social club activities, discounts and diverse workplace activities.
• Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering health education and wellbeing
• Access to discounted gym membership and fitness services through Fitness Passport Services.

Located in the picturesque region of Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) offers the perfect balance between career and lifestyle. Enjoy easy access to Melbourne, stunning beaches, majestic mountains, and serene lakes. With flexible working hours, you can make the most of what Gippsland has to offer.

LRH cares for a population of about 300,000 and is the regional provider of specialist services. Our catchment covers 42,000 square kilometres, from Phillip Island to Mallacoota in the far east of Victoria. LRH offers cardiac care, surgery, medical, renal, emergency care, aged care, women's and children's services, pharmacy, allied health and rehabilitation. Medical and radiation oncology are offered by the Gippsland Cancer Care Centre.

Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with the $223.5 million expansion completed in March 2024, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increased medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.

Diversity and inclusion

We embrace workforce diversity and actively encourage applications from across our community including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of all genders and gender identities and people with disabilities. LRH's Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted via email: [e-mail]

Before commencement, the successful applicant will

Provide evidence of an original and valid National Police Record Check, an employee Working with Children Check, and a current season influenza vaccine (if applicable to work area), unless a valid medical exemption applies.