Senior Advisor, Design Logistics

Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

VIDA Health is seeking a Senior Advisor, Design Logistics in Melbourne to provide expert guidance on health facility logistics, planning and design assurance. You will assess how patients, staff, equipment, and supplies move through healthcare spaces and translate operational needs into design considerations.

You will review facility plans, engage with health services and consultants, and contribute to practical guidance and tools to standardise best practice across VIDA Health.

Qualifications

• Experience in health facility logistics and operational planning.
• Ability to review health facility plans/designs and translate risks into practical recommendations.
• Knowledge of health facility planning principles and contemporary practice.
• Strong stakeholder skills for collaboration with health services and project teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist advice on health facility logistics and operational flows.
• Review planning and designs to identify operational risks and improve outcomes.
• Collaborate with health services, consultants and project teams to reflect requirements.
• Contribute to design guidance, tools and review processes with evidence-based learnings.

Skills

Health logistics

Operational planning

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Education

Tertiary qualification in health planning/related

Job description

Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority – Melbourne VIC

The Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority (VIDA) is a specialist project delivery organisation, responsible for delivering Victoria's major transport, health and community safety infrastructure program.

This multi-disciplinary program includes more than 200 projects including the North East Link, removing level crossings, Melbourne Airport Rail Stage 1, new and upgraded hospitals specialist programs such as the early parenting centres expansion and upgrade program and community safety projects including Corrections and Emergency Services.

The unprecedented program of works brings together expert skillsets to deliver crucial health, community safety, and major transport projects, and ensures that operations are streamlined and efficient while delivering better outcomes for Victorians. Led by the Director-General, VIDA is comprised of the five project offices, VIDA Road, VIDA Rail, VIDA Health VIDA Metro and VIDA Community Safety. VIDA is established as an Administration Office under the Public Administration Act 2004 as a specialist organisation.

About VIDA Health

VIDA Health (Victorian Health Building Authority) is responsible for the rollout of the Victorian Government's multi-billion-dollar health capital projects. We're delivering world-class health facilities across Victoria including new public hospitals and emergency care, community health services, ambulance branches, residential aged care and mental health facilities. VIDA Health also provides technical support across engineering, property, asset management and environmental sustainability disciplines.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Senior Advisor, Design Logistics to provide specialist advice across health facility logistics, planning and design assurance.

This is an opportunity to bring your health sector and operational experience into the design environment, helping ensure our health facilities not only work on paper, but work effectively for the people who use them every day.

You’ll consider how patients, staff, equipment, supplies, goods, waste and services move through healthcare environments and work with health services, consultants and project teams to ensure these operational requirements are considered throughout planning and design.

This role will have the opportunity to influence broader design practice by contributing to guidance, tools and approaches that support consistent and contemporary health infrastructure outcomes across VIDA Health.

Key aspects of the role include:

• Provide specialist advice on health facility logistics, operational flows and support services, including supply chains, equipment movement, storage, waste, loading and materials handling.
• Review health facility planning and designs throughout key project stages, identifying operational, functional and logistics risks and providing practical advice to improve outcomes.
• Work closely with health services, project teams, consultants and other stakeholders to ensure operational requirements are appropriately reflected in planning and design.
• Contribute to design guidance, tools and review processes that capture evidence, project learnings and contemporary health facility logistics practice.

We are looking for:

• Strong experience in health facility logistics, operational planning, support services planning or health infrastructure, with an understanding of how operational requirements influence facility design.
• Experience reviewing health facility plans or designs and the ability to identify operational, logistics and interface risks and translate these into clear, practical recommendations.
• Knowledge of health facility planning principles, relevant standards and contemporary health infrastructure practice.
• Strong stakeholder skills, with the confidence to work collaboratively with health services, operational teams, consultants and project stakeholders and influence outcomes.
• An analytical and solutions-focused approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities and provide clear written and verbal advice in a complex project environment.

A tertiary qualification in health planning, architecture, engineering, logistics, supply chain management, operations, project management, asset management or a related discipline is highly desirable.

To learn more about the opportunity and view the full requirements please download a copy of the Position Description HERE.

Further information

Want to know more about VIDA Health? Check out our website and LinkedIn.

VIDA Health is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering a values-led, diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe our teams should represent the diversity of our communities in which we work, and we actively embrace and celebrate people from all walks of life.

All prospective employees undergo a National Criminal Records Check. You must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa. Preferred candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including, but not limited to, police checks, reference checks, qualification checks and role related clearances.

If you require any adjustment to the recruitment and selection process or need an alternative format to any of the application material, please contact ***************@vida.vic.gov.au

Applications close 11.59pm on Sunday the 8th of November.