Principal Adviser
7 months ago
**About the role**:
- Critical Strategic Advisor position to the Executive Director.
- Join an exciting and driven team, to improve Victoria's Health system.
- Excellent team support, career progression and flexibility.
**About us**:
At the Victorian Department of Health we want a future where Victorians are the healthiest people in the world. A Victoria where our children and people thrive, our workplaces are productive and safe, and our communities are more connected.
We see it as our job to support Victorians to stay healthy and safe. And to deliver a world-class healthcare system that ensures every single Victorian can access safe, quality care that leads to better health outcomes for all.
**How you'll make a difference**:
- Provide authoritative advice, reasoned recommendations and innovative solutions to complex and sensitive issues based on comprehensive research.
- Forge strong connections across the Branch, the Victorian Health Building Authority and the department to maintain productive relationships with colleagues to provide timely expert advice, reasoned recommendations and innovative options and solutions to complex and sensitive issues.
- Provide strategic leadership to the management and delivery of branch submissions, briefings and responses to corporate and government requirements, including business planning, performance monitoring and reporting, risk management and finance and resource management in line with departmental and divisional priorities.
- Support senior management to set and achieve key performance indicators and standards, and drive strategies that achieve continuous quality improvement.
- Facilitate the engagement and input of a wide range of stakeholders within agreed timelines given their varying expectations, viewpoints and interests. Undertake research and investigations into delivery issues, risks and trends impacting on achieving key business objectives and operational imperatives.
- Prepare and present detailed, comprehensive reports and Provide strategic support to ministerial, parliamentary, departmental divisional executive functions and processes.
- Prepare timely and expert advice on cross-portfolio, Cabinet, ministerial, executive and advisory boards and steering committees to support effective decision making by senior leaders.
- Develop and manage frameworks for reporting routines and data analysis to support decision making across priority outcomes. Maintain effective and transparent reporting routines.
- Interpret and translate data and complex information into clear communications using ‘story telling' techniques to illustrate the delivery of government priorities.
- Provide strategic thinking and future planning and oversee change management initiatives and integrated approaches to enhance compliance with department wide policies.
To learn more please click ‘Apply' to view the Position Description on the Careers.vic website.
**What we offer**:
- The opportunity to perform meaningful work, making direct contributions toward enabling Victorians to be the healthiest people in the world.
- A wide range of growth and development opportunities within the department and wider Victorian Public Service & Sector.
- A strong commitment to work-life balance, including a diverse array of flexible working arrangements.
**How to apply**:
Applications should include a resume and a cover letter. Click the ‘Apply' button to view further information about the role including key contact details and the advertisement closing date.
We are committed to developing and supporting a workforce that is well equipped and highly motivated to provide responsive and quality services to all Victorians. We continue to build an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity of backgrounds and differences to realise the potential of our employees for innovation and delivering services aimed at enhancing the lives of all Victorians.
Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and other pre-employment checks including proof of vaccination against COVID-19. Information provided will be treated in the strictest confidence, in line with our Privacy Policy.
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