Program Lead, Aboriginal Strategic Partnership and Stakeholder Management

**_Program Lead, Aboriginal Strategic Partnership and Stakeholder Management_**

**Employment Type**: Full Time - Permanent
**Position Classification**: Health Manager Level 4
**Remuneration**: $141,974.00 - $169,151.00 per annum, plus superannuation and 17.5% leave loading
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Location**: 1 Reserve Road, St Leonards, Sydney
**Requisition ID**: REQ586002
- **Be part of an organisation that makes a difference in cancer control in NSW**
- **Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply**

**_ Where you’ll be working_**

The Cancer Institute NSW is the NSW Government’s cancer control agency, established to lessen the impact of cancer across the state.

Working at the Cancer Institute NSW means joining a team of committed and dedicated staff who are proud to be a part of the Institute’s purpose of overseeing and accelerating the effectiveness of cancer control in NSW.

The Cancer Institute is a collaborative working environment that encourages diversity and inclusion in how we work and the way we work together. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Greater consideration will be given to suitable applicants, in order to improve access to employment and career opportunities (GSE Rule 26).

**_ What you’ll be doing_**

The Cancer Institute NSW is the NSW Government’s cancer control agency, established to lessen the impact of cancer in NSW. The Institute supports and promotes best practice; working to ensure people across the state, no matter where they live, are provided the same high-quality treatment and care that is vital to optimising the outcomes and quality of life for people diagnosed with cancer.

**_ Remuneration/Benefits_**

In addition to base salary:

- 11.5% superannuation
- 4 weeks annual leave (plus 17.5% leave loading)
- 10 days sick leave
- 40 hours per week which include accrual of monthly Allocated Day Off (ADO) x 12 per year.

Access to:

- Generous Flexible Working practices
- Fitness Passport: a membership card for NSW government employees that gives you and your family unlimited access to 400+ gyms and other facilities at one low price.
- Novated car leasing arrangement
- Salary sacrificing to superannuation.
- Your resume (maximum five pages)
- A covering letter addressing the Essential Requirements, as outlined in the Role Description

**_ Essential requirements_**
- Must be a person of Aboriginal descent who has a demonstrated ability to work with and earn the trust and respect of Aboriginal people, communities, and organisations.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent work experience in a leadership role in a complex public sector environment, or a combination of study and work experience such as in Health Management or the justice system.
- Demonstrated extensive experience in leading the development, review and evaluation of organisational wide strategic plans and policies for improving health and wellbeing of Aboriginal people.
- Demonstrated experience in developing complex correspondence, including ministerial briefs, business cases, models of care, service agreements and strategic plans and policy.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences and build relationships for collaboration and cooperation across an organisation, with partners and the community.
- Demonstrated capacity to encourage and include diverse perspectives in the development of priorities, policies, and strategies: and demonstrated ability to lead the maintain culturally safe and respectful services and workplaces.
- Demonstrated experience, to successfully deliver on strategic priorities against a statewide plan and manage competing issues to deliver high quality outcomes within required deadlines.
- Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, negotiation, consultation, influencing and stakeholder management skills.

**_ Interested?_**

For more information:

- Click here for the Position Description

**Applications Close: Tuesday, 22nd July 2025 at 11:59PM**

The CORE+4 Values define what is important to the Cancer Institute NSW and our employees.
Our values are: Collaboration, Openness, Respect, Empowerment, Strategic, Supportive, Innovative and Flexible.

The Cancer Institute NSW is unable to offer salary packaging. Salaries will be negotiated commensurate to experience and qualifications of the role.

To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.