Associate Director

**Title**:Associate Director - Business Partner**:

- Requisition ID: 4053
- Location: Eastern Health, VIC, AU, 3128
- Job Posting Date: 27 Jul 2025

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**Associate Director - Business Partnering**
- Permanent, Full Time with monthly day off + 5 weeks annual leave
- Based in Box Hill with opportunities to work at multiple sites
- Unique and exciting opportunity grow your leadership skills in business partnering

**Eastern Health**

Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.

Our Employee Value Proposition is _“Being a part of Eastern Health means belonging to a welcoming team of healthcare experts”_.

This statement aligns with our promise to our communities, patients, consumers and staff that we will be HEALTHIER TOGETHER. Bolder than a vision for the future, our promise calls us to action. We know that working together is the only way we can achieve what is necessary for a healthier future.

**About the role**

Reporting to the Director Business Partnering, the this role will provide a strategic and collaborative approach to ongoing transformation and sustainable growth for the organisation. This role is will provide both strategic and operational people and culture partnering to Stakeholders, providing professional consulting services to the senior leaders on initiatives and shaping the P&C agenda. This involves organizational design, employee and industrial relations, leadership capability, talent management, change management and complex operational issues. In partnership with the stakeholders, you will help prepare the P&C strategic plan and business case to feed into the annual P&C Strategy for Eastern Health.

The role is primarily a generalist role with a strong focus on strategic, value creating initiatives. Drive culture of continuous improvement, ease of doing business and a positive safe and engaging work environment. Actively lead and manage value creating, process, policy and procedure simplification projects that span Eastern Health.

**About you**

To be successful in this role you will possess:

- Tertiary qualification in human resources or other related disciplines
- Highly collaborative with the ability to build strong working relationships
- Demonstrated ability to lead a team of Business Partners
- Innovative & lateral thinking
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Healthcare workers are strongly recommended to follow COVID vaccination recommendations provided in the _Australian Immunisation handbook (based on ATAGI advice)_. Seasonal vaccination against influenza is a mandatory requirement of this role and an offer is conditional on this being up to date prior to employment._

**What we offer**

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here
- Diverse and engaging career opportunities
- Friendly & supportive team
- Flexible working hours
- Salary packaging options

**Next Steps**

If you are shortlisted, we will be in touch to arrange an interview, and you must complete a National Police Check.

**Good to know**:

- We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability - within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
- We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
- As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
- Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
- Advertising may end before the closing date.

Please

Contact Person: Liz Callahan

Contact Number: 0431 906 173

Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555 (Option 1)

**Our Values in Action**:
Respect for all | Safe always | Partnering in care | Learning and improving every day